Holiday fun in Colebrook

COLEBROOK —  Organizers of the Saturday, Dec. 12, Holiday Fair worked for three or four months to prepare for the event, and the result was a completely rearranged floor plan to accommodate double the amount of vendors as in years past. 

Thirty vendors from Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island gathered in the Community Center and Town Hall, selling everything from food and dog treats to jewelry and clothing. 

Connecticut crafter Sandy Krajick was there with her “Bags with Personality” for the third year in a row. 

She said that she mostly just sells her bags during the holiday season at fairs. 

Janel Norris of The Fairy Stitch Factory, on the other hand, sells her “fairy and steampunk jewelry, costumes, and accessories” all year long at conventions all over the New England region. 

The “Jammin Chicks,” Carol Parent and Julia Stewart, were also there selling their homemade jams. 

Parent makes jams from berries and mixed fruit whereas Stewart specializes in jalapeño jams, or as Parent says, “she’s hot and I’m sweet.” To top it off, there was a breakfast with Santa and an accordion musician entertaining the crowds. 

There was also a dedicated room known as “Cookie Land” where cookies that were donated from the community, The Colebrook Store, and Camp Jewell were sold. 

All the vendor fees for the fair went to the Colebrook Volunteer Fire Department. Committee Chair, Geoffrey Smith, who is also the pastor of the Colebrook Congregational Church, said that while the money raised “won’t put a dent into the prices of new gear,” it will at least help with updating their uniforms.

Finally, they were also accepting donations for the Colebrook Food Pantry. Vendors and community members alike donated goods.