Pinehills Holidays on the Green

The Pinehills’ sixth annual Holidays on the Green will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Village Green in The Pinehills. Activities include cookie decorating, ornament making, a petting zoo and more. Take your furry four-legged friend for the popular Reindog Parade. Shop at the Arthouse Boutique and visit Santa Claus. He loves having his photo taken, so take your camera. Santa will also be collecting letters from the children.

All activities begin at noon, unless otherwise indicated.

Pancakes with Santa: Café Olio from 10 a.m. to noon for a pancake breakfast with Santa. Reservations and tickets are required 508-224-4200.  $5 for kids, $7.50 for adults.

Story telling: Children’s holiday themed stories from noon to 2 p.m. (kids should take their favorite books).

Arthouse boutique: Do a little holiday shopping at the Arthouse Boutique featuring unique gifts created by area artists. The Boutique will be open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

Ice sculpting demo: Watch professional ice sculptors as they create winter wonderland masterpieces on the new Village Green 1-5pm.

Gingerbread auction: Check out the silent auction of gingerbread houses at The Pinehills model homes to benefit the local food pantry.

Reindog parade: Dress your pups in their best holiday gear for the 3 p.m. parade, register by 2:30.

Meet Santa Claus:at the Post Office, 2-6pm.

Cookie decorating: Kids can decorate (and eat) their own holiday cookies at TD Bank, 2-6pm

Holiday ornaments: Kids can hang their wishes and ornaments on the Caring Trees that will be delivered to children in local hospitals.

Petting zoo: Feed the animals at the petting zoo on the Village Green, 2-6pm.

Carolers: Get in the holiday spirit with festive carolers.

Tree lighting: See the lighting of The Pinehills holiday tree at 5 p.m.

Chanukah Celebration:  Reading and Lighting of the Menorah, 4pm.

For more information, their website. 

Pembroke Tree Lighting

Head on over to the Pembroke Town Green on Sunday, December 5th from 2:30-5:00 for the Annual Tree Lighting Event.  There will be hayrides, moonwalk, cookie decorating, sing along and more.  Santa will appear at 5, light the tree and meet with the kids.  For more info, visit their website.

Colony Place Events

Tonight is the Tree Lighting at Colony Place from 6-7pm.  There will be music, dance and carolers near Panera Bread.

Santa arrives on Sunday at noon.  There will horse drawn hayrides with Santa and you can take your own photos with him.  Santa will then be available for pictures every Saturday & Sunday until Christmas from 11-3.

There will also be “Strolling entertainment” throughout Colony Place every weekend.

LaZBoy will have “Fireside” storytime and pictures with characters Max from Max & Ruby, Pig from If You Give a Pig a Pancake, Grinch and Cat in the Hat Saturdays & Sundays from 11-12.

Visit their website for more information.

Elf on the Shelf

I don’t know how many of you already do the The Elf on the Shelf …but you should!  We started ours quite a few years ago before he became really popular.  The kids love him.  Our Elf Eldon (kids named him) appears on the morning after Thanksgiving.  He watches over what the kids are doing and reports directly back to Santa every night.  When he comes back, he’s in a different spot for the kids to find him.  (so don’t forget to move him!  lol)  If they kids act up, I threaten that the Elf is going to tell on them!  Really cute idea…and the kids love it.  There’s a book that comes with him that you can read that tells all about how he “works”.  We always put him up high because he loses his magic if he’s touched and I don’t want the kids “testing” it, lol.

If you have little kids…I definitely recommend getting his!  Hallmark stores carry them but sell out really fast.  Amazon has it with free shipping.