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Franchises and chains tend to pose a threat to locally created businesses. From the consumer side, we should, when we can, make an effort to put money back into those small businesses. That money tends to stay in the community. From the small independent side, we should treat our businesses as businesses and not expect anyone to give us anything.

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The New Hampshire Executive Council again rejected the nomination of long-time public defender Dorothy Graham to be a superior court judge on a partisan vote, three Republicans against and two Democrats for.

The vote upset many, including the New Hampshire Bar Association, which takes a central role in selection of judges.

Former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen created a Judicial Selection Commission made up of members of the NH Bar and some non-lawyers. This tradition, though not required by law, was continued by governors John Lynch and Maggie Hassan. The idea was to make the selection nonpartisan and make sure the candidates are qualified. Of course, the selection still must be approved by the Executive Council (an elected body), which by nature can be partisan. And it was this time. An outside group — looking no doubt to accuse Hassan, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Kelly Ayotte, of nominating a defense attorney who defended child molesters (as she was required to do) — raised the issue with councilors.

Obviously the council is as much within its rights to say no as it is to say yes. That misses the point. The council and governor had unofficially agreed to make the selection process as nonpartisan as possible. Messing with the process doesn’t undo the deal, but it does leave the door open for payback. And the only loser in that scenario is we the people.

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ON THE COVER 12 HOLIDAY GUIDE This year’s annual Hippo guide is full of five weeks of seasonal fun. Want to watch a tree lighting? There are tons of those. Would you rather be inside, watching a show or a concert or browsing a fair? There are plenty of those, too. Keep this guide handy all season long and you’ll never run out of holiday fun.

ALSO ON THE COVER, Affectionately known as Drinksgiving (at least here at the Hippo), the night before Thanksgiving is prime time to party. Find out where to go for live music and drink specials in our Drinksgiving story (p. 13).

For more family-friendly fun, check out what Charmingfare Farm has to offer this season (p. 56) and see Kiddie Pool (p. 57) for events happening this weekend. And if you’re already starting to plan your next holiday meal, try a turkey alternative (p. 68).

INSIDE THIS WEEK

NEWS & NOTES 4 A chat with George Pataki; Primary Update; PLUS News in Brief.

8 Q&A 9 QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX 10 SPORTS THIS WEEK 51 THE ARTS: 52 CLASSICAL Messiah.

54 ART Holiday cards.

55 THEATER Listings for events around town.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE: 57 KIDDIE POOL Family fun events this weekend.

58 GARDENING GUY Henry Homeyer offers advice on your outdoors.

60 CAR TALK Automotive advice.

62 TREASURE HUNT There’s gold in your attic.

CAREERS: 65 ON THE JOB What it’s like to be a...

FOOD: 68 NO TURKEY TALK Holiday dinner; SNHU students cook for the holidays; Weekly Dish; Wine; From the Pantry.

POP CULTURE: 76 REVIEWS CDs, books, TV and more. Amy Diaz thinks the odds are ever in her favor with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2.

NITE: 84 BANDS, CLUBS, NIGHTLIFE Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Nightlife, music & comedy listings and more.

86 ROCK AND ROLL CROSSWORD A puzzle for the music-lover.

87 MUSIC THIS WEEK Live music at your favorite bars and restaurants.

ODDS & ENDS: 92 CROSSWORD 93 SIGNS OF LIFE 93 SUDOKU 94 NEWS OF THE WEIRD 94 THIS MODERN WORLD

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NEWS & NOTES Syrian refugees

Several New Hampshire officials, including Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, are expressing concerns about accepting refugees from Syria into the Granite State after news that some of the terrorists in the recent Paris attacks entered France as refugees. According to the Union Leader, at a recent alderman meeting in Manchester, Police Chief Nick Willard told aldermen that 500 refugees from Syria were slated for resettlement in New Hampshire. Shortly after, Willard sent out a statement clarifying that the number he cited was for the total number of refugees from any nation.

State officials have since stated that 20 of the 490 refugees to be resettled in New Hampshire are from Syria. Gov. Hassan, meanwhile, has drawn criticism from fellow Democrats and refugee advocates for calling for a ban to Syrian refugee resettlement.

According to the FiveThirtyEight blog, Hassan is the only Democratic governor to take this position.

Anti-police petition

As the Canterbury police chief faces sexual assault charges, a petition to do away with the Canterbury police department entirely has been circulating.

The Concord Monitor reported the petition has 70 signatures (it only needs 25 to appear on the town warrant next spring) and the town administrator says it will be discussed in the Dec. 7 selectmen’s meeting. Police say they’ve responded to more than 1,300 incidents so far this year, but more than 900 of those are calls for service, which can include things like helping old ladies with difficult tasks. Canterbury police say they also handle domestic violence incidents, speeding, burglaries and car accidents.

Interim chief

Manchester’s former police chief, David Mara, who retired earlier this year, has agreed to step in as interim chief at the Portsmouth Police Department, but not everyone is happy about it. Seacoast Online reported the

police commission voted to bring Mara on, but the chairman of the commission says he was not present for the vote or informed it would take place. The chairman criticized the actions of the commission in an open letter and cancelled an upcoming meeting in response. Mara would start as interim chief on Jan. 1. The current police chief, Stephen DuBois, announced his resignation in September after he was named a defendant in a lawsuit by a recently resigned officer.

11th-grade SATs

Executive Councilors unanimously approved a plan to give 11th-graders in the state SAT exams in place of the new Smarter Balanced assessments aligned to the Common Core standards. The Union Leader reported the tests, which will be in the spring of 2016, will have no additional cost to the state.

After the Smarter Balanced test was administered in Nashua and Manchester, hundreds of parents requested their children not take the exams. Participation was particularly low among 11th-graders, with 83 percent taking the tests compared to 94 to 98 percent in elementary schools. But the state’s Department of Education says the plan to administer SATs instead has nothing to do with the low participation in Smarter Balanced tests.

Democrats said in a release that an initial report will be required

by Dec. 21, thanks to negotiations between leaders in both chambers.

Opioid prescriber

One of the state’s major individual prescribers of opioid painkillers, physician’s assistant Chris Clough, was ordered to appear before the New Hampshire Board of Medicine to explain treatment notes for 20 office visits between early September and mid-November, the Union Leader reported. ProPublica lists Clough, a former employee of PainCare, as the third highest prescriber of oxycodone in the state based on Medicaid Part D numbers.

Clough had already been reprimanded by the board last month after an investigation found that he prescribed the addictive painkillers too hastily and without proper documentation.

He was banned from prescribing narcotics and practicing pain management and his license was suspended for 90 days.

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Amid fears that the Chichester school budget is growing too rapidly, a new committee will increase scrutiny of the budget. The Concord Monitor reported the committee, created by the school board, will include a parent of a student, a non-parent, a town committee member and a budget expert.

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Good Samaritans helped police evacuate an apartment building in Manchester, the Union Leader reported.

Raji Gupta, a Bedford High Hooksett School math teacher, and one unknown person ran into the burning building around 1 a.m. to wake and evacuate the Goffstown residents.

The town of Windham will be receiving fire and EMS services from Derry after town officials voted to enter into an agreement. The Union Leader reported Derry expects the deal will add $100,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2017.

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Lawmakers passed a mea- ee issues, Planned Parenthood education funding. sure to create a joint task force and the appointment of judges. to address the opioid crisis with an overwhelming majority, but Democrats chided Republicans for delaying urgently needNASHUA DRUG COURT KINDER MORGAN ed legislation, NHPR reported.

The Executive Council approved $851,000 Citing a recent study commissioned by her ofGov. Maggie Hassan applauded in federal funding for the only drug court in fice, Massachusetts Attorney General Mauthe passage but said she would Hillsborough County on Nov. 18. The Telera Healey spoke out against a new natural gas have preferred they vote on an graph of Nashua reported those involved in pipeline proposed by Kinder Morgan, which the Hillsborough County South Drug Court in would pass through northern Massachusetts actual bill to fight the heroin epiNashua will be better equipped to combat the and into the southern part of New Hampshire. demic. Instead, the 26-member heroin epidemic with these funds. The monThe Union Leader reported the AG’s study task force will meet in commitey will be used to hire extra staff and expand focused on whether the pipeline would bolster tee to discuss a range of possible treatment services. More clients will be able electric reliability and finds that it does little approaches including stricter to get access to an anti-addiction drug called to aid that end, but New Hampshire business penalties for selling fentanyl, Vivitrol, which is said to improve addicts’ leaders criticize the report, saying the goal of establishing a statewide drug judgment and eliminate the urge to take opithe pipeline is to stabilize and lower energy oids. Manchester still has no drug court, but prices. Kinder Morgan also called the plan, court program, modified police efforts at the state level to help fund county which calls for more renewable energy optactics and a more regulated predrug courts may help to change that. tions and efficiency programs, “flawed,” and scribing process for painkillers. said it would do little to lower costs.

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Candidate Q & A

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Jindal drops out Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has dropped from the Republican presidential primary, saying it’s not his time.

Jindal spent most of his time campaigning in Iowa (spending only seven days in NH according to WMUR’s candidate tracker) and was briefly talked about as a potential winner in the Hawkeye state after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ended his campaign. But Jindal’s campaign struggled to gain traction, especially after being excluded from the prime-time debates. The Union Leader reported he spent more money than he raised in the third quarter. Jindal was the first IndianAmerican to run for president.

Trump lead According to a new poll by Boston public radio station WBUR, billionaire Donald Trump is still ahead of other Republicans in the New Hampshire primary. Trump had 23 percent support from Republican likely voters while retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio were tied for second with 13 points. The remaining Republican hopefuls had single digits. The poll is a sign of Rubio rising in popularity while Carson appears to be slipping.

Carson was in a near tie with Trump in September.

Bernie endorsement In a press release sent by the state’s largest union, the State Employees Association/SEIU 1984 has endorsed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. SEA President Richard Gulla said most of the members supported Sanders because of his “long history of fighting for working people.” SEIU, of which the SEA is an affiliate, earlier endorsed Hillary Clinton. The SEA represents about 11,500 state workers.

Bush calls for troops During former Florida Sen. Jeb Bush’s visit to New Hampshire’s Statehouse to file his candidacy with the Secretary of State’s office, he called for ground troops to fight the so-called Islamic State. NHPR reported Bush declined to specify a number of troops but said the U.S. should work with its Arab and NATO allies. Bush also joined many of his Republican candidates in calling for a ban on Syrian refugees entering the country. Bush had earlier said that the U.S. should focus on resettling Christian refugees from the Middle East. President Obama has planned to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees.

George Pataki was the governor of New York from 1995 through 2006 over three consecutive terms.

He spoke to the Hippo at his Manchester campaign headquarters on Nov. 12.

Let’s talk about your experience in the state. Are you noticing any patterns in what residents are concerned about?

Yea, I think it’s largely similar to what you see around the country — the fact that the economy is not doing as well as we’d like and the fact that we’re not as confident in our security as we were a few years back. But there’s one area that I hear a lot more here in New Hampshire than the rest of the country and that is the heroin epidemic. It’s a serious thing where I come from in upstate New York, and it’s also a very serious thing here in New Hampshire. I don’t hear that as much in the rest of the country as I do here in New Hampshire.

What would you do to address substance abuse?

First of all, we have to do more to try to prevent the supply from being able to get here. We have to control the border. It’s not just immigration, it’s illegal drugs. … We have to be far more aggressive in trying to reduce the source. But beyond that, there’s so much more we have to do. One of the reasons so many young people in particular are getting caught up in heroin is because it’s relatively easy to get a narcotic-based painkiller. … What happens is the prescription expires and all of a sudden you’re left with this withdrawal. So I think we have to be far more proactive in going after the drug companies. First, making sure it’s appropriate that a narcotic-based painkiller is used, and, when it is, it can’t simply be that you have a 30-day or a 60-day prescription and, at the end, you’re cut off. … The second is treatment. People will go into treatment and the experts will say you need eight weeks of rehab and the insurance will say you have four weeks of rehab. So, after the four weeks, you’re thrown out. We have to work to put pressure on the insurance companies to make sure that… [they] defer to medical experts.

With which Republican candidate are you furthest apart on policy or ideology?

I’d say with almost all of them I am because I embrace science. The Republican party in the 21st century can’t be questioning evolution. We can’t be questioning vaccines. When we have a debate where a number of our candidates wonder about vaccination when George Washington vaccinated our troops at

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Valley Forge 240 years ago … we cannot be rejecting science when, for example, when we know that CO2 is a greenhouse gas and that humans emit CO2 into the atmosphere and, all things being equal, the Earth is gonna get warmer. You may not like the Obama solution. I don’t like the Obama solution, but you don’t reject the science. You come up with an alternative solution.

Is there one particular candidate that stands out among the pack?

I’ll tell you one, for example, that was very stark in the first debate was with Governor Huckabee, when he was defending the clerk Kim Davis in Kentucky. The idea that you can put your religious belief above the oath that you take to uphold the law is exactly how Iran works. Whether it’s sanctuary cities or Kim Davis refusing to perform gay marriages, we have to have one set of laws that applies across this country.

When someone like a Huckabee or a Santorum upholds her right to put her religious belief above her oath to uphold the law, I think it’s completely wrong.

You’re still very low in the polls, and you were cut from the last debate. Why should voters take you seriously?

I think because there are two things that so far, in the primary process, have been overlooked. The first is, we’ve got to win the race.

It’s wonderful to have a nominee that you think is the greatest nominee possible, but can they win the race? I don’t think there’s a Republican in New Hampshire that doesn’t believe that Mitt Romney would have been a better president than Barack Obama, but he lost. So, first of all, look at electability here. And we’re not going to win by dividing the American people, by having zero appeal to minorities, by having very limited appeal to millennials because we’re not embracing science and technology and expect to have a successful campaign. Look at my record, winning three times as a Republican conservative, not just a Republican. I ran on the conservative party line in the state of New York by the largest margins ever for a Republican in the state of New York. And carGEORGE PATAKI rying the Dominican and Puerto Rican vote in New York, which is overwhelmingly Democratic, not by sacrificing principle, but by having an inclusive policy agenda. … That’s the first argument I make, and then the second is, assuming we win, how are you going to actually get things done? … Ultimately, to govern successfully, once you’ve won the race, you cannot be a narrow partisan. You have to reach a bipartisan consensus. I had the most sweeping conservative change in America. … I cut taxes by $143 billion, more than every other candidate combined, more than the other 49 states combined. … And I did it in a state where I had 147 Democrats and 43 Republicans in the state assembly.

I cut taxes by $143 billion, more than every other candidate combined, more than the other 49 states combined.

You were one of the first Republican candidates to attack Donald Trump for comments he’s made on immigration early in the race. Do you think other candidates were slow to join you in those criticisms?

Yes, and still today I’m critical of candidates who say ‘it’s impractical’ or ‘it’ll never get passed.’ It’s insane. The idea that we’re gonna take 12 million people and put them on buses or boxcars... Trump’s proposal is that American citizens, children born of illegals — could be 10, 11, 12 years old, sitting in a fifth-grade classroom, only speak English, never been out of the United States — are gonna be rounded up and sent to a country they’ve never been to. Forget about the fact it’ll never pass, forget about the fact it’s impractical. It is inhumane and insane. So I am critical of my colleagues who just kind of try to duck it. I understand we have to control our borders. It is an outrage that a country like the United States in the 21st century… that we do not make a more sincere and successful effort to control who comes here and make sure they come here legally. But Trump’s idea is just completely ridiculous.

Do you have a song you listen to or a mantra you tell yourself to get in the zone before a major speech or debate?

Not really, no. … Before the debates, I do push-ups. [It’s] a good way to get blood flowing to your head and release a little tension. … [I do] 20, maybe 25. I don’t want to wear myself out before the debate.

— Ryan Lessard This interview was edited and condensed.

A look at advocacy groups in NH

603 Alliance

Who they are: The 603 Alliance was founded in early 2015 after local libertarian-leaning “constitutional conservatives” became unhappy with the midterm primaries in 2014, which advanced more moderate Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate. It’s incorporated as an LLC and a political action committee. The steering committee and founding members amount to about 13 people and they had more than 50 volunteers for events.

What they want: The group wants to rally behind candidates for all levels of government who embody the principles of free markets, Second Amendment rights, states’ control of education, privacy rights, etc. They are neutral on social issues in order to build a bigger tent of conservatives.

Current goal: The organization is focusing on selecting and rallying behind a presidential candidate perceived to be the most ideologically aligned with the liberty movement and likely to defend “constitutional” issues. It selected Texas Sen. Ted Cruz through a first-ever Iowastyle caucus and is working to get voters united in supporting him in the primary.

VIPs: Point person Diane Bitter; former state GOP chair Jack Kimball; former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Hemingway; Granitegrok personalities Skip Murphy, Steve MacDonald and Mike Rogers; former State Rep. Fran Wendelboe and Jim Kofalt. There’s also a steering committee and an advisory board.

Find them at: Mailing address is P.O. Box 3517, Concord, email is info@603alliance.org, website is 603alliance.org and phone number is 369-4068.

Campaign impact: Jim Kofalt, one of the founding members of the 603 Alliance, said about 700 residents participated

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in the New Hampshire Grassroots Presidential Selection Caucus that Sen. Ted Cruz won. Kofalt says the group was very happy with the event’s turnout.

“We got a lot of really good feedback from the people who were there,” Kofalt said.

He says there’s a good chance they’ll put on another caucus in the future or make it a regular thing for presidential primaries.

Next they need to focus on getting the liberty-leaning base to rally behind Cruz.

“We have engaged with the Cruz campaign. We are still early in that process,” Kofalt said. “Going forward, it’s going to be about on-the-ground execution.”

They plan on going to rallies and building participation in those rallies. They also hope to use the Granitegrok blog to spread the word.

“We have a pretty good reach I think.

But now it’s going to be about turning that reach and the results of our caucus into on-the-ground action,” Kofalt said.

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Billy Tancrede has been a player on the unofficial Bedford Pilgrims football team every year since the traditional Thanksgiving-morning game got started by local high-schoolers more than a decade ago. They have only won a single game against friendly rivals the Manchester Natives since then. The players can be seen in their team jerseys at Alex J. Higgins Memorial Field in Bedford.

How did this tradition get started?

Back in high school, it started with just a small group of [Manchester High School] West [football players and] wrestlers and close friends who decided ... we would have our own [Thanksgiving Day] game. That went on for a couple years just playing tackle [football], back [in] 2002, 2003. Then, as we got older, we turned 21 and [reconnected with other players]. [One of them] said he would get a crew together and I said, ‘Alright, let’s make this interesting.

Let’s do Bedford versus Manchester West kids.’ ... Every year, kids come home from New York and Connecticut and they all come over at the same time, same field every year.

And we end up having a pickup game every year. … We decided to switch it over to flag because too many people were getting hurt playing tackle.

How has it changed over the years?

New faces. Some of the kids who live far away can’t make it anymore. Families moved away. So that makes it difficult. As we get older, we obviously meet new people, new friends. And every year there’s always new faces that keep coming to play. ... The really young kids who are in high school, they come and play with us. … All our girlfriends and family, they come and sit on the sidelines Five favorites Favorite Book: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max Favorite Movie: Cinderella Man Favorite Musician: Jason Aldean Favorite Food: Meat Favorite Thing about NH: The seasons

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When you’re 21, the busiest drinking night of the year is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. So, we Courtesy photo. would all meet at one of the bars and drink all night long and wake up the next morning to play football. We talk trash to each other the whole night before.

So what is the appeal of doing sports while recovering from a night of drinking?

It’s just tradition. Like, last year when we had a foot of snow, half the people didn’t want to play. The other half ... showed up anyway.

What are some memorable stories from games past?

Last year was fun. People in cars driving by while there’s a foot of snow on the ground and there’s 22 kids out on the field playing football. … This one lady drives by as my friend catches this long pass. He’s running for the endzone and she turns around as he’s doing it to video record it. He’s diving into the snow and powder just goes everywhere. …

Every now and then, you’ll see a Bedford cop just hanging out in the parking lot watching.

Is it hard to find new players?

As we get older it’s definitely hard finding new people. ... For the most part, we always have a good amount of people showing up, [with numbers] in the high teens, low 20s.

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While basketball, tennis, boxing and even baseball have had many great individual rivalries, the NFL never previously had anything quite like the Peyton Manning-Tom Brady thing. Dan Marino, Joe Montana and John Elway played at the same time but rarely faced each other so they didn’t have one. Ditto for Troy Aikman, Steve Young and Brett Favre.

Famers Johnny Unitas and Bart Starr faced each other twice every year, but those ’60s Packers overall had such a dominating presence I don’t ever recall any Colts-Packers game being thought of as about them.

Except maybe when Johnny U got hurt and Colts halfback Tom Matte had to play QB in their epic 1965 playoff game. The closest probably was Giants-Browns meetings in the late ’50s and early ’60s being showdowns between middle linebacker Sam Huff and Jimmy Brown, when the former was getting a lot of pub on Broadway and Brown was demonstrating why I say he’s still the greatest player ever.

So today I’ll deliver a different message than I historically have at Thanksgiving, by giving thanks to the football gods for what’s been bestowed upon football fans around here the last 15 years with a look back at some of the more memorable games in the great rivalry.

2006 Playoff Game – Colts 38-34: This

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was the Manning (27-47, 330, 1 TD) high point, which had a profound effect on Bill Belichick, leading to two major future decisions. NE blew a 21-3 first-half lead as Manning led a furious comeback to win it.

How unstoppable he was seemed to scare the bejesus out of Coach B, leading him, I believe, to conclude his aging defense could no longer contain Manning. So going forward he put it on Brady to outscore him, leading to signing Wes Welker and the willingness to risk the headaches Randy Moss could cause — which worked great.

2009 – The Fourth-and-2 Game – Colts 35-Pats 34: This decision also had its roots in that 2006 title game because after that he defensed Manning much too reverently for my tastes. That’s why putting it in the hands of Brady and Kevin Faulk on fourth down DEEP in their own territory seemed less risky than Manning having to go 80 yards with three timeouts and 1:50 left. It led to a torrent of criticism around the country (and me to toss and turn all night). But since Indy scored the winning TD easily on four plays, he was probably right.

2007 – Pats 24-20: Both teams were undefeated and played like it in this nail-biter classic. Brady threw two fourth-quarter TD passes, with the last going to Faulk, who bulled his way through three tacklers at the goal line for the winning score. I was unable to confirm a rumor at press time Jim Irsay now wants to back-check the PSI of the balls from that one, but I’ll stay on it.

2001 – Brady’s First Start – Pats 44-10: It didn’t take Brady long to show he was up to replacing the injured Drew Bledsoe. And looking back, it figures his first ever start came against Manning. Right from Game 1 the script was established, when Manning threw for more yards (240 – 159 yards) and TDs (1 to none) but was picked three times while the game-managing Brady had no turnovers. A few weeks later Brady had his first great game, going 17-21 with four TD passes during an easy 38-17 win in their sec-

ond meeting.

2003 – Pats 38-34: This was a classic, as with the help of two Brady picks, Manning led the Colts to three TDs in six minutes in the fourth quarter and had them on the Patriots’ 2-yard line with a minute to go. But it’s more remembered for Willie McGinest stuffing Edgerrin James on fourth down after Manning couldn’t punch it after having it first and goal.

2003 & 2004 Playoff Games – Pats 24-14 and 20-3: These back-to-back playoff games seem like the same game.

Mainly because the Seymour-Bruschi-led defense did what it always did in the early years: contain and turn over Manning, getting five sacks and four picks (three by Ty Law) in the ’03 win and being a +3 on turnovers in ’04. And even though neither QB had games to write home about (Brady a meager 115 passing yards in 2004), the narrative around here was set for good: Manning gets the numbers and Brady gets the wins.

2013 – Pats 34-31. This was their second meeting, with Denver up 24-3 at halftime after a torrent of four Patriots fumbles on a frigid November night. Despite the elements, Brady (324 yards and 3 TDs) came out slinging in the second half to grab a 31-24 lead. Manning got a score to send it to OT, where thanks to poor communication by Wes Welker on a punt the Pats recovered a fumble deep inside Broncos territory. Steve Gostkowski then kicked the winning field goal helped by the always right Coach B giving Denver the ball to start OT so the Pats could have the wildly swirling wind at their back.

Left out have been some other really good ones, but I’m out of space. So I’ll close by saying thanks to Peyton and TB-12 for the memories of some truly great games and for providing a rooting experience to savor.

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Sports 101: The only player voted to the NFL Hall of Fame after a career as exclusively a place kicker was born on Nov. 26, 1943. Name that player and team he starred for.

Hot Ticket: It’s the Turkey Day Football game pitting 5-4 Central against 4-4 Trinity on the frozen tundra of Gill Stadium at 10 a.m. Thanksgiving morning.

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12 – shutouts on the year for SNHU goalie Nick (the mark of) Zucco after blanking LIU-Post during regulation in the aforementioned penalty-kick loss to LIU-Post.

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66-58 with 3:30 before the Hawks scored the last 10 to make it an 18-point difference at the end. Tim Guers chipped in 15 more for 3-0 St. Anselm while Chris Waters led the now 2-1 Penmen attack with 19.

Out-of-Town Scores: That’s all she wrote for the SNHU soccer team, which for the second year in a row went down in the NCAA Tournament, to LIU-Post. This time despite a 15-9 edge in shots it was in a 0-0 game decided on penalty kicks, where they were outscored 5-4.

Sports 101 Answer: The only only-aplace-kicker voted to the NFL Hall of Fame was Jan Stenerud. The native of Norway was one of the first soccer-style kickers, who eventually rendered the straight-on guys extinct in the NFL, with Kansas City in the ’60s and ’70s.

On This Date – Nov. 26: 1961 – MLB’s Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball. Not sure if Gaylord Perry was the lone “for the spitter” voter. 1968 – In a runaway vote, charismatic USC tailback and future Nevada prison inmate OJ Simpson is named the 34th winner of the Heisman Trophy. 1995 – Miami Dolphins QB Dan Marino passes Fran Tarkenton to become the all-time NFL leader in touchdown passes with 343.

Wednesday when Candace Andrews had a game-high 21 and Bedford’s Ali Glennon chipped in with 1 for the Hawks 7.

21 – spot for Dartmouth College football in the Top 25 National football polls going into last Saturday’s seasonending game with Princeton.

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Jay Fielder at QB. 15,412 – approximate number of times my somehow-I-can’t-shake-it mental block has led me to incorrectly call lefty hurler David Price David “West” after the NBA’er of the same name, which I did again in last week’s column to earn me the What A Stupid I Yam Award.

The Tom Matte Game: After Johnny Unitas and back-up Gary Cuozzo tore ACLs in the season’s final two games, Baltimore Colts headman Don Shula was forced to use starting halfback Tom Matte at QB in their 1965 playoff game vs. Green Bay. While he had played QB in college, it was at Ohio State under crusty Woody Hayes so it wasn’t exactly great training. It showed as he went 5-12 for 40 yards, while running for 57 on 17 carries in the close-but-no-cigar 13-10 loss to Green Bay. Woody Hayes: Crazed ’50s, ’60s and ’70s Ohio State football coach. His offense was called “three yards and a cloud of dust.” He once famously said, “Only three things can happen when you pass and two are bad,” and later, when asked why he went for two with Michigan already blown out, “because I couldn’t go for three.” The career ended badly when he punched Clemson nose tackle Charlie Bowman on the OSU sideline in frustration after his late game pick clinched an OSU Citrus Bowl loss.

Jimmy Brown: In nine NFL seasons he never missed a game, missed running for 1,000 yards only once when he had 996 in 1962 and no one besides him has ever averaged over 100 rushing per game during their entire career.

Sam Huff: Tough guy middle linebacker for the dominating G-Man defense from 1956, when they crushed the Bears 47-7 for the NFL title, until his trade to Washington in 1964. Was once on the cover of Time magazine with the title “The Violent World of Sam Huff.”

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The night before Thanksgiving is a magnet for nightlife denizens.

Before a day of hearth and home, the busiest bar night of the year means lots of live music and merriment. Here are some area happenings.

• 3S Artspace (319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth, 766-3330) Support a good cause at Hip-Hop To Help New Hampshire Food Bank, featuring Bugout of Granite State, Cody Pope, Ape the Grim and special guests. Admission is $8 ($6 for members) or one non-perishable food item.

• AJ's Sports Bar (11 Tracy Lane, Hudson, 718-1102) Point of Entry, who enjoy using the acronym POE, kick off the weekend with rock covers.

• Birdseye Lounge (41 Vaughan Mall, Portsmouth, 766-3333) The region’s most versatile and ubiquitous fiddler ,Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, performs with his trio, mixing Celtic and contemporary for a lively evening.

• Blue Mermaid Island Grille (409 The Hill, Portsmouth, 427-2583) Brothers Sam & Joe Harding co-host open-mike night; for this intimate Seacoast pub, it’s usually one of the busiest evenings of the year.

• Boston Billiard Club (55 Northeastern Boulevard, Nashua, 943-5630) Chuck & John perform a live acoustic set undoubtedly punctuated by the crack of pool balls.

• Canoe Club (27 S. Main St., Hanover, 643-9660) Venerable guitarist Ed Eastridge provides soothing accompanying sound at this sumptuous supper club.

• Chop Shop (920 Lafayette Road, Seabrook, 760-7706) Energetic Amesbury quartet Higher Ground performs rock, funk and dance music.

• Common Man (88 Range Road, Windham, 898-0088) Singer-songwriter Karen Grenier has a deep catalog of tunes ranging from heartfelt and romantic originals to covers of John Prine, Yes and Leonard Cohen.

• Copper Door (15 Leavy Drive, Bedford, 488-2677) Brad Bosse, an area favorite with a crowded show calendar, performs solo in the bar.

• Cork n' Keg (4 Essex Drive, Raymond, 244-1573) Enjoy country-flavored music with Brandon Lepere, a singer-songwriter with Nashville connections and a songbook of covers and originals.

• Country Tavern (452 Amherst St., Nashua, 889-5871) The regular Charlie Chronopoulos Jam features the regional favorite and a changing cast of friends sitting in.

• Covered Bridge (Cedar Street, Contoocook, 746-5191) Don Bartenstein is gleefully stuck in the 1980s; his solo set includes acoustic pop and folk classics with a few original offerings.

• Crow's Nest (181 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, 974-1686) Enjoy Top 40 rock, funk and country covers with Bite the Bullet, whose four seasoned musicians each have over 25 years of playing live.

• Derryfield Country Club (625 Mammoth Road, Manchester, 623-2880) Local favorite Chad LaMarsh Band brings its summer boat cruise party indoors, playing rock covers and originals.

• Dolphin Striker (15 Bow St., Portsmouth, 431-5222) With a new solo album from bandleader Dave Gerard, it’s been a busy year for Truffle, playing a full-band acoustic set.

• Dover Brick House (2 Orchard St., Dover, 749-3838) DJ Erich Kruger spins tunes; the Maine-born emcee is a 25-year veteran and Brick House mainstay.

• Drae (14 E Broadway, Derry, 2162713) Brian House plays solo.

• Drynk (20 Old Granite St., Manchester, 641-2583) Homecoming with DJ Shawn White, Chris Drake and Jason Spivak. Hosted by Joseph O'Dell.

• Element Lounge (1055 Elm St., Manchester, 627-2922) Bag Night & Jammin' with George Cox is a regular favorite at this downtown watering hole.

• Fat Belly's (2 Bow St., Portsmouth, 610-4227) DJ Cootz is the house music specialist at this corner nightclub and restaurant.

• Fody's Tavern (9 Clinton St., Nashua, 577-9015) The DJ Mark Allen Pre-Thanksgiving Party should be lively and crowded.

• Fratello's (155 Dow St., Manchester, 624-2022) Justin Cohn blends elements of folk, rock, pop and soul into songs about

love, truth and heartache.

• Fratello's Italian Grille (194 Main St., Nashua, 889-2022) Bob Rutherford plays acoustic covers.

• Fury's Publick House (1 Washington St., Dover, 617-3633) Red Sky Mary continues its Wednesday residency. The rock quartet has played many big stages in 2015.

• Giuseppe's Ristorante (312 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, 279-3313) Paul Luff plays guitar from 6 to 9 p.m. followed by DJ dancing downstairs in the Grotto.

• Hermanos (11 Hills Ave., Concord, 224-5669) Paul Lovely plays guitar and sings solo while patrons enjoy margaritas and Mexican food.

• Holy Grail (64 Main St., Epping, 6799559) Peter James Gang, led by the hirsute singer-guitarist, performs in the converted church.

• Holy Grail of the Lakes (12 Veterans Square, Laconia, 737-3000) Unda Radar Duo is the first pre-Turkey Day performer ever at this venue, which opened earlier in 2015.

• Homestead (641 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 429-2022) Chris Lester takes a break from Monkeys with Hammers and the occasional Sully Erna gig to play solo.

• Karma Hookah & Cigar Bar (Elm St., Manchester, 647-6653) DJ Midas and Friends entertain — the dean of Manchester dance music is a fixture in this smoker’s haven.

• Killarney's Irish Pub (9 Northeastern Boulevard, Nashua, 888-1551) Kieran McNally is a solo favorite at this hotelensconced Celtic-themed bar.

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• Lilac City Grille (103 N. Main St., Rochester, 332-3984) Ladies Night with Tim Theriault is a regular feature, turned up to 11 by the singer -songwriter for a T-Day pre-party.

• Club ManchVegas (50 Old Granite St., Manchester, 222-1677) Last Kid Picked is now in its third decade of playing rock covers. The Sunapee-region band never disappoints.

• Murphy's Taproom (494 Elm St., Manchester, 644-3535) Boston-based cover band Molly Maguires perform upbeat and memorable rock/alt-rock hits.

• O'Shea's (449 Amherst St., Nashua, 943-7089) Jenni Lynn’ Band promises a big party — several sets with bands and people it’s played with, followed by its own set to close out the night.

• Patrick's (18 Weirs Road, Gilford, 293-0841) Ladies Night with DJ Megan and live music from Cody James is a regular midweek feature given a cranberry hue for this evening.

• Penuche's (96 Hanover St., Manchester, 626-9830) Lichen plays its annual Grateful Dead-infused show in downtown Manchester, always a fun night.

• Pitman's Freight Room (94 New Salem St., Laconia, 527-0043) Annie and the Orphans feature rock ’n’ roll music from the Fabulous ’50s and British Invasion of the ’60s.

• Portsmouth Gas Light (64 Market St., Portsmouth, 430-9122) Brett Wilson performs solo, though the Roots of Creation leader has lots of friends who might drop by.

• Press Room (77 Daniel St., Portsmouth, 431-5186) The Jon King Band is joined by Alligator Wine for a celebratory evening at a Seacoast institution whose music stage went dark over the summer.

• Queen's Pub (641 Elm St., Manchester, 622-2979) The new Brit-themed corner bar welcomes Express Revival, a Lakes Region Americana band heading south for a pair of shows (they’re also at Queen’s Pub on Friday).

• Radloff's (38 N. Main St., Rochester, 948-1073) Tony Santesse hosts the regular Ladies Night at this well-rounded venue (there’s a cigar bar nestled inside).

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• Red Door (107 State St., Portsmouth, 373-6827) Ladies Night with Evaredy, a Boston-based DJ with a big following at this little upstairs bar with comfy couches and amazing cocktails.

• Ri Ra Irish Pub (22 Market Square, Portsmouth, 319-1680) Erin's Guild plays real Irish music, the reason the trio is a regular midweek attraction at this oh-so Emerald Isle bar.

• Riverwalk Cafe (35 Railroad Square, Nashua, 578-0200) Open Mic for Original Music Only is a five-year tradition at this restaurant bar, which features a classy collection of regional and national talent most nights of the week.

• Rudi's (20 High St., Portsmouth, 430-7834) Dimitri, a Seacoast musical institution, plays solo piano amidst the fine dining and fabulous cocktails.

• Shaskeen (909 Elm St., Manchester, 625-0246) Aldous Collins Band brings its unique brand of rugged soul to a favorite downtown haunt, an annual tradition.

• Sonny's Tavern (83 Washington St., Dover, 742-4226) has live music, but you’ll need to call to find out the specific details.

• Strange Brew Tavern (88 Market St., Manchester, 666-4292) David Rousseau holds court at this blues-leaning bar with a well-rounded beer and food menu.

• The Local (2 E. Main St., Warner, 4566066) Enjoy Songs With Molly, featuring Molly Cloutier on lead vocals, playing rock covers.

• Thirsty Moose (21 Congress St., Portsmouth, 427-8645) Jamsterdam is a high-energy rock band that specializes in upbeat covers, rap mash-ups and catchy originals.

• Tin Roof Tavern (333 Valley St., Manchester, 792-1110) DJ Vicious continues his regular residency with dance music and a high-energy party vibe at this steampunk club.

• Toll Booth Tavern (740 2nd NH Turnpike North, Francestown, 588-1800) Dance Hall Epidemic is a favorite at this pub, even more so on T-Day Eve. • Tortilla Flat (594 Daniel Webster Highway, Merrimack, 262-1693) Amanda McCarthy mixes heartfelt original songs with an eclectic selection of covers.

• True Brew Barista (3 Bicentennial Square, Concord, 225-2776) Pat and the Hats lead one of the region’s best parties with help from Rocking Horse Studio leader Brian Coombes, Joey Pierog of Four Legged Faithful and too many other friends to name.

• Turismo (55 Henniker St., Hillsborough, 680-4440) Bad Intentions promises to provide a preemptive tryptophan remedy along with upbeat rock covers.

• Village Trestle (25 Main St., Goffstown, 497-8230) Thanksgiving Eve is a tradition at this roadhouse, with inspired blues rock from the Bruce Marshall Group anchoring the festivities.

• Zaboo (24 Depot St., Manchester, 7828489) There’s dance music with guest DJs at this downtown bar and restaurant.

Runs from Turkey Day to 2016

By Ryan Lessard

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Starting with turkey trots and ending with New Year’s Day runs, there are plenty of options to help you work off some of that holiday energy — and all those extra goodies.

Nov. 26

Help support the Coats for Kids program at the Rotary Club of Merrimack’s 3rd annual 5K Turkey Trot. The race starts at 8 a.m. at Merrimack Middle School, 31 Madeline Bennett Drive. Cost is $25-$30 ($15 for ages 13 and under). Bring a canned good for the Nashua Soup Kitchen. Visit merrimack5k.com for more information.

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Take a run through Mine Falls Park in Nashua for the 13th Annual Great Gobbler Thanksgiving 5K. Race gets underway at 8 a.m. at Nashua High School South, 36 Riverside St. Proceeds go to Nashua High School cross-country teams, and canned good donations will be collected for Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter. Cost is $20-$25 ($15-$20 for ages 11-17). Visit greatgobbler.com. Contact Nate Burns at burnsn@ nashua.edu with questions.

Head to Bow High School, 55 Falcon Way, for the Bow Police Association 7th Annual Turkey Trot 5K run/fun walk at 8 a.m. Cost is $30 (free for kids 12 and under). Visit runreg.com. Call 228-0511 with questions.

The Annual Rochester Runners Free Fall Classic 5K starts at Rochester Community Center, 150 Wakefield St., at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $10 ($5 for ages 12 and under) and shirts cost an additional $10. Visit freefall5k.com.

The Dover Turkey Trot 5K at Shaw’s Lane begins at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $20-$25 ($10-$15 for kids in grade 4 and under).

Proceeds benefit the Garrison School PTA. Visit doverturkeytrot.com. Contact doverturkeytrot@gmail.com for information.

Make your way from Peirce Island to Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth for the 7th Annual Seacoast Rotary Club Turkey Trot starting at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $30 ($10 for ages 12 and under). See seacoastrotary. org and register at runreg.com. Contact seacoastrotary@gmail.com or call 512-1976.

Don’t miss Keene’s Wobble Gobble starting at 8:30 a.m. (walkers) or 9 a.m. (runners) at 312 Washington St. The 4-mile race used to be called the Cranberry Run. Cost is $20. See tri-state-racingonline.com.

The 17th Annual Galloping Gobbler 4-mile road race at Bishop Brady High

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School, 25 Columbus Ave., Concord, begins at 9 a.m. Cost is $20, or $25 including a T-shirt. Proceeds go to the Bishop Brady Tuition Assistance Fund. Visit bishopbrady.edu.

The 21st Annual Windham Turkey Trot begins at 9 a.m. at 70 Blossom Road in Windham, rain, snow or shine. The family-friendly event has 3- and 5-mile courses to run, walk, stroll, scooter or rollerblade.

Race proceeds benefit The Shepherd’s Pantry, Windham Helping Hands, and Family Promise of Greater Rockingham County.

Cost is by donation. See windhamturkeytrot.org. Contact windhamturkeytrot@ gmail.com.

Derry’s 42nd Annual Turkey Trot 5K Road Race kicks off at Gallien’s Town Beach on Beaver Lake, Route 102, at 9 a.m.

Bring a nonperishable canned good or dry food to donate to St. Jude Parish, St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, The Upper Room, and Sonshine Kitchen. Pre-registration is $17, free for kids. Day-of registration costs $20, $10 for kids. Visit gdtc.org/turkeytrot. Contact Sean Coyle at scoyle@gdtc.org.

Fisher Cats Thanksgiving Day 5K starts outside Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (near right field on Commercial Street, Manchester) at 9 a.m. and ends in the infield. Cost is $25-$30 ($10 for kids 11 and under). See millenniumrunning.com/ thanksgiving.

The 9th Annual Lake Sunapee Turkey Trot 5K, River Road to Main Street in Sunapee, begins at 9 a.m. Cost is $25 (free for children 12 and under, $15 for seniors 64 and older). A 1K Chicken Run for kids starts at 8:15 a.m. Visit sunapeeturkeytrot. com. Contact Scott Blewitt, 763-2212, ext.

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Take part in the Gilford Youth Center’s 8th Annual Turkey Trot 5K starting at 9 a.m. at 19 Potter Hill Road. Cost is $26-$27 ($80 for a family of up to five). See 16

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Nov. 29

Bring joy to the kiddies by running in the Merrimack Toys For Tots 5K Race & Walk at 10 a.m. at the Merrimack High School, 38 McElwain St. Cost is $15-$20 plus a $10 unwrapped toy or pay $25-$30 without a toy. $10 from each toyless entry will go to Toys For Tots. Visit 3craceproductions.com.

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Benefit the Kennett High School CrossCountry and Track and Field programs by running in Madison’s Thanksgiving Day 5K at the Main Lodge of King Pine Ski Area on Route 153. The trail race starts at 9 a.m. Cost is $15-$20 ($40 for families). Visit whitemountainmilers.com and register at runreg.com.

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Race starts at 9 a.m. at Plymouth Elementary School, 37 Old Ward Bridge Road, Plymouth (on cross-country trails behind school). Cost is $20 ($50 for family).

Search and register for the race at active. com. Pancake breakfast after race costs $5.

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Get a head start on the Christmas Parade in the BASC Santa Claus Shuffle, a 3-mile run that starts at 3:15 p.m. at Veterans Park in Manchester. Dress up as Santa and run with an army of other Santas. The first 1,800 to register gets a full Santa suit. Cost is $25-$30 ($10 for children 11 or younger). The run is followed by Manchester’s holiday parade at 4 p.m. Visit milleniumrunning.com to register.

Dec. 12

Take part in Atkinson’s 3rd annual Jingle Bell Half Marathon at 9 a.m. at 85 Country Club Drive. Cost is $60-$80. Visit jinglebellhalf.com. For questions email mike@locorunning.com.

Dec. 13

Rev up your engines for Yule Light Up The Night, a 2.25-mile run through the Gift of Lights display at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, 1122 Route 106, Loudon, at 4:30 p.m. Costs $25-$30 ($15-$20 for children 11 and under). Register at millenniumrunning.com/lights.

Dec. 19

Run into the Christmas spirit with the Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk for Arthritis at 10 a.m. at Rundlett Middle School, 144 South St., Concord. Pre-registration costs $30 ($15 for children 9 and under) or $35 on race day ($20 for children). Register at jbr.org. Contact Tom Bringle, 224-9322, tbringle@arthritis.org.

Jan. 1

The Great Bay Services New Year’s Resolution 5K takes off at 11 a.m. at Portsmouth Middle School, 155 Parrott Ave. Cost is $25 ($15 age 13 and under). Register at active.com.

Take part in a long-running tradition with the 38th Annual Peanut Butter Chip Chase 5K at Temple Town Hall, Route 45 at noon. Race proceeds go to Souhegan Lions Club college scholarships and food pantry donations. Pre-registration costs $15 ($13 age 18 and under); race-day registration is $20 ($15 age 18 and under). Visit 3craceproductions.com. Contact Michele Siegmann, 878-9066, godspeed@myfairpoint.net.

Don’t miss The Millennium Mile Road Race on Mammoth Road in front of Londonderry High School starting at 2 p.m.

Pre-registration costs $18, race-day $20.

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This Holiday Season

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The 23rd annual Midnight Merriment in Concord, happening Friday, Dec. 4, from 5:30 p.m. to midnight, will feel like a new experience thanks to a redesigned downtown with broader sidewalks and new street lamps.

“Our main street has a brand new streetscape,” said Susan Sokul with Intown Concord. “[Visitors are] going to enjoy these wide, well-lit and decorated main streets.”

There will be 19-foot-wide sidewalks with 25-foot-wide plaza areas, and each of the 50 new street lamps will be decorated with a lighted wreath.

“There will be so much room for people to stop together and chat,” Sokul said. “It’s not going to be cold and dark; it’s going to feel warm and well-lit.”

And all that added room means there will be several new features this year, including karaoke with an animated snowman, the “Selfie with the Elfy” stall, pop-up raffles to win Downtown Dollars, beard contests and

live music.

“There will be carolers strolling and caroling, but also the street is alive with holiday music that is piped north to south,” Sokul said.

A giant Christmas tree and nativity scene will be installed near the Statehouse, and Santa Claus will be at the Eagle Square atrium from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Also at Eagle Square will be the Giftapolis craft fair with more than 20 local craftspeople showcasing their work.

Liza Poinier with Intown Concord says Midnight Merriment takes place in the middle of the Discover Downtown Holiday Series, which includes some after-hours shopping nights on Dec. 10, Dec. 11, Dec. 17 and Dec. 18, during which stores downtown will remain open until at least 7 p.m.

“It’s just a little extra opportunity to do shopping, because who has time during the day?” Poinier said. — Ryan Lessard

Nashua’s holiday stroll returns The 22nd annual Winter Holiday Stroll in downtown Nashua, happening Saturday, Nov. 28, will kick off at 5 p.m. with a candle-lit procession from City Hall to Railroad Square, followed by a tree lighting ceremony around 5:45 p.m.

“This year, we’ve got a number of new features,” said Paul Shea, executive director of Great American Downtown in Nashua. “For the first time, the Winter Holiday Stroll has a theme … Light of Community. The theme of light is one that is touched upon across many different winter holidays, including Hanukkah and Christmas and Kwanzaa.”

Light and enlightenment also feature prominently in the traditional Indian holiday of Diwali, which Shea says falls close to the other holidays this year.

“The Indian population here in Nashua is growing quite quickly,” he said, noting that Indian-Americans make up about 4 percent of the city’s population already.

Shea said State Rep. Latha Mangipudi and other Indian-American community leaders helped organize the event, which will include

Indian sand art demonstrations as well as music and dance from Bollywood.

“We have quite a varying selection of music genres including Indian performers, but we’ve also got some great church choirs that will be performing at different venues, bell choirs, jazz artists, big band brass, rock as well as some eclectic artists that will be playing,” Shea said.

Different sections of the stroll will feature ice-carving by the Manchester-based Ice Breakers, a FIRST robotics demonstration and the Festival of Trees, with a dozen decorated trees near the Hunt Memorial Building and Santa and Mrs. Claus greeting children and families inside.

“We will also have an area dedicated to animatronic, ride-on animals including a moose, polar bear, reindeer and a white tiger,” Shea said.

According to the event’s Facebook page, there will also be dance, theater, magic, karate and stargazing. The event is free, and much of the downtown area is closed to traffic for the evening. — Ryan Lessard

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• Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater, accompanied by a live orchestra, performs The Nutcracker at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester, on Friday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 29, at 1 and 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $45, with no refunds or exchanges

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• The New England Dance Ensemble presents the fully staged classic The Nutcracker, directed by Barbara Mullen, on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 2 and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 29, at 2 p.m., at Windham High School Theatre, 64 London Bridge Road, Windham. The show features guest artists Gillian Murphy, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, who will play the Sugar Plum Fairy. Other visiting artists from ABT include Catherine Hurlin (Snow Queen, Arabian), Sterling Baca (Cavalier), Connor Holloway (Snow King, Arabian) and Sam Rodriguez (Nutcracker). Accompanying them are 100 aspiring dancers from throughout New England. Visit nede. org. Tickets are $25 to $35.

• The Leddy Center for the Performing Arts presents its rendition of A Christmas Carol at 38C Ladd’s Lane, Epping. Showtimes are Friday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m.; Monday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 11, at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18. Visit leddycenter. org or call 679-2781.

• The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, hosts An 1836 Portsmouth Nutcracker, presented by Great Bay Academy of Dance, for the 28th year, with full-length performances on Friday, Dec. 4, at 5 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 5, at 1 and 7:30 p.m. “Nutcracker in a nutshell” performances, recommended for kids, are Saturday, Dec. 5, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

“Nutshell” tickets are $28 to $33, while full-length productions are $37 to $44. Visit themusichall.org.

• The Players’ Ring, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth, hosts its own take on A Christmas Carol Dec. 4 through Dec. 23, directed

by Jennifer Henry. Tickets are $10 to $15.

Visit playersring.org.

• At the Palace Theatre, A Christmas Carol is one of the most anticipated shows of the year. Performances are Friday, Dec. 4, through Tuesday, Dec. 22, with showtimes Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays. Tickets range in price, $25 to $45.

Call 668-5588, ext. 110, or visit palacetheatre.org.

• Gate City Ballet presents The Nutcracker at the Stockbridge Theatre, Pinkerton Academy, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry, on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 1 and 4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. Tickets are $18.

Visit stockbridgetheatre.com.

• The Northeastern Ballet Theatre presents its take on The Nutcracker at Oyster River High School, 55 Coe Drive, Durham, on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m., and at the Kingswood Arts Center, 21 McManus Road, Wolfeboro, on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. Visit northeasternballet.org. Tickets are $20.

• Sole City Dance presents its take on The Nutcracker at the Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, on Friday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec. 12, at 2 and 7 p.m., with elaborate sets, costumes and special effects. Tickets are $22-$26. Visit rochesteroperahouse.com or call 750-7777.

• The Turning Pointe Center of Dance, now in its 33rd season, performs The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 2 p.m., at the Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord, under the direction of Lisa

Drouin Goff, with more than 70 boys and girls ranging in age from 3 to 18. Tickets are $18. Call 485-8710.

• The Boire Dance Academy presents The Nutcracker on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 13, at 3:30 p.m., at the Amato Center for the Performing Arts, 56 Mont Vernon St., Milford.

Tickets are $20. Call 855-222-2849 or email boiredanceacademy@gmail.com.

• The Rochester Opera House hosts its take on A Christmas Carol at the Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester, on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 19, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 to $18. Visit rochesteroperahouse.com.

• The New Hampshire School of Ballet presents The Nutcracker with a cast of 50, falling snow and a growing tree at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester, on Sunday, Dec. 27, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18. Call 668-5588 or visit palacetheatre.org. The company also performs at the Concord Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord, on Friday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $18.

• The Peacock Players present their annual take on A Christmas Carol, directed

by Keith Weirich, at the Janice B. Streeter Theater, 14 Court St., Nashua, with showtimes on Friday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 19, at 2 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 to $17. Visit peacockplayers.org.

Brook Soucy as Clara in the New England Dance Ensemble’s The Nutcracker. Courtesy photo.

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Theater to celebrate the season

By Kelly Sennott

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If you’re tired of A Christmas Carol and The Nutcracker, there are still many local theaters producing holiday plays and musicals you haven’t seen onstage before.

• The Merrimack Repertory Theatre mounts It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, a 90-minute production that runs Nov. 25 through Dec. 20, with performances Wednesdays through Sundays (except Thanksgiving) at the Nancy L. Donahue Theatre, 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell, Mass. Tickets range in price from $23 to $60 and are on sale at mrt.org or by calling 978-654-4678. The show is MRT’s first holiday-themed production since 2011.

• Trinity Church of Hampton and Christ Church of Portsmouth host professional actor and director Stephanie Voss Nugent, who will read A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 6:30 p.m. at Hobbs House, 200 High St., Hampton. There will be refreshments, and admission is $10. Proceeds benefit ongoing community outreach programs at both churches. Call 926-5688.

• The great-great grandson of Charles Dickens, Gerald Charles Dickens, returns to New Hampshire to present a look at the life of the great writer as seen through the lens of his colorful characters, diary extracts and observations by the people who knew him. His first event is at the Nashua Senior Activity Center, 70 Temple St., Nashua, on Monday, Nov. 30, at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $15; call 816-2649. He’ll be back later that night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2 Somerset Parkway, Nashua, for a 7 p.m. performance. Tickets are $25. Email jill@fortingage.com.

• The Immaculate Heart of Mary presents An Epic Christmas, Naughty or Nice on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., at the Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111, ccanh.com. In the show, a cast of characters struggle to find a way off the naughty list and into the spirit of Christmas magic, with holiday favorite songs that culminate into a live musical Nativity. Tickets are $15 to $25.

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The cast of It’s a Wonderful Life by the Merrimack Repertory Theatre. From left to right, Jason Bowen, Celeste Olivia, Nael Nacer, Veronika Duerr, Joel Colodner. Meghan Moore photo.

Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord, on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 1 and 6 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. Tickets are $15 each. In addition to the dance performances to holiday songs, there’s a family baked goods sale, 50/50 raffle and free Santa photo. Visit concorddanceacdemy.com, call 226-0200.

• The Ogunquit Playhouse brings Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: The Musical to The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, with showtimes Wednesday, Dec. 9, through Sunday, Dec. 20. The production features well-known songs like “Sisters” and “White Christmas.” Tickets are $42 to $64. Visit themusichall.org or call 436-2400.

• The Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord (225-1111, ccanh. com), hosts The Twelve Days of Christmas on Friday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 12, at 2 p.m. The show features more than 100 performers from across New Hampshire, including students from the Eastern Ballet Institute and the Concord Community Music School’s Purple Finches Children’s Chorus. There will be musicians, aerial dance artists and an

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18-foot light-up pear tree with a dancing partridge in her nest. Tickets are $12.50 to $16.50.

• Pontine Theatre presents A New England Christmas at Pontine’s West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth, on Friday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 12, at 4 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. Pontine Artistic Directors Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers perform Christmas 1910 by Gladys Hasty Carroll, The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t by Ogden Nash and The Christmas Monks by Mary Wilkins Freeman. The show combines storytelling and Victorian-style toy theater figures. Tickets are $24. Visit pontine.org or call 436-6660.

• The students at Portsmouth Academy of Performing Arts (PAPA) premiere their new show, Saving Santa, at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth, from Dec. 12 through Dec. 20.

The show, written by Rep artistic director Miles Burns, tells the story of what happens when Santa Claus goes missing after delivering toys on Christmas Eve, and his elves must figure out how to rescue and bring him “ho, ho, home.” Tickets are $10.

Visit seacoastrep.org or call 433-4472.

• George Hosker-Bouley performs his

self-written play, A Dickens’ of a Christmas, at Old Salt Restaurant, 490 Lafayette Road, Hampton, on Monday, Dec. 14, at 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 5:30 p.m.; and Thursday, Dec. 17, at 5:30 p.m. The event includes a three-course dinner, live music, holiday carols and the show, which is about a writer who wants to give his children a great story for Christmas, but who is befuddled by writer’s block.

Tickets are $39.99 per person.

• Think you’ve heard them all? The Majestic Theatre presents Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), a comedy dinner theater show, at the Executive Court Banquet Facility, 1199 S. Mammoth Road, Manchester, on Friday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 20, at 1:30 p.m.

Three actors attempt to perform every holiday tale, present Christmas traditions from around the world, show seasonal icons from ancient times and sing every carol ever sung. Tickets are $42 Friday and Saturday and $38 Sunday. Dinner is included with tickets, but 24-hour advance reservations are required, with limited tickets available. Call 669-7469.

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“I believe it’s the largest parade in the state,” Beaudry said.

Parade floats and marchers will make their way down Elm Street, starting at the Brady Sullivan Tower on north Elm Street and ending at Veterans Park. The theme of the parade this year is the Magic of Christmas.

Community businesses will create floats, Beaudry said, and there will be awards for the best business float, best nonprofit float and best overall.

New this year, a grand marshal was chosen to ride in the front of the parade.

“We are very excited that this year we have a grand marshal and that is going to be Chief Willard — Nick Willard — of the Manchester Police Department,” Beaudry said.

Also marching in the parade will be the FIRST robotics team 501, the Power Knights, princesses from the Party Palace, the New England Brotherhood of Pirates, the baton-twirling Rhythmic Revolution, the Muchachos Drum and Bugle Corps, and various Scout troops and high school sports teams.

“We have the ladies from Jazzercise, and they’re hilarious,” Beaudry said. “They wear their Santa Claus hats and they liter-

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As is tradition for the parade, the Manchester Fire Department will be conducting their Boot Drive for the Salvation Army Santa Fund and the USPS National Association of Letter Carriers will be collecting

letters to Santa from the crowd.

“We’ve kind of got a little bit of everything in this parade,” Beaudry said.

She encourages folks to be set up to watch the full parade by 3 p.m. and to grab a hot chocolate or a snack at one of the nearby establishments.

— Ryan Lessard

Get your arts and crafts fix

By Kelly Sennott

ksennott@hippopress.com

The holidays are some of the busiest times of the year for artists. At local art galleries and fairs, you can see what they’ve been spending months putting together.

• The Wild Salamander Creative Arts Center, 30 Ash St., Hollis, presents “Good Things Come in Small Packages” through Dec. 23 and features both local and regional artists who create small, dynamic and affordable works of art. You can find more information at wildsalamander.com or by calling 465-WILD. • The Craftworkers’ Guild Holiday Craft Shop is open for visitors Friday, Nov. 27, through Tuesday, Dec. 22, at the historic Kendall House, 5 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford, daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with

extended hours until 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10. There will be gourmet goodies and more than 60 member artisans selling work.

Visit craftworkersguild.org.

• East Colony Fine Art hosts a Pop-up Gallery, on view now through Christmas Eve, at the Salzburg Square Shopping Center, 292 Route 101, Amherst. Works by 24 artists are on view and for sale, with special Black Friday events on Nov. 27 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Small Business Saturday Nov. 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On these days, artists will hold demonstrations and visitors can win door prizes. Visit eastcolony.com or call 661-8305. Hours are Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Designing Women hosts a Holiday Fine Art and Craft Show benefitting A Safe Place at the Frank Jones Center, 400 Route 1 Bypass, Portsmouth, on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be more than 35 artists from northern New England exhibiting handcrafted pieces, from pottery 22

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• The Lakes Region Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair is Saturday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 29, from customer. Offer expires 11/29/14. No credit 10 a.m. cards. to 3 p.m., at the Opechee Conference r, NH (Next to city hall) | 625-8442 | 800-457-6539 | PearsonsJewelry.com Center, 62 Doris Ray Court, Laconia. There will be more than 85 exhibitors selling jewelry, wearable art, wooden crafts, quilts, foods, glass art, floral arrangements, etc. Call 5284014 or visit joycescraftshows.com.

• The French students of Newfound Regional High School host a Holiday Fair Saturday, Nov. 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at er expires 11/29/14. No credit cards. the high school, 150 Newfound Road, Bristol. There will be shopping, food, carolers, all) | 625-8442 | 800-457-6539 | PearsonsJewelry.com raffles, prizes and a visit from Santa.

• This year’s Downtown Holiday Market, presented by Intown Manchester, is at Brady Sullivan Plaza, 1000 Elm St., Manchester, Thursday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursday, Dec. 10, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and Thursday, Dec. 17, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

There will be unique local artisan goods for sale. Visit intownmanchester.com or the Facebook page.

• UNH hosts the annual Evergreen Fair at its Memorial Union Building, 83 Main St., Durham, highlighting work by 50 artists and craftsmen who sell work in clay, fiber, metal, paper, glass, wood, etc., on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit evergreenfair.net.

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You can attend Intown Manchester’s Downtown Holiday Market on Thursdays during lunch breaks or on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Courtesy photo.

shopping night where downtown shops stay open late. Here you’ll find everything handmade. Visit granitestateartsmarket.com.

• The 38th Annual Contoocook Artisans Holiday Craft Fair is Friday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., at the St. Andrews Parish Hall, 354 Main St., Hopkinton. The event is part of “Starry, Starry Weekend,” and there will be 35 local artisans selling pottery, paintings, stained glass, beadwork, quilts, gifts for the home, wreaths, dried arrangements, dolls, maple sugar products, etc.

• The 26th annual “Christmas in Strafford” craft fair is Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and it happens at more than 20 locations, where local artists and craftspeople open their studios to the general public.

On Saturday, you can stop for lunch at the Bow Lake Grange Hall, Water St., Strafford, and the Historical Waldron Store will also have craftspeople selling goods. Many of the craftspeople are juried League of New Hampshire Craftsmen members, and on Saturday at select venues a special gift will be given to the 26th customer. Call 664-5557 or visit christmasinstraffordnh.com.

• The New Hampshire Antique Co-op, 323 Elm St./Route 101A, Milford, hosts a holiday open house on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The shop has been festively decorated with a vintage miniature exhibit, “North Pole Elf School,” by antique ornament collector and dealer Beverly Weir-Longacre. The event will also feature refreshments, sweets, Christmas carols and raffles. Call 673-8499, visit nhantiquecoop. com.

• The Ladies Circle of the Longmeadow Church hosts an annual Snowflake Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.,

at the Longmeadow Church, located at the corner of Route 121 and Wilson’s Crossing in Auburn. The fair hosts booths, a cookie walk, baked goods, candy, crafts, a silent auction and attic treasures, plus pictures with Santa and a children’s shopping room. Call 483-2907.

• The 16th Annual New England Holiday Craft Spectacular is at the Rockingham Park Racetrack, 79 Rockingham Park Blvd., Salem, on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For sale will be American-made crafts like candles, turned wood, pottery, scarves, soap, ceramics, wall hangings, puppets, clay, folk toys, etc. Admission is $7. Visit castleberryfairs.com.

• The GFWC Hudson Juniors 39th Annual Craft Fair is at Hudson Memorial School, 1 Memorial Drive, Hudson, on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There’s food, a penny raffle, and more than 100 crafters (past events have seen more than 1,000 shoppers).

• The Webster PTO Holiday Fair is at the Webster Town Hall, 945 Battle St., Webster, on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There will be tasty eats, craftwork and raffles. Call 229-2896.

• The 22nd Annual SHARE Christmas Fair is Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 1 Columbus Ave., Milford. The show will contain elegant handmade crafts, Christmas decorations, jewelry and other unique items made by professional craftspeople, plus free cash door prizes drawn every hour. Kids can sit on Santa’s lap and have pictures taken, and lunch will be for sale. Call 673-9898.

• The New Castle Village Christmas Fair is Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the New Castle Recreational Building, 301 Wentworth Road, New Castle. Visitors will revel in coffee, homemade baked goods,

chowder, lobster rolls, desserts, wreaths, trees, artisan booths and the 50th-anniversary edition of the famous New Castle cookbook.

There are also rumors of visits by Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Call 431-4456.

• The St. Patrick Christmas Craft Fair is held at St. Patrick Parish Center, 12 Main St., Pelham, on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be crafters, baked goods, a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Claus, a coloring contest and raffles.

• The Greenland Christmas Fair features crafts, food and an auction on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Greenland Parish House, Post Road, Route 151, Greenland.

There will be a cookie walk, tables of jewelry, handmade items made by the Women’s Alliance, gourmet foods and other handmade products, a visit from Santa and a luncheon.

Call 436-8336, visit communitychurchofgreenland.org.

• The Holly Town Fair at the Arlington Street Methodist Church, 63 Arlington St., Nashua, is Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be local crafters, baked goods, candy, Christmas items and homemade food. Visit asumc.net or call 882-4663.

• The Grace Episcopal Church, 30 Eastman St., Concord, hosts the annual St. Nicholas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be artisan crafts, jewelry, pies, cookies, cakes, fudge, pet gifts, hats, mittens,

ornaments and holiday decorations. There will also be a White Christmas Elephant Sale and used book sale for bargain-hunters. Call 224-2252 or visit graceeastconcord.org.

The Picker Building hosts its annual Holiday Open Studios on Sunday, Dec. 6, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the building, 99 Factory St. Ext., Nashua. Visitors can walk through the building and visit the many artists in their studios, who will be selling work for the holidays.

• There’s a Holly Jolly Craft Fair on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza, 2 Somerset Boulevard, Nashua, with about 70 exhibitors displaying everything from fine art and wooden crafts to quilts and home decor. Call 528-4014 or visit joycescraftshows.com.

• The Auburn Village School Holiday Craft Fair is Saturday, Dec. 12, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the AVS gymnasium, 11 Eaton Hill Road, Auburn. There will be raffles, crafters, vendors, concessions and a visit from Santa. Visit avsholidayfair.com.

• The Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester, hosts a Currier Collection Tour on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 11:30 a.m., that brings visitors through the museum’s collection with a focus on different kinds of holiday celebrations. Admission to the museum is free for New Hampshire residents Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon. Visit currier.org or call 669-6144.

Holiday craft classes and workshops

By Angie Sykeny

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Instead of buying holiday decorations, why not make some? Check out these crafty events.

• Unwind this holiday season at E. W. Poore Art Studio’s (775 Canal St., Manchester) “A Day of ‘Z’” Friday Zentangle sessions. On Friday, Nov. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., make ’tangled holiday decorations and adornments with bling. On Friday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., create ’tangled Christmas cards, embellished letters and Zendala gift boxes. The cost for each session is $59. Previous basic instruction from a certified Zentangle teacher is required. Students must supply their own basic materials, and the instructor will provide any specialty materials. Visit ewpoore. com.

• There will be a wreath-making workshop with Beaver Brook and League of New Hampshire Craftsmen at the 4th Annual Holiday Bazaar at LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst) on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enjoy

Star ornament from workshop at the League of NH Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery. Courtesy photo.

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• If you’re looking to give your home some festive flair, come to Holiday Decorating with Nancy Godbout and Aimee Lindh on Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Manchester City Library 24

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• The Hooksett Public Library (31 Mount St Mary's Way) will host an adult craft night on Wednesday, Dec. 2, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Participants will make a snowman out of a flower pot and other craft supplies. Light refreshments will be served. This event is also open to teens age 15 and up. There is a $5 fee to cover the cost of the supplies.

Speak with a library staff member to register. Visit hooksettlibrary.org.

• Join Beaver Brook for a greens-gathering hike and wreath-making on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., at the Beaver Brook Brown Lane Barn (52 Brown Lane, Hollis). Take a hike to gather eastern hemlock, white pine, mountain laurel, pine cones and winter berries. Then, return to the barn and enjoy tea and cookies while you fashion a long-lasting holiday wreath. Bring your own clippers if you have them; wreath rings and wire will be supplied. The cost is $25 per person. Visit beaverbrook.org.

• Get in the holiday spirit with a Natural Creations craft at Amoskeag Fishways (4 Fletcher St., Manchester) on Friday, Dec. 4, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Come with your family and make natural adornments with evergreen boughs, pine cones and more. Hang them up in your own home or give them as a gift. The cost is $8 per family, and advance registration is required. Visit amoskeagfishways.org.

• The League of NH Craftsmen Nashua Gallery (98 Main St.) will have a Snowflake Zendala workshop on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., open to adults and kids age 10 and up. A Zendala is a hybrid of a mandala circle and Zentangle art. Create snowflake-shaped Zendalas that can be used as ornaments. All experience levels are welcome. Tuition costs $20, and materials cost $15. Visit nhcrafts.org.

• E. W. Poore Art Studio (775 Canal St., Manchester) will have a Zentangle Inspired Christmas Workshop on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Students choose from a selection of holiday-themed Zentangle projects including cards, decorations, embellished letters and

Zendala gift boxes. The cost for the workshop is $49. Previous basic instruction from a certified Zentangle teacher is required.

Students must supply their own basic materials, and the instructor will provide any specialty materials. Visit ewpoore.com.

• Join Amoskeag Fishways (4 Fletcher St., Manchester) for family wreath-making on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon. Work with your family using natural materials to create a fragrant, long-lasting wreath to hang in your home. The cost is $15 per wreath. Advance registration is required. Visit amoskeagfishways.org.

• The Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library (7 Forest Road, Wilton) will host a holiday centerpiece workshop on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Create a lovely centerpiece to put on your holiday table. Please bring a container and any items such as boughs, branches or other greenery to share. Visit wiltonlibrarynh.org.

• Stop by the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester) on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to make your own 2016 calendar inspired by works in the Currier’s collection. All ages are welcome.

This project is free with museum admission and free for New Hampshire residents between 10 a.m. and noon. Visit currier.org.

• Did you know that Sunday, Dec. 13, is National Cocoa Day? Celebrate at Sandown Public Library (305 Main St.) from noon to 2 p.m. Mix your own hot chocolate powder, then create adorable snowman jars to store it in. Visit sandownlibrary.us.

• Get in the holiday spirit with a star ornament workshop at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen Meredith Fine Craft Gallery (279 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith) on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Crafters will make their own paper beads, add some sparkle and string the beads onto a wire along with some accent beads to create a shimmering holiday star ornament.

Tuition costs $19 per student, and materials cost $10. Pre-registration is required. Visit meredith.nhcrafts.org/classes.

• Head to Sandown Public Library (305 Main St.) on Wednesday, Dec. 16, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. to create a mini felt ball wreath.

No felting experience is needed. Visit sandownlibrary.us.

’Tis the season for fairs, lights, trains and more

By Angie Sykeny

asykeny@hippopress.com

There are tons of fun activities for the whole family this season, whether you want to take the Santa Express or stroll through a Christmas Village, watch a parade or attend a tree lighting.

• The Gift of Lights is now open at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1122 Route 106 North, Loudon). This drivethrough Christmas light park spans over two miles and features over 60 holiday scenes and over 400 light displays. It’s open from 4:30 to 9 p.m. every day now through Jan. 2 except for Nov. 30, Dec. 1, Dec. 7, Dec. 8 and Christmas Day. Purchase tickets online or at the gate. The cost is $15 per car Monday through Thursday and $20 per car Friday through Sunday and holidays. Visit giftoflightsnhms.com.

• Climb aboard Santa’s Holiday Express on the Conway Scenic Railroad (38 Norcross Circle, North Conway), where you’ll get to ride with Santa and his elves and enjoy hot chocolate and cookies. Rides are offered Nov. 27 to Nov. 29, Dec. 5, Dec. 6, Dec. 12, Dec. 13, and Dec. 19 to Dec. 23. Tickets range from $16.50 to $25 for adults, $11.50 to $21 for kids 4 to 12 and up to $12 for kids under 4. You can also catch a ride on the Journey to the North Pole, running Nov. 27 to Nov. 29, Dec. 4 to Dec. 6, Dec. 10 to Dec. 13, and Dec. 18 to Dec. 22. Passengers will enjoy hot chocolate as they ride to Santa’s headquarters, where they will be greeted by Santa and his elves.

On the return trip, there will be a Christmas sing-along. Tickets range from $47 to $67.

For more information about both of these train rides, visit conwayscenic.com.

• Castle in the Clouds (Route 171, 455 Old Mountain Road, Moultonborough) will be hosting its Christmas at the Cas-

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tle event Friday, Nov. 27, through Sunday, Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Experience a 1920s-style Christmas at the Historic Lucknow Estate with festive decor, live music, costumed guides and role-players, family activities, crafts and more. Admission costs $20 for adults and $10 for kids ages 5 through 17. The last tickets will be sold at 2 p.m. each day, and lunch will run 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Visit castleintheclouds.org.

• Don’t miss out on the Ho-Ho-Hobo Santa Express holiday train rides at the Hobo Railroad (64 Railroad St., Lincoln), which start Friday, Nov. 27, and continue every weekend through Sunday, Dec. 20.

Once seated, each passenger will receive a cup of hot chocolate, and each family will receive a box of holiday cookies to enjoy on the one-hour-and-twenty-minute tour. Santa and his elves will visit with each child on the train and hand out gifts.

Be sure to bring a camera for photos with Santa on the station platform after the ride.

Tickets cost $20 per seat in coach class and $25 per seat in first class, which is seating at a table. Children ages 2 and under are free. Visit hoborr.com.

• Plunge into the holidays the weekend after Thanksgiving at Waterville Valley.

Events include a Turkey Shot Free Throw Contest on Friday, Nov. 27, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and the 3rd Annual Cold Turkey Plunge on Sunday, Nov. 28, at 1 p.m., where you can take a dip in the icy waters of Corcoran Pond to benefit athletic programs for people with disabilities. Stick around in Town Square for cookies and hot chocolate and to greet Santa and his dog sled team at 3:30 p.m. There will be a tree lighting and fireworks show at 7 p.m. Visit visitwatervillevalley.com.

• DeMeritt Hill Farm (66 Lee Road, Lee) will continue its Reason for the Season event this year on Saturdays and Sundays, Nov. 28, Nov. 29, Dec. 5, Dec. 6, Dec. 12 and Dec. 13, beginning every hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Take a wagon ride 26

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25 with Santa to find your family’s perfect tree. Mrs. Claus will read “'Twas the Night Before Christmas” to little ones and hand out apple ornaments and candy canes.

Warm up with some hot apple cider and get your family photo taken. Registration is required. Visit demeritthillfarm.com.

• Everyone is invited to Santa’s Big Party at Charmingfare Farm (774 High St., Candia), held every weekend from Sunday, Nov. 29, through Sunday, Dec. 20, with check-in times from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The party is held at a secret location, accessible only by a 30-minute horsedrawn ride through the Christmas trail.

At the party, there will be sugar cookies and hot cocoa, a bonfire, music and performers. Santa himself will be DJ-ing and mingling with guests alongside other costumed characters. When families are ready to leave, they can hop aboard the tractor train ride to see Santa’s reindeer. Admission costs $19 per person and is free for children under 23 months old. Visit visitthefarm.com.

• The Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce 29th Annual Holiday Open House will take place on Thursday, Dec. 3, beginning at 4 p.m., in downtown Exeter. There will be a visit from Santa, Roaming Railroad train rides, food, music, shopping and more. Visit exeterarea.org/event/ holiday-open-house.

• Play bingo and shop at the same time at the Amherst Junior Women’s Club’s Holiday Vendor Bingo Night on Thursday, Dec. 3, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

There will be 20 vendors set up at Granite State Cabinetry (384 Route 101, Bedford) selling jewelry, gourmet products, body lotions and many other unique items.

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• The 29th Annual Derry Holiday Parade will take place on Saturday, Nov. 28, beginning at 1 p.m. This year’s theme is “The Magic of the Holidays.” There will be more than 80 marching bands, festive floats, clowns and costumed characters. The parade will kick off at the corner of West Broadway and Maple Street and end at Hood Commons on Crystal Avenue. Visit derry-chamber.chambermaster.com.

• Catch the Salem Christmas Parade on Sunday, Nov. 29, beginning at 1 p.m. on Main Street. Updates will be posted at facebook. com/pages/Salem-NH-Holiday-Parade.

• See bands, floats, Santa and more at the Laconia Holiday Parade on Sunday, Nov. 29, kicking off from Wyatt Park on South Main Street at 4 p.m., and ending with the tree lighting in Veterans Square. Visit lakesregionchamber.org.

• Sunday, Nov. 29, is Deerfield’s Sit with Santa, Fireman’s Parade & Holiday Lighting. From 2 to 4 p.m. at the Town Hall (8 Raymond Road), kids can sit with Santa while families enjoy carols, hot cocoa, home baked

a prize from one of the vendors. Email kallen96@gmail.com for more information.

• Check out Laconia’s Christmas Village, where the Community Center is transformed into a holiday wonderland, on Thursday, Dec. 3, and Friday, Dec. 4, from 6 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6, from 2 to 5 p.m. Visit cityoflaconianh.org.

• This year marks the 12th anniversary of Starry, Starry Weekend in Contoocook and Hopkinton. There will be shopping and festivities from Friday, Dec. 4, to Sunday, Dec. 6, including church fairs, food, gingerbread house-making workshops and more throughout the two villages. A preview night will be held Thursday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m., when, for a donation of $5, you can get the first pick of many local artisan gifts and decor. Visit explorecontoocook.com for a full schedule.

• Ladies are invited to the Grace Ministries International (263 Route 125, Brentwood) 19th Annual Christmas Tea on Friday, Dec. 4, with doors opening at

6:30 p.m. Enjoy a night of live jazz, short comedy skits, a photo booth and a 50/50 raffle. This is an upscale, classy event, so dress in formal attire. Tickets cost $25.

Seats are limited, so reserve your spot early by calling 642-7848.

• Experience the Lighted Winter Wonderland at Charmingfare Farm (774 High St., Candia), open weekends from Friday, Dec. 4, to Sunday, Dec. 27, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with check-in times from 5 to 9 p.m. Guests will travel through beautiful lights, holiday scenes and costumed characters on their way to the North Pole, where Santa himself will be waiting to greet them. Admission costs $25 per person and is free for children under 23 months. Visit visitthefarm.com.

• Christmas at Canterbury returns on Saturdays, Dec. 5 and Dec. 12, from 3 to 8 p.m., at Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road). The annual event demonstrates how Christmas was celebrated during a simpler era. Get creative with activities like making Christmas cards,

goods and other holiday activities. There is no charge for this event, but bring a baked good to contribute if you can. At 4 p.m., the holiday lights will be unveiled in Gazebo Field and the Firemen’s Parade will begin making its way through the village, beginning at the Deerfield Penguin Mart and ending on Church Street. Email parks@townofdeerfieldnh.com for more information.

• The Exeter Holiday Parade is set for Saturday, Dec. 5, at 5:30 p.m. The theme this year is “Fire & Ice.” Watch facebook.com/ExeterHolidayParade for updates.

• Don’t miss the Nottingham Holiday Parade & Party, happening Saturday, Dec. 5, at 10 a.m. The parade winds through town near the Community Center (139 Stage Road), led by the Police Department and selectmen and followed by Santa. After the parade, there will be a free party with refreshments, a children’s craft workshop and pictures with Santa in the Community Center. Visit nottingham-nh.gov.

• The Portsmouth Illuminated Holiday Parade will take place on Saturday, Dec. 5, at

6 p.m., at Market Square. The theme this year is “Unity.” The tree lighting will precede the parade at 5 p.m. Visit portsmouthchamber.org.

• What’s your favorite Christmas movie?

Come celebrate the best of holiday cinema at the Somersworth Christmas Parade & Winter Gala on Saturday, Dec. 5. The theme this year is “Favorite Christmas Movie Memories.” The Somersworth Plaza will be turned into a Winter Gala from 1:30 to 4:45 p.m., with performances, exhibits, events and a paradeviewing area. The parade will begin at 2 p.m.

A fireworks display will close out the event.

Visit somersworthchristmasparade.com.

• The Merrimack Annual Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Sunday, Dec. 6. The parade will begin at 3 p.m., at the Commons Shopping Plaza and will end at the Town Hall parking lot. The tree lighting ceremony will start at 3:45 p.m. at Abbie Griffin Park. Mr. and Mrs. Claus will be making an appearance as well. Visit merrimackparksandrec.org.

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decorating gingerbread cookies and creating ornaments for your Christmas tree.

Interact with costumed characters, admire a toy train display, listen to fiddlers and see an old-fashioned 19th-century magic show.

Then, enjoy hot apple cider and sing Christmas carols while you watch the lighting of the Village Christmas tree. Admission is $18 for adults, $8 for children ages 6 to 17 and free for children under 5. Visit shakers. org to purchase tickets.

• The Deerfield Fair Christmas Stroll will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Deerfield fairgrounds (34 Stage Road). Stroll through a Winter Wonderland of displays, get your picture taken with Santa, take a hayride, visit the live manger and sing along with carolers. Children can stop at Santa’s workshop to make holiday crafts and write letters to Santa.

There will be Christmas trees and wreaths for sale, free hot chocolate and cookies and other refreshments available for purchase.

Admission costs $2 for children and $5 for adults. Visit facebook.com/DeerfieldFair.

• Strawbery Banke Museum (14 Hancock St., Portsmouth) is carrying on tradition with its 36th Annual Candlelight Stroll, held on weekends, Dec. 5, Dec. 6, Dec. 12, Dec. 13, Dec. 19 and Dec. 20, from 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays and 4 to 8 p.m. on Sundays. Take a stroll through 350 years of history by visiting historic houses with costumed role players and performers who will recreate the holidays of old.

Enjoy hearth-cooking and craft demonstrations, winter projects for kids, a bonfire, refreshments and hot apple cider. The cost is $25 for adults, $12.50 for children ages 5 through 17 and $60 for families. Visit strawberybanke.org.

• Enjoy a day of family fun at the Pine Hill Waldorf School’s (77 Pine Hill Drive, Wilton) annual Holiday Fair on 28

joining the march during the 2nd Annual Seacoast Toys For Tots Christmas Parade on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. The theme this year is “A Beam of Light.” The parade kicks off from the Chop Shop parking lot (920 Lafayette Road, Seabrook) and continues to the new Walmart center for a community gathering with hot cocoa, live bands, pictures with Santa, giveaways for the kids and more. Visit chopshoppub.com.

• Get in the holiday spirit at one of the largest parades in New Hampshire. Rochester’s Holiday Parade is on Sunday, Dec. 6, beginning at 3 p.m., in the downtown area.

The theme this year is “Out of This World Christmas!” You’ll see nearly 100 youth, organization and commercial floats, V.I.P.s, color guard and marching units and equestrian and marching bands. Visit rochesternh.org.

• The Hampstead Firemen’s Association Annual Christmas Parade will be held on Sunday, Dec. 13, beginning at 2 p.m., along Main Street. The theme this year is “Hampstead in the Future.” Visit hampsteadnh.us.

• The 15th Annual “Fez”tival of Trees runs now through Sunday, Nov. 29, at the Bektash Shrine Center (189 Pembroke Road, Concord). The festival includes themed, decorated trees up for bid and raffle, children’s games, a gift shop, refreshments and visits with Santa. It will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 27 and Nov. 28, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 29. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and free for children under 12.

Visit bektashshriners.org.

• Plaistow’s Festival of Trees will be held at Plaistow Fish and Game (18 May Ray Ave.) from Friday, Nov. 27, to Sunday, Nov. 29. The festival features a craft fair, breakfast with Santa, holiday stories, Santa’s workshop, caroling for children, a snack bar and many special visits from Santa throughout the weekend. Admission is free. Visit plaistow.com.

• There’s plenty of holiday fun to be had at the Southern New Hampshire Festival of Trees, open from Friday, Nov. 27, to Saturday, Dec. 5, at Sherburne Hall in the Pelham Municipal Building (6 Village Green, Pelham). There will be new live entertainment each day, many visits from Santa and treats available at the Candy Cane Cafe. Don’t forget that Tuesday, Dec. 1, is Polar Express Night — come in pajamas and receive a free goodie bag. Daily admission to the festival is $5, and free for kids under 12. Visit snhfestivaloftrees.pelhamcommunityspirit.org for a full schedule of events.

• The Antrim Festival of Trees display will be open at the James A. Tuttle Library (45 Main St., Antrim) during regular library hours from Saturday, Nov. 28, to Saturday, Jan. 2., with a free open house event on Nov. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit antrimfestivaloftrees.org.

• Catch the Bow Community Tree Lighting Celebration on Sunday, Nov. 29, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the town bandstand. There will be a holiday sing-along, photo opportunities with Santa, s’mores, hot chocolate and cookies. Visit bow-nh.com.

• See New Boston’s Holiday Tree Lighting on Sunday, Nov. 29, at 6 p.m., on the town common. There will be light refreshments and holiday songs. Visit newbostonnh. gov.

• The Warner Festival of Trees, held at Warner Town Hall (5 E. Main St.), will run from Monday, Nov. 30, to Friday, Dec. 25.

Visit townofwarner.com.

• Catch the Penacook Tree Lighting on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m., at Boudreau Square in Penacook Village. Santa will arrive via fire truck, the Penacook Elementary Chorus will sing holiday favorites and refreshments will be served. Visit penacook.org.

• Stop by the Exeter Town Hall (9 Front St.) for the 17th Annual Exeter Festival of Trees on Thursday, Dec. 3, beginning at 11 a.m. Tour the decorated trees and place a bid to take one home. Visit exeternh.gov.

• Kick off the holiday season at Roches-

ter’s 5th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 4, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in Central Square. Downtown festivities will include a reading of “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” cooking-decorating, dance performances, hot chocolate and cookies, a nativity scene, a photo booth, caroling and a visit from Santa. See rochesternh.org.

• The Dover Festival of Trees will be held on Friday, Dec. 4, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the Dover City Hall Auditorium (288 Central Ave.). Come check out 35 elaborately decorated trees to be auctioned and raffled, plus a live choir performance, children’s activities, holiday carols, refreshments and more. Visit dovernh.org/festival-of-trees.

• Ring in the holidays with Christmas carols, hot chocolate and visits with Santa at the Sandown Tree Lighting Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 4, at 6:30 p.m., at the Town Hall (320 Main St.). Visit sandown.us.

• Head to the Wright Museum (77 Center St., Wolfeboro) for the Wolfeboro Festival of Trees, held Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 5, Dec. 6, Dec. 12 and Dec. 13, and Wednesday, Dec. 9. The fest features more than 65 decorated trees, continuous entertainment and light refreshments. A preview gala will be held on Thursday, Dec. 3. Daily admission costs $5, $2 for children 8 and under and $12 for families. To see the full schedule or reserve your spot at the gala, visit wolfeborofestivaloftrees.com.

• See Windham’s Annual Tree Lighting at the town commons on Saturday, Dec. 5.

Santa will be around for photos from 3 to 5 p.m., the Windham Community Band will perform from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and there will be carols by the WMS Chorus at 4:45 p.m. The tree lighting will take place at 5 p.m. Visit windhamnewhampshire.com/ event/annual-tree-lighting.

• Lyndeborough’s Santa Visit and Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held on Saturday, Dec. 5, beginning at 4 p.m. Check town. lyndeborough.nh.us for updates.

• Catch Durham’s Annual Tree Lighting Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m., on Main Street. There will be raffles, bonfires and s’mores, hot cocoa, ornamentmaking and visits with Santa. See ci.durham. nh.us.

• The annual Tree Lighting at Pelham Public Library (24 Village Green) will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Enjoy cookies and hot chocolate and join in singing some favorite Christmas carols. At 7 p.m., the English Handbell Choir of First Congregational Church will give a special performance. Visit pelhampubliclibrary.org.

• The Amherst Tree Lighting Festival will be held from Friday, Dec. 11, to Sunday, Dec. 13. The tree lighting ceremony is Friday at 6 p.m. on the WWI Common.

There will be various events happening throughout town on Saturday and Sunday, including concerts, meals, fairs, meetings with Santa and more. Visit amherstnh.gov/ town-celebrations/tree-lighting-festival.

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Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 26 4 p.m. The fair features a variety of seasonal activities like children’s crafts, storytelling, puppet shows and a circus performance. Be sure to meet the Pocket Lady and pick a small treasure from one of her many pockets. Stop by the Crystal Cafe for a homemade waffle, lunch or dessert. Admission is free. Visit pinehill.org/ holidayfair2015.

• Travel back in time at Hillsborough’s Old-Fashioned Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 5, beginning at 8 a.m., in the downtown area. There will be family activities, shopping, entertainment, crafts and food, all with an old-fashioned feel. The event ends in the evening at Butler Park with the Christmas tree lighting and a visit from Santa. Visit hillsboroughpride.org.

• Visit the Millyard Museum’s (200 Bedford St., Manchester) Holiday Open House on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for children’s crafts, holiday storytelling, raffles, old-fashioned board games, cookies and cider and a guest appearance from Santa from 10 to 11 a.m. Admission is free. Visit manchesterhistoric.org.

• Have a holly jolly day shopping for wreaths, handcrafted ornaments and the 50th-anniversary edition of the New Castle Cookbook at the New Castle Village Christmas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at New Castle Recreation Building (301 Wentworth Road, New Castle). Start the day with a cup of coffee and homemade baked goods and don’t miss the fish chowder and lobster rolls for lunch. Other features include the candy store, hospitality baskets, silent auction and a visit from Santa Claus.

• Head to the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum (18 Highlawn Road, Warner) for its Winter Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event features storytelling, traditional games, a Peyote stitch craft class, a talk on native herbal plant use, native flute music and traditional food. The cost is $5 per person and $20 for families. Visit indianmuseum.org.

• Take your furry friend to meet Santa at the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire (545 Route 101, Bedford) on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be 15-minute professional photo sessions for you and your pet with Santa. The cost is $25, and appointments are required. Visit rescueleague.org.

• North Hampton’s 14th Annual Christ-

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mas Caroling and Tree Lighting will be held on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4:30 p.m., at the North Hampton Bandstand. Visit northhampton-nh.gov.

• Bring the family for an afternoon of fun at the Holiday Family Party with Santa at the Kimball Jenkins Estate (266 N. Main St., Concord) on Sunday, Dec. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m.

There will be a storytime, photos with Santa, craft projects, refreshments and a tour of the mansion. Admission costs $10 per child. Visit kimballjenkins.com/santa.

• This year’s Lights on the Hill Christmas celebration in Candia will be held on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 1 to 8 p.m. Activities will be held in the historic buildings at the corner of High Street and South Road. Come see the hundreds of luminaries, warm up at the campfire, enjoy a light supper and dessert and check out the live nativity animals at the Bethlehem stable. You can also do some shopping at the Christmas Store, where elves will be helping children purchase and wrap gifts for their families. Stop by the coffeehouse for coffee and acoustic music. Kids will enjoy cookie-decorating, craft-making and more. Visit candiacongregational.org.

• The Gilford Village Candlelight Stroll is on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. Take a walk or an old-fashioned horse-and-wagon ride among hundreds of candles. There will be carolers meandering around, and many homes will offer treats for children. Santa will be at the Village Field bandstand, where strollers can warm up and toast marshmallows at a bon-

fire. Email katherine@gilfordlibrary.org for more information.

• Make a purchase at any participating Derry business between Dec. 13 and Dec. 19, then use your receipt to gain free admission to the screening of The Polar Express on Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Derry Opera House (29 W. Broadway). The film will show at noon, 3, and 6 p.m. Seats will be first-come, first served. Viewers will get free popcorn and hot chocolate, and there will be other refreshments available for purchase. There will also be store specials, Santa sightings and more in town throughout the week. Visit facebook.com/thisismyderry for more information.

• Don’t miss the Mill Falls Marketplace (312 DW Hwy., Meredith) & Main Street Holiday Open House on Sunday, Dec. 6, from 1 to 4 p.m. Enjoy horse-and-wagon rides through the village, strolling carolers, a visit from Santa and shopping in the Mill Falls Winter Wonderland. Visit millfalls.com.

• Swing by the Derry Public Library’s (64 E. Broadway, Derry) Holiday Open House on Wednesday, Dec. 16, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., for music, storytelling and holiday refreshments.

Visit derrypl.org.

• Bring the family for an evening of cheer at the Holly Jolly Family Spectacular on Friday, Dec. 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Milford Town Hall Auditorium (1 Union Square).

Dance, sing along or just sit back and listen to classic holiday hits. Admission costs $5 and is free for kids 4 and under. Visit milford.nh.gov.

• Experience a Victorian Christmas at the

New Hampshire Farm Museum (1305 White Mountain Highway, Milton) on Saturday, Dec. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tour the historic Jones Farmhouse with costumed role-players, go on a horse-drawn sleigh ride, make a handdipped Christmas candle, roast chestnuts and popcorn over an open fire, enjoy gingerbread and hot apple cider, visit with the farm animals and more. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Visit farmmuseum.org.

• Rodgers Memorial Library (194 Derry Road, Hudson) will have a Family Christmas Movie Marathon on Wednesday, Dec. 23, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit rodgerslibrary.org.

• Amoskeag Fishways (4 Fletcher St., Manchester) will celebrate the year with a Fishways Open House on Tuesday, Dec. 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. See presentations on “Active Winter Birds" and "Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons," do fun crafts, enjoy holiday treats and win door prizes. This event is free and open to all ages. Visit amoskeagfishways.org.

• Welcome 2016 with a New Year’s Eve Family Celebration at Pat’s Peak (686 Flanders Road, Henniker) on Thursday, Dec. 31, from 6 p.m. to midnight. Hit the slopes for an evening of skiing, snowboarding and snowtubing until 10 p.m., then stick around afterward for a comedy show, live music, food, party favors, a Champagne toast, fireworks and more. There are several ticket options. For skiing and the party, the cost is $90 for adults, $50 for juniors and seniors. For the party only, the cost is $70 for adults, $35 for juniors and seniors. For skiing only, the cost is $41 per person. For tubing only, the cost is $20 per person.

Visit patspeak.com.

• Check out the New Year’s fireworks display near the Sea Shell Stage (170 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach) on Thursday, Dec. 31, at 8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Visit hamptonbeach.org.

• The yearlong celebration of Concord’s 250th anniversary will conclude with the Cheers to the Next 250 Years! New Year’s Gala on Thursday, Dec. 31, from 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The gala will feature live music, dinner, a pop-up history gallery, dancing, costumes and a final toast. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes inspired by the 1920s, ’50s, ’70s, ’80s and today/future.

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• Now through Dec. 24, Bass Pro Shops (2 Commerce Drive, Hooksett) will become Santa’s Wonderland with kids’ craft and activity tables, weekly plush animal giveaways and photos with Santa. Visit facebook.com/BassProShopsHooksettNH for the photo schedule and to see each week’s craft project.

• Kids and parents can spend the afternoon painting a snowman together at the Mom and Me paint session at Canvas Roadshow (176 S. River Road, Bedford) on Friday, Nov. 27, at 1 p.m. The cost is $22 per canvas. Visit thecanvasroadshow. com.

• Stop by Barnes & Noble in Manchester (1741 S. Willow St.) or Newington (45 Gosling Road) on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m. to celebrate Scout Elf Return Week with a The Elf on the Shelf storytime and fun activities at Santa’s Boot Camp. Visit

barnesandnoble.com • Visit the Studio 550 Art Center (550 Elm St., Manchester) on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 1:30 p.m., for a family clay workshop.

Studio instructors will teach you how to create a clay turkey cup from scratch. Creations will be fired and ready for pickup three to four weeks later. The cost is $30 for one parent and one child, $40 for two

children. Visit 550arts.com.

• From Nov. 30 through Dec. 21, the Whipple Free Library (67 Mont Vernon Road, New Boston) will have holiday storytimes every Monday and Wednesday.

Kids ages 3 to 6 are invited for holiday stories, songs and crafts. Storytimes begin at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1 p.m., except for Monday, Nov. 30 (only 10 and 11 a.m.

times), and Monday, Dec. 1 (only at 1 p.m.). There will also be special holiday lapsits for babies and toddlers under 3 on Fridays, Dec. 4, Dec. 11 and Dec. 18, at 10 a.m. Visit whipplefreelibrary.org.

• Is waiting for Christmas driving you bonkers? Stop by Rodgers Memorial Library (194 Derry Road, Hudson) on Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 3 to 5 p.m. to make a cool craft that counts down the number of days until Christmas. This craft is open to families with kids ages 3 and up. Visit rodgerslibrary.org.

• Join the Nashua Public Library (2 Court St.) on Tuesday, Dec. 1, for a Holiday Storytime & Craft. There will be crafts, stories, a puppet show and light refreshments. This program has two times: 1 to 2 p.m. is for kids ages 3 to 5, and 4 to 5 p.m. is for kids ages 6 to 10. Registration is required. Visit nashualibrary.org.

• The Aaron Cutler Memorial Library (269 Charles Bancroft Hwy., Litchfield) will have The Polar Express storytimes on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 4 and 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, Dec. 3, at 4 and 6:30 p.m.; and Friday, Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. Visit cutlerlibrary. blogspot.com.

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29 Salem) will have holiday craft times for preschoolers on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m., and Friday, Dec. 4, at 10 a.m. Registration is required. Visit kelleylibrary.org.

• Sandown Public Library (305 Main St.) will have special holiday story hours for preschoolers every Wednesday and Thursday at 10 a.m., from Dec. 2 to Dec. 30 (no story on Christmas Eve). Kids will enjoy stories, songs, activities and crafts, with a different holiday theme at each session.

Visit sandownlibrary.us.

• Kids ages 4 and 5 are invited to a Natural Creations craft at Amoskeag Fishways (4 Fletcher St., Manchester) on Thursday, Dec. 3, or Saturday, Dec. 5, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Use evergreen boughs, pinecones and other natural materials to create unique holiday decorations. The cost is $8 per family, and advance registration is required. Visit amoskeagfishways.org.

• Think you have what it takes to be an elf? The Derry Public Library (64 E. Broadway) will host its annual Elf Training on Thursday, Dec. 3. Elves in training can Date: choose 7/27/2011one of three shifts at Santa’s workshop: 1 Salon to 2 &p.m., Client: Arcadya Spa 3 to 4 p.m., or 6 to Logo/Brand Refresh 7Job: p.m.

Training includes making an elf hat, creating an ornament, decorating a cookie, caroling, dancing and playing reindeer games. Children must be age 2 or older.

Registration is required. Visit derrypl.org.

• The Whipple Free Library (67 Mont Vernon Road, New Boston) needs your help decorating the library Christmas tree. On Thursday, Dec. 3, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., kids in grades 1 through 6 are invited for a day of holiday crafting fun, making decorations for the library’s tree and for their own trees at home. There will be treats to enjoy as well. Registration is required. Visit whipplefreelibrary.org.

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• The Gilford Youth Center (19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford) will be transformed into Santa Land on Friday, Dec. 4, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be face-painting, games, activities and visits with Santa. Call 524-6057 for more information.

• Kids of all ages are invited to drop in at Rodgers Memorial Library (194 Derry Road, Hudson) on Friday, Dec. 4, from 2 to 5:30 p.m., to help make and decorate a Christmas banner. Visit rodgerslibrary. org.

• In celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Polar Express, local Barnes & Noble stores will be holding special events on Friday, Dec. 4. Stop by the Manchester (1741 S. Willow St.) or Nashua (235 Daniel Webster Hwy) store at 7 p.m., for a pajama party. At 5 p.m. at the Newington store (45 Gosling Road), join East Kingston Elementary for their annual The Polar Express Night featuring face-painting and other activities leading up to a reading of the story and a visit from Santa. Visit barnesandnoble.com.

• Visit Santa & His Workshop at Bessie Rowell Community Center (12 Rowell Drive, Franklin) on Friday, Dec. 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. There will be gifts from and pictures with Santa, fun crafts, holiday activities and more. Visit business.lakesregionchamber.org.

• Parents can get some shopping done while the kids have fun at the Holiday Drop N’ Shops at Kimball Library (5 Academy Ave., Atkinson). On Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the group will be making beaded snowflake decorations to hang in a window or on a Christmas tree. After the craft, there will be games like “pass the ornament” and “slide

the ring,” a holiday story time and cookiedecorating and -eating. On Saturday, Dec. 19, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., kids can try their hand at silly “reindeer games” like unwrapping a gift while wearing mittens.

Then, they’ll make candy cane snowmen and enjoy them with hot chocolate while listening to holiday stories. The Drop N’ Shops are open to kids in grades K through 5. Registration is required. Visit kimballlibrary.com.

• Parents and kids are invited to the Currier Museum of Art (150 Ash St., Manchester) for a Day to Play in Clay parent-child workshop on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 1 to 3 p.m. Make personalized holiday ornaments to give as gifts or keep in the family. This activity is for children ages 5 and older. The cost is $25 per child. Visit currier.org.

• Visit with Santa and get a free professional photo with him at Rodgers Memorial Library (194 Derry Road, Hudson) on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. There will also be a kids’ holiday craft and milk and cookies for families to enjoy. Visit rodgerslibrary.org.

• Join Barnes & Noble in Nashua (235 Daniel Webster Highway) or Newington (45 Gosling Road) on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 11 a.m. for a How the Grinch Stole Christmas storytime. Visit barnesandnoble.com.

• Dover Public Library (73 Locust St.) will show Santa Buddies (G) on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. Visit dover.nh.gov.

• Kick off the holiday season at Santa’s

Workshop party on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon at St. Joseph Hospital (172 Kinsley St., Nashua). Enjoy festive music, crafts, face-painting, cookie-decorating, games, refreshments and a free photo with Santa. You can even parade in your pajamas if you want. Visit stjosephhospital. com.

• Wadleigh Memorial Library (49 Nashua St., Milford) will have a Holiday Craft Day for kids on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Visit wadleighlibrary. org.

• Join the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St., Dover) for the Jingle Bell Express, a magical journey to Demeritt Hill Farm in Lee to hear a reading of The Polar Express. Kids will enjoy homemade cider donuts and hot chocolate and will receive a keepsake gift and visit from a special guest. Pajamas are welcome.

The cost is $25 per person, free for children 2 and under, and includes a family photo, time to explore the museum and a makeand-take holiday craft. The program runs at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6, but the Saturday trips are now full. Visit childrens-museum. org or call 742-2002 to reserve a seat on the Sunday trip.

• Visit with Santa and his elves and enjoy cider and cookies at the Milford Oval on Sunday, Dec. 6, from noon to 2 p.m. Visit milfordimprovementteam.org/ holiday-fairs-and-events.

• The Barnes & Noble in Newington (45

Gosling Road) will have a special Hanukkah storytime on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 11 a.m., featuring the book Simon and the Bear: A Hanukkah Tale by Eric Kimmel.

Visit barnesandnoble.com.

• Teens, stop by the Pelham Public Library (24 Village Green) on Monday, Dec. 7, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. for the second annual Hot Chocolate & Holiday Movie Afternoon for Teens. Enjoy seasonal treats as you watch a favorite holiday film. Admission costs one canned good to donate to the Pelham Food Pantry. Visit pelhampubliclibrary.org.

• Hop on The Polar Express at the Merrimack Public Library (470 Daniel Webster Highway) on Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. Kids ages 3 to 6 are invited for a storytime, craft and snack to celebrate the book. Registration is required. Visit merrimacklibrary.org.

• Teens in grades 6 through 12 are invited for Teen Gift-making at the Wadleigh Memorial Library (49 Nashua St., Milford) on Thursday, Dec. 10, from 3 to 4 p.m.

Make cool ornaments with colorful swirls using bits of old crayons. Registration is requested. Visit wadleighlibrary.org.

• Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store (80 Storrs St., Suite 5, Concord) will have a Little Makers holiday craft class on Friday, Dec. 11, at 5:30 p.m. Kids will learn how to make holiday ornaments and characters out of pine cones. The cost for the class is $30. Visit joann.com.

• Kids are invited to watch the live-

action movie Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (PG) at Laconia Public Library (695 Main St.) on Friday, Dec. 11, at 3:45 p.m. All kids under 10 must be accompanied by someone 14 or older. Visit laconialibrary.org.

• Visit with Santa at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire (27 Navigator Road, Londonderry) on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 11 a.m. Kids can listen to Santa read a story, get a photo taken with him, then participate in a craft. This event is free with the regular museum admission fee. Visit aviationmuseumofnh.org.

• Stop by Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store (80 Storrs St., Suite 5, Concord) on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 9:30 a.m., or Monday, Dec. 28, at 3 p.m., for a Little Makers holiday craft class. Kids will learn how to make snow globes using mason jars. The cost for the class is $30. Visit joann.com.

• Kids in grades 1 through 5 are invited to the Manchester City Library (405 Pine St.) for a The Polar Express party on Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 4 to 5 p.m. Celebrate with a storytime, crafts and snacks.

Another party will be held for kids ages 2 to 5 on Wednesday, Dec. 16, from 10 to 11 a.m. Registration is required for both events. Visit manchester.lib.nh.us.

• The Barnes & Noble in Newington (45 Gosling Road) will have a special holiday storytime featuring the book Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho! by Doreen Cronin on Tuesday, Dec. 15, and Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 11 a.m. Visit barnesandnoble.com.

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• Kids are invited for a Holiday 31 Crafternoon at Rodgers Memorial Library (194 Derry Road, Hudson) on Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 3 to 7 p.m. They’ll make holiday crafts to give as gifts or to decorate their own homes. All ages are welcome, but young children may need some assistance.

Visit rodgerslibrary.org.

• Stop in for a special holiday storytime at the Amherst Town Library (14 Main St.) on Thursday, Dec. 17, from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Children’s librarians will present their favorite stories and songs from the Christmas and Hanukkah traditions. There will be a simple craft following the story. This event is for ages 3 and up. Visit amherstlibrary.org.

• Stop in for Cocoa & Christmas Crafts at the Refrigerator Door (7 Chestnut Drive, Bedford) on Thursday, Dec. 17, from 4 to 6 p.m. Kids of all ages are invited to spend time at the studio and use the art supplies to make fun holiday creations and gifts for family and friends. There will be plenty of hot cocoa and marshmallows to go around.

Kids age 8 and older can be dropped off, but a caretaker must remain at the studio with younger kids. The cost for this event is $20. Visit refrigeratordoor.org.

• Do you love Lego? Bring your Lego collection to the Holiday Lego Brick Build at Rodgers Memorial Library (194 Derry Road, Hudson) on Friday, Dec.18, from noon to 4 p.m. Make a cool holiday Lego creation to display at the library. Parents are encouraged to join in the fun. Visit rodgerslibrary.org.

• Stop by the Bedford Town Hall (3 Meetinghouse Road) on Friday, Dec. 18, at 1 or 3 p.m. for the Little Elves Kids’ Craft Corner. Kids age 5 and up are invited for an afternoon of fun with treats to enjoy and some holiday crafting. The cost is $10. Visit bedfordreconline.com.

• Stop in for a storytime featuring the book How to Catch Santa on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 11 a.m. at the Barnes & Noble stores in Nashua (235 Daniel Webster Highway) and Newington (45 Gosling Road). Visit barnesandnoble.com.

• Dover Public Library (73 Locust St.) will show The Polar Express (G) on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m. Hot chocolate will

be served and all kids will receive a bell.

Visit dover.nh.gov.

• Join Barnes & Noble at its Newington location (45 Gosling Road) for a storytime featuring the book Merry Christmas Squirrels by Nancy Rose on Tuesday, Dec. 22, and Wednesday, Dec. 23, at 11 a.m. Visit barnesandnoble.com.

• Head to the Barnes & Noble Manchester store (1741 S. Willow St.) on Christmas morning at 11 a.m. for a special storytime featuring the holiday classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Visit barnesandnoble. com.

• Teens can welcome 2016 with a teen craft at Laconia Public Library (695 Main St.) on Tuesday, Dec. 29, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Make your own New Year’s bottles with cool designs, then write down your fun memories and accomplishments from throughout the year and put them inside.

On New Year’s Eve of next year, you can open the bottle and remember all the things you did in 2016. Materials and snacks will be provided. Visit laconialibrary.org.

• Catch a kids’ holiday movie at the Bedford Public Library (3 Meetinghouse Road) on Tuesday, Dec. 29, at 2 p.m. Visit bedfordnhlibrary.org.

• You don’t have to stay up until midnight to ring in the new year. Stop by the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington St., Dover) on Thursday, Dec. 31, for a New Year’s Eve Celebration.

Everyone will receive a noisemaker and get to create their own sparkly party hat.

Gather around the glitter ball hung up in the middle of the museum and count down as the ball descends. When the clock strikes noon, there will be a celebration with confetti, “Auld Lang Syne” and the first toast of the new year, with ginger ale, of course.

This event is free with the regular cost of museum admission. Visit childrens-museum.org.

• Celebrate the arrival of 2016 with a New Year’s Party at the Manchester City Library (405 Pine St.) on Thursday, Dec. 31, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kids ages 1 to 7 are invited to ring in the new year at noon with noisemakers, balloons and confetti. Registration is required. Visit manchester.lib.nh.us.

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Stay merry and bright with all sorts of culinary classes, cookie tours, gingerbread house workshops and food festivals.

Dinners and events

• Have a bazaar weekend filled with wine tastings, Winemaker’s Kitchen cooking demos, wreath-making workshops from Beaver Brook Association and handcrafted gifts from members of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen at the 4th annual Holiday Bazaar Weekend at LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst, 672-9898, labellewinerynh.com) on Saturday, Nov. 28, and Sunday, Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit labellewineryevents.com.

• Head to The Quill, a student-run finedining restaurant on the Southern New Hampshire University Campus (2500 N. River Road, Manchester), on Thursday, Dec. 3, for a classical French Christmas dinner. Doors open at 5 p.m. and service starts at 6 p.m. Cost is $35. Visit snhu.edu/

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• Sample signature dishes at the 5th annual Homeward Bound Food and Beverage Festival on Thursday, Dec. 3, from

6 to 9:30 p.m. at Radisson Hotel Ballroom (11 Tara Blvd., Nashua). Guests have the chance to taste from local restaurants, wineries and breweries and bid on items in the

live and silent auctions. Enjoy music and hear from Anne-Marie House graduate families. Tickets cost $50 for an individual, $90 for a couple. Visit annemariehouse. org.

• Exchange Christmas goodies with fellow library-goers at Goffstown Public Library’s (2 High St., Goffstown, 4972102, goffstownlibrary.com) cookie swap on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 11 a.m. The event is open only to library cardholders. Participating bakers must present homemade cookies with flour as the main ingredient. Bring five dozen cookies (no plain chocolate chip, cookie mixes, no-bakes, meringues or brownies) and be sure to share the recipe with the library before Dec. 1. Space is limited. Call or visit the website to register.

• Savor a four-course colonial holiday meal during Historic Holiday Dinners at The William Pitt Tavern (directly next to Pickwick’s at Strawbery Banke, 43 Atkinson St., Portsmouth), held alongside Strawbery Banke’s annual Candlelight Stroll. Guests can step back in time to revel in a meal prepared by chef Evan Mallet, live holiday music and libations by the Portsmouth Brewery. Dinner is held on Saturday, Dec. 5, Sunday, Dec. 6, 34

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• The ladies of Riverside Christian Church (27 Depot St., Merrimack, 4241711, riversidechristian.com) will host the annual Ladies Tea in the main sanctuary on Saturday, Dec. 5, from noon to 3 p.m. with special guest speaker Kathy Benjamin.

Tickets cost $12, $6 for children under 12.

Registration is required.

• The Concord Food Co-op (24 S. Main St., Concord, concordfoodcoop.coop) will host the Snowflake Social on Thursday, Dec. 10, from 4 to 6 p.m. Enjoy a special seasonal hot bar menu all day and seasonal samples throughout the store.

• Help others in the community this season at the Greater Hudson Chamber of Commerce’s Silent Auction & Dinner for Charity on Thursday, Dec. 10, from 6 to 10 p.m. at White Birch Catering & Banquet Hall (222 Central St., Hudson). Bid on items including event tickets, gift certificates and gift baskets. Proceeds benefit the Hudson Food Pantry. Visit hudsonchamber. com.

• Celebrate the season with coworkers, friends or family at Brookstone Park’s (14 Route 11, Derry, brookstone-park.com) The More the Merrier Holiday Celebration on Friday, Dec. 11, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres; a dinner of pear and goat cheese salad, slow-roasted prime rib, Atlantic haddock, chocolate mousse and fruit tartelette; music from DJ Tommy Demers, and a cash bar. Cost is $59 per person. Call 328-9255 for reservations.

• Enjoy an Italian Christmas dinner at The Quill on the Southern New Hampshire University Campus (2500 N. River Road, Manchester) on Friday, Dec. 11. Doors open at 5 p.m. and service starts at 6 p.m.

Cost is $35. Visit snhu.edu/restaurant or call 629-4608.

• Let the cookies be your guide during the 11th annual Currier & Ives Cookie Tour on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop at over a dozen shops in Fitzwilliam, Jaffrey, Rindge, Troy, Peterborough and Swanzey and see how they decorate for Christmas. The self-guided tour can begin at any stop on the tour (your ticket is the map). Make sure to bring a cookie tin to store your sweets from each location.

Tickets cost $12 and can be purchased at The Inn at East Hill Farm, The Little River Bed and Breakfast, The Monadnock Inn, The Woodbound Inn and Swanzey Historical Society. Visit currierandivescookietour. com.

• Indulge in holiday cookies and candies at the 19th annual Inn to Inn Holiday Cookie and Candy Tour on Saturday, Dec. 12, and Sunday, Dec. 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit inns in Eaton, Intervale, Jackson and North Conway adorned in their holiday finest and get signature holiday sweets and recipes on this self-guided tour. Advance tickets are available by reserving a lodging package with one of the participating inns. Remaining tickets are available Dec. 1 through Dec. 7 for $30 by calling Old Red Inn (800-338-1356 or 356-2642). Visit countryinnsinthewhitemountains.com.

• Take a break from the pre-holiday rush and indulge in a Holiday Afternoon Tea at The Cozy Tea Cart (104 Route 13, Brookline, thecozyteacart.com) on Sunday, Dec. 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. Cost is $34.95. Call 249-9111 to register.

• Pasquale’s Ristorante (143 Raymond Road, Candia, 483-5005, pasqualeincandia.com) will host The Feast of the Seven Fishes on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 1 p.m. Tickets for the special dinner cost $65 per person.

• Step back in time for a jolly night of dinner theater during A Dickens of a Christmas at the Old Salt Restaurant (490 Lafayette Road, Hampton, 926-0330, oldsaltnh.com) from Monday, Dec. 14, through Thursday, Dec. 17, at 6 p.m.; doors open at 5:30 p.m. for the 6 p.m. show. Written 36

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Check out these displays, contests and workshops, all starring gingerbread!

• Frederick’s Pastries (109 Route 101A, Amherst, pastry.net) keeps the sweet tradition going with its annual gingerbread village display, which kicks off on Wednesday, Nov. 25, and continues through the first week of January. Staff from all three bakeries volunteered their time to create a completely edible house for this year’s game board-themed village. See the houses during regular hours or enjoy the lighted display through the window after hours. Vote for your favorite by Christmas Eve. • Love gingerbread houses but not the house assembly process? The Culinary Playground (16 Manning St., Suite 105, Derry) will host two gingerbread house decorating workshops for adult-and-child pairs on Saturday, Nov. 28, and Saturday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Start with a pre-built house and add your own designs and decorations. Enjoy holiday music and hot cocoa while you work. Cost is $45 per house. Visit culinary-playground.com.

• Start off the season right with a Family Gingerbread House Decorating Workshop at Goffstown Public Library (2 High St., Goffstown, 497-2102). Choose one of five sessions — Saturday, Nov. 28, at noon; Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, Dec. 3, at 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 12, at 11 a.m. Friends of the Goffstown Library will provide the houses and decoration goodies. Visit goffstownlibrary.com to register.

• Put your house-making skills to the test for the second annual gingerbread house contest at Main Street Art (75 Main St., Newfields). Participants must hand in an entry form and $5 fee by Monday, Nov. 30. Houses will be on display Sunday, Dec. 6, from 2 to 7 p.m. and prizes will be awarded to the winners. Visit mainstreetart.org/events.

• Check out gingerbread houses made by the community during the 25th annual gingerbread house contest that is part of Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth. Entries made by kids, families and local businesses will be on display at the Discover Portsmouth Center (10 Middle St., Portsmouth) from Tuesday, Dec. 1, through Thursday, Dec. 24, from 5 to 8 p.m. daily.

Visit vintagechristmasnh.org.

• Start your ovens and get ready to crumble for the Chamber Children’s Fund 8th Annual Gingerbread House Contest on display during the downtown holiday celebration on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Congregational Church (21 Front St., Exeter). Structures must be made primarily of gingerbread and edible ingredients. Registration is $20 and goes toward supplying local children in need with winter clothes. Visit exeterarea. org/8th-annual-gingerbread-house-contest.

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They’ll be displayed in the children’s room until the gingerbread party and prize ceremony on Monday, Dec. 21, at 6:30 p.m.

• Enjoy a family-fun outing making gingerbread houses at the Gingerbread House Workshop on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and noon to 1:30 p.m. at Slusser Senior Center (164 Houston Drive, Hopkinton). Assemble and decorate houses together for $15 per house ($20 for non-residents). Visit hopkintonrec.com.

• Manchester City Library hosts Gingerbread Houses – Holidays Around the World on Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Winchell Room at the library’s main branch (405 Pine St., Manchester, manchester.lib.nh.us), open to kids in K through grade 2. Call 624-6550, ext. 328, to register. Supplies are provided.

• Amherst Town Library (14 Main St., Amherst, 673-2288, amherstlibrary.org) will host holiday gingerbread house construction on Thursday, Dec. 10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 12, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Johnson Meeting Room.

Families with kids of all ages are invited to make a graham-cracker gingerbread house. The library will provide the graham crackers and frosting. Families are encouraged to bring a bag of candy to contribute.

See website to sign up.

• Get creative and festive with a friend, family member or partner at The Culinary Playground’s (16 Manning St., Suite 105, Derry) adult gingerbread house decorating workshop on Friday, Dec. 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. Enjoy holiday music and hot cocoa or BYOB. Cost is $45 per house.

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Get all the spices of the season packed into a hearty amber ale and return in two weeks for bottling. Cost is $30 per person. RSVP to 891-2477 or help@incredibrew.com.

• Enjoy tasty holiday treats and wine samples while making six bottles of wine to take home during the Holiday Wine Fest on Thursday, Dec. 17, from 6 to 8 p.m. at IncrediBREW (112 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua, incredibrew. com). The wine selection includes Granny Smith riesling, Amarone, Italian pinot grigio, Chianti and Super Tuscan. Cost is $65 per person. RSVP to 891-2477 or help@

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• Spend an evening dining and dancing at Zorvino Vineyards’ (226 Main St., Sandown) annual Jingle Ball Holiday Party on Saturday, Dec. 19, from 6 to 11 p.m. The night starts with a cocktail hour and assorted hors d’oeuvres followed by a four-course dinner featuring wild mushroom bisque, roasted apple salad, roasted beef tenderloin and chicken oscar, and pecan and golden raisin bread pudding. Dancing continues until 11 p.m. Tickets cost $58, reservations required. See vineyardeventsnh.com or call 887-8463.

Cooking classes and workshops

• Learn how to make traditional Italian Christmas cookies at The Culinary Playground (16 Manning St., Suite 105, Derry) on Sunday, Dec. 6, from 3 to 6 p.m. The adults-only workshop features a menu of hazelnut biscotti, anise cookies, pignolis and Italian wedding cakes. Everyone will make two varieties, join in the cookie swap and take home at least four dozen cookies. Cost is $45. Visit culinary-playground.com.

Take the whole family to kid-friendly events (3 Chester St., Chester, 887-3404, chesterlilike breakfast with Santa. brary.com) have arranged a visit with jolly old St. Nicholas on Saturday, Dec. 12, from • Old Saint Nick will make his way to The 8 to 11 a.m. during the annual Breakfast Red Blazer (72 Manchester St., Concord, with Santa. The big man will be there from 224-4101, theredblazer.com) for Breakfast 9 to 10:30 a.m. and kids can enjoy crafts, with Santa on Sundays, Dec. 6, Dec. 13, games, holiday stories, a photo with Sanand Dec. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon. Offered ta and of course, breakfast. Tickets cost $6, on a first-come, first-serve basis, the Sunday maximum $25 for a family of six. breakfast buffet is $11.99 for adults, $7.99 • Preschoolers (age 3 to 6) will love makfor children ages 4 to 10. ing reindeer food, a crunchy snack coated in • Kids ages 8 and up are invited to Holiday melted white chocolate, on Friday, Dec. 18, Sweet Treats weekly cooking series at The and Saturday, Dec. 19, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Culinary Playground (16 Manning St., Suite at The Culinary Playground (16 Manning 105, Derry). The young bakers will learn St., Suite 105, Derry). The one-hour class kitchen skills like reading recipes, kitchen covers a recipe along with a food-themed safety, cooking techniques and creativity, all story or craft. Cost is $16 per child. Visit while making holiday cookies. Class meets culinary-playground.com.

Mondays, Dec. 7, Dec. 14, and Dec. 21, • Make a special treat to give as a gift or from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. Cost is $35 per class. keep for yourself during the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire (6 Washington Visit culinary-playground.com.

• Don’t let the adults have all the festive St., Dover, 742-2002, childrens-museum. cooking fun. Kids ages 6 to 10 will make org) holiday treat workshop on Saturday, their own holiday cookie sampler on Sat- Dec. 19, from 11 a.m. to noon and 2 to 3 p.m. urday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to noon at The Parents and children are invited to make Culinary Playground (16 Manning St., Suite graham cracker gingerbread houses, choco105, Derry). Part of the Sweet Saturdays late-dipped pretzels and more. Cost is $10 series, this class costs $38. Visit culinary- per pair for members, $12 per pair for nonmembers (plus $5 per additional child). Call playground.com.

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• Learn how to make treats you feel good about indulging in at the Concord Food Coop’s Wholesome Holiday Treats class with Integrative Registered Dietitian Ruth Goldstein on Tuesday, Dec. 8, from 6 to 7 p.m. at City Council chambers (37 Green St., Concord). Get recipes and sample maple cashew drizzle over winter fruit compote and almond apricot snack cake. Class is free, but registration is required. Visit concordfoodcoop.coop or call 225-6840.

• Make tasty appetizers at LaBelle Winery (345 Route 101, Amherst, 672-9898, labellewineryevents.com) on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. during The Winemaker’s Kitchen Cooking Series: Holiday Appetizers. Cost is $25.

• Learn how to add a new secret recipe to your holiday meals at The Cozy Tea Cart’s (104 Route 13, Brookline, thecozyteacart. com) Cooking with Tea Holiday Menu lecture on Thursday, Dec. 10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sample seasonal foods made with tea and hear how tea can enhance food with its essential nutrients, vitamins and antioxidants. Cost is $25. Call 249-9111 to register.

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day, hands-on workshop Holiday Hors D’Oeuvres on Saturday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Make cilantro chicken bites with red pepper jelly glaze, espresso-rubbed pork tenderloin crostini with Kahlua cream, and more, at Chez Boucher (32 Depot Square, Hampton, 926-2202). The class costs $99. Visit chezboucher.com/classes/ one-day-cooking-baking-workshops.

• Enjoy a hands-on baking experience at Chez Boucher Culinary Arts Training Center’s Holiday Desserts workshop on Saturday, Dec. 19, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Held at Chez Boucher (32 Depot Square, Hampton, 926-2202), class costs $99.

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Can’t make the Dec. 12 Boston Pops concert? No big deal. Southern New Hampshire has plenty of other options that will enable you to get your holiday classical fix.

• The Strafford Wind Symphony kicks off the season with its holiday pops concert on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. at the Rochester Opera House, 31 Wakefield St., Rochester. On the agenda are songs like “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” and “White Christmas.” Tickets are $12; call 335-1992, visit rochesteroperahouse.com.

• The New Hampshire Philharmonic hosts its holiday pops concert on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 29, at 2 p.m., at the Stockbridge Theatre, Pinkerton Academy, 5 Pinkerton St., Derry. On the program are “Sleigh Ride” with Leroy Anderson and Nutcracker selections from Tchaikovsky. Accompanying the Phil are members from the Pinkerton Chorale and, if they so desire, the audience, who will be invited by conductor Mark Latham to sing along to Finnegan favorites. Tickets are $12 to $50. Visit nhphilharmonic.org.

• The Two Rivers Community Choir performs a program about love, purpose, vision and strength, including a song arranged by Colorado composer Bill Douglas, “I Shall Not Live in Vain,” on Sunday, Nov. 29, at 6:30 p.m., at the UU Church Parish Hall, 25 Main St., Peterborough.

Admission is free. Call 924-9527.

• On Sunday, Nov. 29, at 3 p.m., Trillium, a vocal trio from the Concord Community Music School, performs at the Taylor Community in the Woodside Building, 435 Union Ave., Laconia, 366-1270,

taylorcommunity.org. Jane Berlin Pauley, Hannah Schramm Murray and Peggo Horstmann Hodes, along with pianist Calvin Herst, will present a full program of Christmas music, including several wellknown favorites. This is a free event. The group also performs the concert, Sleigh Ride! Old & New Christmas Favorites, part of the Bach’s Lunch Concert series on Thursday, Dec. 10, from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m., at the Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. This is also a free event; don’t forget to bring your lunch.

Call 228-1196, visit ccmusicschool.org.

• The Hopkinton Town Band performs at the Congregational Church of Henniker, 33 Maple St., Henniker, on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. The band also plays a program of festive holiday music, seasonal favorites and special selections featuring different band members at a Holiday Concert Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m., at the Hopkinton High School, 90 Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton. Both concerts are free.

• The Manchester Choral Society present Psalms, Songs & Blues at Nashua High School South, 36 Riverside St., Nashua, on Friday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m.; at Brookside Congregational Church, 2013 Elm St., Manchester, on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m.; and at Plymouth State University, Hanaway Theatre, 17 High St., Plymouth, on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $25. The group also carols at the Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester, on Saturday, Dec. 12, from noon to 1:30 p.m. (free admission at the museum for New Hampshire residents Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon). Visit mcsnh.org.

• The Manchester Community Music School holds its holiday pops concert featuring the New Hampshire Youth Jazz and Wind Ensembles, the Flute Choir and the String Quartet on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) at Manches-

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Admission is free, but seats fill fast.

• The 28th Annual Messiah Sing! concert showcases 100 volunteers from 19 communities who will sing selections from Handel’s “Messiah” on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m., at the Mont Vernon Congregational Church, 4 S. Main St., Mont Vernon. There’s no admission, but a free-will offering will be taken at performances. Call 420-8523.

• The Concord Chorale starts its holiday season with “Laud to the Nativity,” with music by Schütz, Palestrina, Stroope and Trotta, and new music by Dale Ramsey and a “Christmas chuckle” from PDQ Bach. Concerts are Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m., at South Congregational Church, 27 Pleasant St., Concord. The concert also happens Friday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m., at Christ Church, 43 Pine St., Exeter. Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 for seniors and students.

Visit concordchorale.org or call 485-5862.

• The New Hampshire Gay Men’s Chorus presents its 2015 holiday concert, A New December, at a series of events this December. They perform on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Nashua, 121 Manchester St., Nashua; on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m., at the Christ Episcopal Church, 1035 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth; on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 79 Clinton St., Concord; and on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 4 p.m., at the Derryfield School, 2108 River Road, Manchester. Visit nhgmc.com. Tickets are $15-$20 for all shows except the one in Nashua, which is free courtesy of the Nashua Arts Commission.

• On Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m., the First Congregational Church, 508 Union St., Manchester, hosts a Christmas Concert

featuring a timeless staple of the season, Handel’s “Messiah, Part 1.” Other featured works include “Christmas Day” by Gustav Holst, a tapestry of carols and John Rutter’s lyrical “Candlelight Carol.” The Chancel Choir from First Congregational will be joined with local community singers, a professional orchestra, soloists and the Sabbath Bells. Admission is free, donations accepted. Call 625-5093.

• On Monday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 p.m., the Eric Mintel Quartet performs music from the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester. Eric Mintel is on piano, Nelson Hill on alto sax, Dave Mohn on drums and Jack Hegyi on bass. Visit ericmintelquartet.com or palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588. Tickets are $24.

• Cherish the Ladies presents An Irish Christmas at the Dana Center for the Humanities, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, on Friday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $33.75. Call 641-7700, email dana@anselm.edu or visit anselm.edu.

• Symphony New Hampshire hosts its holiday pops concert on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m., at the Keefe Center for the Arts, 117 Elm St., Nashua, accompanied by the New World Chorale, which is directed by Holly Krafka. Under conductor Jonathan McPhee, musicians will perform “Sleigh Ride,” “Winter Wonderland” and “White Christmas.” Tickets are $18-$49, and admission is free for ages 5 to 15. Call 5959156 or visit symphonynh.org.

• The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops concert is Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m., at the Inter-Lakes Auditorium (1 Laker Lane, Meredith). The event features two guest vocalists: musician and artist Harmony Markey from Moultonboro and jazz stylist Michael Gallagan from Manchester.

Featured songs include “Cold December Night,” “All I Want for Christmas” and “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Tickets are $15.

Visit lrso.org/tickets.

• Susie Burke, David Surette and Kent Allyn perform a Holiday Folk Concert on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m., at the Concord Community Music School, 23 Wall St., Concord. Admission is $15; call 40

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• Women Singing Out! presents Gratitude and Grace: Carols New and Old Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church (1035 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth) and Sunday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m. at First Congregational Church (63 S. Main St., Rochester). The concert features Benjamin Britten's “Ceremony of the Carols,” traditional and new tunes. Tickets are $12 to $18. Visit womensingingout.org or email info@womensingingout.org.

• The Granite State Ringers perform holiday concerts at the First Congregational Church/UCC, 1548 Hopkinton Road, Hopkinton, on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. ($10 admission); and at the Pleasant View Retirement Center, 277 Pleasant St., Concord, on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m. (free admission). The concert features songs like “Believe” from Polar Express, “Carol of the Bells,” “First Noel” and “Let it Go” from Frozen. Visit granitestateringers.org.

• The Lowell Philharmonic performs a Holiday Concert on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 2 p.m., at St. Louis School Chapel Hall,

77 Boisvert St., Lowell, Mass., which will include Christmas and holiday favorites.

Admission is $10, with parking behind the chapel building. Cookies and hot chocolate will be on sale during intermission. Visit lowellphilharmonic.org.

• The Granite Statesmen perform a Christmas show on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 2 and 7:30 p.m., at Nashua High School South, 36 Riverside St., Nashua. The event includes a full performance of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” Visit granitestatesmen.org or facebook.com/granitestatesmen for more information.

• The 2015 Souhegan Valley Chorus concert, Ring the Christmas Bells, is on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 6 p.m., at Souhegan High School, 412 Boston Post Road, Amherst, and features special guests The Merrimack Valley Ringers. Tickets are $15.

Visit souheganvalleychorus.org.

• Irish tenor Ronan Tynan brings a mixture of Christmas favorites, Irish songs and selections from the Great American Songbook at a concert Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m., at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St.,

Manchester. The event includes a special performance by the New Hampshire Police Association Pipe and Drums. Tickets are $30.50 to $60.50. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588.

• The Canadian Brass ensemble visits the Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 S. Main St., Concord, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. The brass quintet has performed in virtually every major concert hall in the world and has been seen by hundreds of millions of people on television. Tickets are free but limited; call 225-1111 or visit ccanh.com.

• The Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra performs in a family holiday pops concert on Sunday, Dec. 20, at 3 p.m. at the Coop Middle School, 100 Academic Way, Stratham, and on Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Tickets are $12 to $25 for both shows. The program features music from The Grinch, The Polar Express and White Christmas and holiday favorites like “Messiah” and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.” Visit portsmouthsymphony.org.

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• Holiday Pops on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at Stockbridge Theatre (44 N. Main St., Derry, 437-5210), $12 to $50.

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• Holiday Music Around the World on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church (corner of Union and Hanover streets, Manchester, 641-6834).

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• Wizards of Winter on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111), $28-$48. Some of the mid-Atlantic’s finest rock and progressive musicians reprise a few of the greatest hits of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas and classical catalog. The Wizards’ original music makes up the major portion of their live performances as part of their holiday rock opera Tales Beneath a Northern Star.

• Charlie Brown Christmas with Heather Pierson on Friday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. at Little White Church (Route 153, Eaton, 447-1881), $15. The Heather Pierson Quartet (Heather Pierson, piano and vocals; Joe Aliperti, alto & tenor saxes; Shawn Nadeau, bass; Craig Bryan, drums) performs the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas, composed by Vince Guaraldi, plus other holiday favorites and classics.

• Alumni Band of the New Hampshire National Guard Christmas Concert on Friday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. at Merrimack Valley Baptist Church (517 Boston Post Road, Merrimack, 595-0955). Second annual Christmas concert by the Alumni Band.

Music includes a selection of traditional Christmas songs, military marches and Broadway tunes. All are welcome for an evening to celebrate the Christmas season.

• Funky Divas of Gospel Holiday Concert on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at The Castle on Charles (19 Charles St., Rochester), $6. A spirit-soaring evening of "gospelized" Christmas carols and R&Band doo-wop-flavored arrangements of popular holiday favorites. Numbers range

from high-energy, emotionally charged arrangements of familiar songs such as "Go Tell It on the Mountain," "Joy to the World," and "O Holy Night" to the less familiar but no less inspiring "'Zat You, Santa Claus" (originally done by Louis Armstrong) and a rendition of "I Pray on Christmas" inspired

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• Christmas at Canterbury on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 3 & 8 p.m. at Canterbury Shaker Village (288 Shaker Road, Canterbury, 783-9511), $18 ($8 for ages 6 through 17).

Take a candlelight stroll through the Village, ride in a horse-drawn sleigh or wagon, and enjoy hot cider, music performances, craft demonstrations, seasonal craft activities, cookie-decorating, the annual Village tree lighting and more. Also Dec. 12.

• Ed Gerhard on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. at historic Belknap Mill (25 Beacon St., Laconia, 524-8813), $24. Renowned guitarist performing soulful arrangements of well-loved carols, as well as his own concert favorites. Fans of guitar music and Christmas alike will want to be a part of this memorable show, now in its 33rd year.

• An Epic Christmas Naughty or Nice on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111), $12-$18. What began as a Christmas concert and nativity presentation seven years ago to a sold-out audience at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church has evolved into a spectacular production in need of a bigger venue.

• Seacoast Santa Christmas Jam on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. at Cara (11 Fourth St., Dover, 343-4390), $10. Trilogy, Moon Colony, Sassafras and Some Kind of

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• Gary Hoey's Ho Ho Hoey Rockin' Holiday Show on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m. at Blue Ocean Music Hall (4 Oceanfront North, Salisbury, Mass., 978-462-5888), $30-$35. It's the 20th anniversary of Ho-Ho-Hoey, Gary Hoey's first CD of Christmas tunes, and this show will feature many songs never played live before as Hoey shares his unforgettable guitar skills dressed up in holiday finery.

• Merrimack Holiday Pops on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. at Keefe Center for the Arts (117 Elm St., Nashua, 5959156), $15-$45, under 15 free with adult.

Under the baton of Jonathan McPhee and featuring New World Chorale under the direction of Holly Krafka, Symphony NH again brings you holiday favorites in a concert that has become a tradition for New Hampshire families with songs like "Sleigh Ride," "Winter Wonderland" and "White Christmas" among the musical ornaments hung on the season’s symphonic tree.

• Cherish the Ladies. A Celtic Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Colonial Theatre (95 Main St., Keene, 352-2033), $21-$35. What began as a one-time concert concept became an Irish traditional music sensation, one of the most successful and soughtafter Irish-American acts in Celtic music. Their special holiday set includes virtuoso instrumental talents, beautiful vocals, captivating arrangements and stunning step dancing.

• Boston Pops Holiday Concert on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester, 644-5000), $41-$76.

Capturing the magic of the Christmas season and the winter charms of New England, the Boston Pops will perform their signature “Sleigh Ride,” as well as other holiday classics and new arrangements of seasonal favorites. Santa Claus himself will make a guest appearance during the finale.

• Ragpicker's Dream on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 2 p.m. at the Music Hall Loft (131 Congress St., Portsmouth, 436-2400), $18.

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• Wassail Concert on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2:30 p.m. at Bedford Public Library (3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford, 472-2300).

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• Robinson & Rohe in Longest Winter: A Christmas Concert Singalong, with Kyle Morgan on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. at Birdseye Lounge (41 Vaughan Mall, Portsmouth, 766-3333). Liam Robinson and Jean Rohe bring their folk-music roots and contemporary sensibilities to songs new and old. Robinson & Rohe go deep into the Christmas repertoire: the mystical, the melancholic, the soulful, the sublime.

• Pemigewasset Choral Society on Friday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at Gilford Community Church (19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford, 524-6057). A Time For Celebration with the nearly 100 voices of Pemi and a brass and percussion ensemble of professional musicians with a children’s chorus. Includes favorites like “The Little Drummer Boy,” “Silver Bells” and classic Glorias by Vivaldi.

• Cherish the Ladies: An Irish Christmas on Friday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Dana Center (100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, 641-7700), $33.75. Named from a traditional Irish jig, Cherish the Ladies has been cheerfully smashing the gender barrier of male-dominated Irish music since 1985, with a winning and spectacular blend of virtuoso instrumental talents, beautiful vocals, captivating arrangements and stunning step dancing.

• Rockapella on Friday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. at Stockbridge Theatre (44 N. Main St., Derry, 437-5210), $10-$30. From unique takes on classic favorites to brand new originals destined to become classics, this is a holiday performance like no other.

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• Pemigewasset Choral Society on Saturday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church (108 School St., Franklin, 934-5013). A Time for Celebration with the nearly 100 voices of Pemi and a brass and percussion ensemble of professional musicians with a children’s chorus. Includes favorites like “The Little Drummer Boy,” “Silver Bells” and classic Glorias by Vivaldi.

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• Pemigewasset Choral Society on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m. at Silver Center for the Arts (17 High St., Plymouth, 535-2787), $5-$12. A time for celebration with the nearly 100 voices of Pemi and a brass and percussion ensemble of professional musicians with a children’s chorus. Includes favorites like “The Little Drummer Boy,” “Silver Bells” and classic Glorias by Vivaldi.

• Boston Pops Holiday Concert on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 2:30 p.m. at Lowell Memorial Auditorium (50 Merrimack St, Lowell, Mass., 937-8688), $50-$126. Capturing the magic of the Christmas season and the winter charms of New England, the Boston Pops will perform their signature “Sleigh Ride,” as well as other holiday classics and new arrangements of seasonal favorites. Santa Claus himself will make a guest appearance during the finale.

• Carmen Bradford Christmas on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. at Concord Civic Auditorium (2 Prince St., Concord, 225-1111), $25. In the early 1980s, Bradford was heard by the great Count Basie and hired as the vocalist with his world-renowned orchestra, performing on two Grammywinning albums and later winning another Grammy with guitarist George Benson.

• Ronan Tynan Christmas Concert on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Palace Theatre (80 Hanover St., Manchester, 668-5588), $60.50. A mixture of Christmas favorites, Irish songs and selections from the great American songbook; Ronan Tynan’s impassioned singing is sure to get you in the spirit of the season.

• Buzz Ball featuring Velvet Elves on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111), $30-$40. Annual benefit featuring Morning Buzz crew and Velvet Elves, an all-star band supporting area celebrities and musical guests. There are always plenty of surprise appearances at this must-see event, which sells out early every year.

• Charlie Brown Christmas with Heather Pierson on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 8 p.m. at Pitman's Freight Room (94 New Salem St., Laconia, 527-0043), $15. The Heather Pierson Quartet (Heather Pierson, piano & vocals; Joe Aliperti, alto & tenor saxes; Shawn Nadeau, bass; Craig Bryan, drums) performs the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas, composed by Vince Guaraldi, plus other holiday favorites and classics.

• Christmas Revels: A Scottish Highlands Celebration of the Winter Solstice on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 6 p.m. at Hopkins Center (2 E. Wheelock St., Hanover, 646-2422), $8-$44. The magical Celtic tale of Tam Lin is wed to Scottish singing, dancing and pageantry from community members joined by world-class Highland

piper Iain MacHarg, title-winning Scottish fiddler Katie McNally, renowned Gaelic harper Dominique Dodge and acclaimed accordionist Jeremiah McLane with celebrated Scottish Highland dancer Joshua Haiman.

• Ed Gerhard on Friday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at South Church (292 State St., Portsmouth, 664-7200) $30. Renowned guitarist performs soulful arrangements of well-loved carols, as well as his own concert favorites.

Fans of guitar music and Christmas alike will want to be a part of this memorable show, now in its 33rd year. Also Dec, 19.

• Harvey Reid & Joyce Anderson on Friday, Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m. at First Parish Church (120 Central Avenue, Dover, 207-363-1886), $10-$15. Seventh annual holiday concert features Seacoast acoustic music luminaries intertwining their voices with Reid's guitars, autoharp and mandolins and Andersen's violin and viola for an evening of warm and brilliant holiday music in this historic church. Watch out for some performances from their boys.

• Rocking Horse Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 2251111), $20. Traditional and contemporary Christmas music performed by some of New Hampshire’s finest singers and musicians, including New England Music Award winners Pat & the Hats, American Idol star Alex Preston, Spotlight Award winner Tristan Omand, Delanie Pickering, Anna Madsen, Chris Peters and many others.

• Uncle Steve Band on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Back Room at the Mill (2 Central St., Bristol, 744-0405), $15.

Christmas party benefit with The Uncle Steve Band playing holiday rock, soul and blues to raise money for Bristol Community Services.

• Kenny Rogers, Once Again It's Christmas, featuring Linda Davis on Sunday, Dec. 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Center for the Arts (44 S. Main St., Concord, 225-1111), $58-$78.50. The country star's 32nd annual Christmas tour with guest Linda Davis includes both holiday classics and Kenny’s big hits. VIP reception ($49.50) at historic Kimball House includes pre-show dinner and post-show dessert.

• Portsmouth Symphony Holiday Pops on Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 436-2400), $12-$25. For the first time, the PSO welcomes Music Director John Page to the podium for this year’s holiday family pops concert. With favorites like “Sleigh Ride,” surprise guests, and sing-alongs, it’s the perfect way to get in the holiday mood.

• Juston McKinney's Last Laugh 2015 on Saturday, Dec. 26, at 8 p.m. at the Music Hall (28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, 4362400), $24. End the year with laughter with the Seacoast’s favorite comic. He’s been a guest on the Tonight show and performed in two Comedy Central specials, including his own one-hour show. Laugh with Juston as he dishes on New England life and looks back at the year that was.

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Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens, if the infinite amount of merch and hype is to be believed, will be the movie this season, crushing all competitors at least box-officewise. I even have some hopes, which I am trying to keep from getting too high, of it being a legitimately good movie. J.J. Abrams, this movie's director and co-writer, did, to my mind, a solid job of rebooting the Star Trek franchise.

But that's not all! Other movies will hit screens between now and the end of the year. After all, not only is it families-looking-for-somethingto-do season but it is Hollywood award season, which means along with the crowd-pleasers, lots of Important Films will make their way into theaters, seeking Oscar recognition. (Of course, many of these Important Films will take their time making their way into theaters near us.)

Here are a few of the films I haven't seen but am looking forward to this holiday season: • Spotlight (R, out now) Starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Liev Schreiber, this look at the Boston Globe's reporting on the Catholic Church sex abuse story is not exactly holiday cheer but I'm always up for movies about newspapers. One of my alltime favorite newspaper movies is The Paper, which also starred Keaton, so I have hopes for his ability to offer a realistic-ish portrayal of a journalist again.

• Trumbo (R, out now in Boston) Another likely Oscar movie, Trumbo is that thing Hollywood loves most: a movie about movies. Bryan Cranston plays the blacklisted screenwriter in this movie that also stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren and Louis CK. • Creed (PG-13, Nov. 25) This sequel-ish of the Rocky franchise focuses on the boxing career of Apollo Creed's son, Adonis Johnson, played by Michael B. Jordan (best-known for playing the lead in 2013's Fruitvale Station).

Sylvester Stallone plays his coach.

• The Good Dinosaur (PG, Nov. 25) Also showing up in theaters for the long Thanksgiving weekend is this animated feature from Pixar featuring the voices of Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Steve Zahn and Sam Elliott.

• Krampus (PG-13, Dec . 4) Is "looking forward to" and "fascinated by" the same thing? If so, then I am "looking forward to" this weird horror movie about Santa's evil other half. From trailers, the movie doesn't appear to be straightup horror (it also gets a "comedy" genre listing on IMDB) and its cast includes Toni Collette, Adam Scott and David Koechner.

• Macbeth This appears to be hitting theaters, at least in Boston, on Dec. 11.

Shakespeare nerds can get ready for Michael Fassbender as Macbeth and Marion Cotillard

as Lady Macbeth.

• Sisters (R, Dec. 18) Those looking for some counterprogramming to Star Wars can head to Sisters, which stars every Gen-Xer's fantasy best friends Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. The movie's promising credentials include its director, Jason Moore (also director of the first Pitch Perfect and a few episodes of the underrated Trophy Wife), and screenwriter, Paula Pell, who has worked on Saturday Night Live and written on a few 30 Rocks.

• The Hateful Eight While it will hit screens somewhere on Dec. 25 we likely won't see it in New Hampshire until Jan. 8. But I'm still counting it as one of the most-hoped-for holiday season movies. Quentin Tarantino's latest stars Samuel L. Jackson (but, of course), Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins and Kurt Russell in a straight-up Western.

• Joy (PG-13, Dec. 25) Director David O. Russell reteams with Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper (whom he worked with in American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook) as well as their Silver Linings costar Robert De Niro for this story of a woman (Lawrence as the titular lady) and her family.

Looking to get the family out of the house over the Thanksgiving weekend? There are three movies that have been out for a while (which means less crowded theaters) that actually make for perfect group viewing.

For a movie-going group that includes the youngest movie-goers (maybe 4 and up — ability to sit still-ish is probably the biggest factor), The Peanuts Movie (G) is a sweet, charming update of Charlie Brown and the gang. And, when I say update, I mean that the rounded, three-dimensional-style animation is a slight update on the line-drawing of the past. The characters themselves adhere strongly to what you remember and love about Peanuts.

For middle-school-aged kids and up (and science-lovers of all ages), try The Martian (PG-13), starring Matt Damon as an astronaut who gets stuck alone on Mars and has to, paraphrasing, “science the heck” out of his dire situation. Watching him and others use know-how to solve a series of problems — from growing food to finding a quicker way home — is lots of fun and excellent pro-STEM propaganda.

I don’t want to call Bridge of Spies (PG13) the “grandparents movie” but it is totally the movie to go to if you need to entertain generations Millennial through Greatest.

Tom Hanks stars in and Steven Spielberg directs this movie about the U2 spy plane crash, subsequent prisoner exchange and general climate of fear during the Cold War. This movie’s secret weapon is the excellent Mark Rylance, best previously known for playing Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall.

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Every year just before Thanksgiving, Frederick’s Pastries in Amherst unveils a new gingerbread village — it’s part contest and part tasty-looking way to get visitors into the holiday spirit. More than a dozen houses are carefully crafted by employees, who use all manner of edible decorations — including, in total, about 200 pounds of royal icing — to try to design a winning house that fits into the year’s theme (this year, it’s game boards).

To find out more about the work that goes into the display, the Hippo sat down with lead designer Jennifer Wojtaszek and owner Susan Lozier Robert.

How competitive does this get?

JW: Pretty competitive. We try to schedule some night times for [employees] to come in and get some help if they need it. ... It’s nice to see what everyone’s forte is and how detailed they get.

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What do you typically use on your houses?

JW: It’s all different candies. It depends on the theme. I did a Pinnochio one a few years ago, so that was like cereal-based because it’s all that bold, German, wood kind of look to it. I tend to lean more toward the piping and royal icing and a lot of fondant sculpting.

What’s one of the most unique materials you’ve used?

SLR: I think the coolest thing would be the ponds.

JW: The glass. Well, it’s not glass, it’s sugar. You pour melted sugar on a piece of marble and it dries out and hardens [to make] ponds, so it looks smooth and shiny.

Walk me through the process.

Everyone is given a pre-constructed gingerbread house to take home?

JW: They have to be on the same size cake board so everything’s to scale, 12-inch round. … We [use] our basic houses that we sell … giving two kits to each person, and then they can make any adjustments or alterations and cut pieces off [or] add pieces to it.

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SLR: That and stained glass windows in the houses.

What is the favorite detail you’ve ever used on a gingerbread house?

JW: Bubblegum [for] bricks. That was just a neighborhood [theme] that year. It was an old, two-story house with a porch wrapped around it. [I used] Big Red gum, cut it with scissors.

SLR: Spaghetti, I’ve seen that used.

Dry spaghetti. I’ve seen all kinds of cereal and crackers and pretzels.

JW: Even spices, dried spices for trees and bushes.

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Do you eat as you build?

JW: Yeah, we do that. Who doesn’t like Kit Kats?

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What decorating techniques do you apply to the gingerbread houses?

JW: Piping, royal icing piping. When I say piping, they can pipe anything.

SLR: That and I think the consistent thing each year is … in order to get to the part of decorating you have to build the house and walk away. You can’t put the roof on [right away]. You’ve got to remember that it takes time, it’s got to dry. So you can’t just go home and make a house today, start to finish. You have to plan it. You’ve got to take your time and do it in stages.

Do you use certain ingredients just so you can eat as you build?

JW: That usually doesn't end well. [I] usually end up eating it.

How long does it take you to make your gingerbread house?

JW: Probably a week.

SLR: We tell them the theme and some get right on it and others ... just know, ‘I’ll build my house Thursday, and Sunday I’ll decorate it.’ I think the more experienced cake decorators fall under that [category].

Is anything edible fair game as building material?

JW: It has to be all edible. Frederick’s supplies all the gingerbread and then they have to go and supply their candy. So no wrappers, no sticks, no glue, no fake items in there.

Do people ever stray from decorating with candies and sweets?

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When it’s all said and done, do the houses get eaten?

SLR: I mean it’s completely set up and it’s completely [surrounded] with plexiglass and it’s built so people can’t touch it, but they’re standing over it and I’m sure sneezing and coughing on it. [But] we have employees that keep them every year.

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What do you have in mind for your house this year?

JW: I’m thinking Battleship … [where] the game is sitting up and the other side’s the house. Half house, half Battleship game.

Ever had a house-making catastrophe?

JW: Oh yeah. I mean when you’re making the templates from scratch and you cut the gingerbread and you cut the wrong side or you didn’t flip it over, you cut two pieces the same angle, there’s tons of things that can go wrong and you have to start again.

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Stop by Someday Farm (65 Pickard Road, Canterbury) on Friday, Nov. 27, to Sunday, Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for the first weekend of the annual Alpaca Holiday Tour & Open Farm. The public is invited to visit and feed the alpacas, take pictures, then head inside for some hot cider or cocoa and holiday music by the fire. The barn store will also be open for holiday shopping with products and gifts homemade on the farm. This event will run each weekend until Christmas. Visit somedayfarm.com.

Eat: Local restaurants’ samples Join Family Promise of Greater Nashua at Anne-Marie House for its 5th Annual Homeward Bound Food & Beverage Festival on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 6 to 9:30 p.m., at the Radisson Hotel (11 Tara Blvd., Nashua). Enjoy samples of signature foods and beverages from local restaurants, wineries and microbreweries. There will also be live and silent auctions, music, games and success stories from AMH graduate families. Tickets are $50 per person or $90 per couple. Visit annemariehouse.org.

Drink: Christmas ale Brew a seasonal beer for the holidays at IncrediBREW’s (112 Daniel Webster Hwy., Nashua) Split-a-Batch Night on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. This brewing event features Pilgrim’s Christmas Ale, a hearty amber ale with all the spices of the season.

Choose how many cases you’d like to take home, then return in two weeks for bottling.

No brewing experience is necessary. The cost is $30, not including the bottles; you will need to bring your own bottles or purchase them at the event. Visit incredibrew. com to register.

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Friday, Nov. 27

Head to the Jade Dragon Restaurant & Lounge (515 Daniel Webster Hwy., Merrimack) on Friday, Nov. 27, at 8 p.m., for an Epic Lip Sync Battle, hosted by Merrimack Friends & Families.

Props are welcome, and trophies will be awarded for first, second and third place, chosen by a panel of local judges. The cost to participate is $10 per person or $15 for groups. Visit facebook.com/ merrimackfriendsfamilies.

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The Trans-Siberian Orchestra holiday rock concert returns to the Verizon Wireless Arena (555 Elm St., Manchester) on Saturday, Nov. 28, with showtimes at 3 and 8 p.m. This year’s show is “The Ghost of Christmas Eve.” Tickets range from $34 to $71. Visit verizonwirelessarena.com, and see story on p. 84.

Let your creativity run free at the Drinkable Arts party at Pizzico Restaurant (7 Harold Drive, Nashua) on Wednesday, Dec. 2, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Participants can choose a wine glass, pint glass, glass coffee mug, martini glass or mason jar to paint however they like. The cost is $30 and includes one glass, paint, brushes and all other supplies needed. You can paint an additional glass for $15. Register at drinkablearts.com to reserve your seat.

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ARTS Classical connection

Local churches host “Messiah” performances

By Kelly Sennott

ksennott@hippopress.com

Every year since George Frideric Handel wrote “Messiah” in 1741, in 24 days no less, it’s been performed every year around the world, sometimes by multiple groups in a single community.

“It’s an unusual thing, with a piece of music,” said Adam Peithmann, First Congregational Church music director, via phone. “But I think it really connects with people.”

First, it’s accessible; it’s in English and tells the story of Jesus Christ from birth to resurrection. The piece contains three movements and several parts that, when performed together, can span as long as two hours. Most local groups perform just The Mont Vernon Congregational Church performs “Messiah” for the 28th year in a row. Courtesy photo. a selection, and they often put the concert together with only a few rehearsals; lots of singers already know the music, so it’s just Admission: Free-will offering; shuttles siah’ to dust off their old college scores a matter of tuning up. offered between the Village School park- and come sing with us, but as it evolved, ing lot and church after each performance, it evolved into something more formal,” Lyon said via phone. “We started out with 420-8523 Mont Vernon Milford High School music teacher and 70 singers, but on average, we probably Where: Mont Vernon Congregational Church, 4 S. Main St., Route 13, Mont Souhegan Valley Chorus director Jennifer have 100. We were very excited we gathErdody leads the way in Mont Vernon Con- ered so much enthusiasm.”

Vernon Singers young and old came, and When: Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m., and gregational Church’s 28th Annual Messiah Sing! concert on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 some brought family from as far as New Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m.

York to join in. Lyon said the concert p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m.

More “Messiah” It’s perhaps the biggest rendition you’ll has become not just a big extravaganza see in New Hampshire this year, with tra- for the church, but also a big one for the Nashua: Immaculate Conception ditional concerts consisting of 100 singers town. Women wear dark skirts with white Church, 216 E. Dunstable Road, Nashua, from a dozen communities. blouses, and the men wear dark suit jackSunday, Dec. 6, at 3 p.m., performed by The event started over coffee after ets, red ties and white shirts. There are the Nashua Choral Society and members from the Nashua Chamber Orchestra, church in 1987. Dawn Lyon, who still per- no auditions except for the solo parts, tickets $18, iccnashuanh.org forms with the group, remembers it was and the singers still only meet for three Manchester: The Diocesan Festival November, because they were able to gath- rehearsals before showtime.

Choir performs Handel’s “Messiah” with er people together for three rehearsals Though it’s a church that pulls the event chorus and orchestra Friday, Dec. 18, before the December event. together, it’s not necessarily a religious at 7:30 p.m., at the Cathedral of Saint “Originally we thought of it as an infor- one, but rather, one that kicks off the start Joseph, 145 Lowell St., Manchester, stjomal thing where, you know, we would try of the holiday season. Organists Jill Slosephcathedralnh.org, free admission to get as many people familiar with ‘Mes- cum and John Leslie will accompany the

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singers performing selections of “Messiah,” as will a small orchestra.

Lyon said she loves hearing the orchestra warming up just before the concert’s start and is amazed at how Erdody can “take a group of 100 or so singers and, by concert time, [have] their voices become beautifully harmonized.”

Manchester

Where: First Congregational Church, 508 Union St., Manchester When: Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m.

Admission: Free-will offering The First Congregational Church in Manchester has been performing Handel’s “Messiah” at a community concert about every three years since 1981. Many singers are members of the church’s Chancel Choir, but many more come from outside the church to perform. There are no auditions, no requirements.

Accompanying the group will be a professional orchestra, soloists and the Sabbath Bells, a church handbell choir. Music includes Part 1 of “Messiah,” “Christmas Day” by Gustav Holst, “A Tapestry of Carols” and John Rutter’s “Candlelight Carol.”

Adam Peithmann became the church’s director of music ministry about a year and a half ago, and he said via phone there are about 40 singers in the choir, who meet about six times before the concert. The four soloists are local and Boston professionals.

“There’s a timeless quality to it,” Peithmann said. “This is a piece of music that inspired Mozart.” (In 1798, Mozart re-orchestrated several of Handel’s works including “Messiah” with a 12-person choir and four soloists.)

A free-will offering will be taken at the door and donated to the Santa Fund. Childcare will be offered for audience members with young kids.

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Classical Music Events • SNHU WIND SYMPHONY & ORCHESTRA CONCERT Featuring compositions by Zdenek Lukas, Percy Grainger, Leroy Anderson, plus Arutunian's "Concerto for Trumpet" by SNHU undergrad/former Marine Band of the Pacific trumpet player. Fri., Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. SNHU, Banquet Hall, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. Free.

• SNHU CONCERT CHOIR CONCERT Choral classics, remembrances and music of the holidays. Tues., Dec. 8, at 7 p.m.

SNHU, Banquet Hall, 2500 N. River Road, Manchester. Free.

• MANCHESTER COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL ADULT OPEN HOUSE Tamilyn E. Little talks about Music and Mental Health and how playing, singing or listening to music will make your day better

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and your life healthier. MCMS recorder ensemble will perform pieces by Mozart. Wed., Dec. 9, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Manchester Community Music School, 2291 Elm St., Manchester. Call 6444548. Visit mcmusicschool.org.

• NEW ENGLAND HARP ORCHESTRA Library concert.

Sat., Dec. 12, at 1:30 p.m. Concord Public Library, 45 Green St., Concord. Free. Call 2258670.

Art Events • "WITNESS TO HISTORY: JAMES NACHTWEY -AFGHANISTAN, GROUND ZERO, IRAQ" Photography show depicting Sept. 11 attacks and the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars. On view Dec. 14. Docent-led tour Sat., Nov. 28, at 11:30 a.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Visit currier.org,

call 669-6144.

• CURRIER AFTER HOURS: PARRISH PARTY Tour, performance by Dimensions in Dance inspired by Parrish's work, and by Tuneful Trio from Manchester Community Music School, who will perform pieces from early 20th century. Thurs., Dec. 3, 6-9 p.m. Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester. Free with museum admission. Visit

currier.org, call 669-6144.

• WILD NH PHOTO JURIED SHOW Categories include landscapes, under 18, best in show. On view now through Dec. 6. Silent auction Sun., Dec. 6, 2-3 p.m. Massabesic Audubon Center, 26 Audubon Way, Auburn. Auction bids start at $20. Call 6682045, email mac@nhaudubon. org.

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Notes from the theater scene

Theater Productions • OLIVER! Seacoast Rep production directed by Miles Burns, designed by Ben Hart and Brandon James. Nov. 13 through Dec. 20. Seacoast Repertory Theatre, 125 Bow St., Portsmouth. Tickets start at $22. Visit seacoastrep.org, call 433-4472.

• ELEEMOSYNARY NH Theatre Project production by Lee Blessing. Nov. 13 through Nov. 29, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. West End Studio Theatre, 959 Islington St., Portsmouth. $26, reservations recommended. Call 431-6644, ext. 5, email reservations@nhtheatreproject.org.

• BEST DAY EVER Fourth installment of Sharp Dressed Men series by G. Matthew Gaskell. Directed by Jennifer Henry.

Mike Morin as Mother Ginger. Courtesy photo.

Rep Executive Director Kathleen Cavalaro came up with the idea after reading a story by Burke about the loss of her brother, who died of an overdose in 2007.

“I felt alone in 2007, with very few others understanding the tragedy of death by addiction,” Burke said in a press release.

“Today, I know too many who know exactly what I’ve been through, who have lost a loved one, who know someone using this very moment, who have tried to help, be helped, and lost.”

Writers can read their story live onstage or have a speaker read it on their behalf; submissions should be sent to kathleen@ seacoastrep.org by Dec. 31.

• New executive director: Piccola Opera of Concord announced last week Johanna Landis of Amherst has assumed the role of executive director for the opera company. Her first task: to bring life to the New Year’s Eve Opera Ball on Thursday, Dec. 31, at 8 p.m., at the Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince St., Concord, where there will be opera selections, a ballet presentation by Northeast Ballet Theatre and a silent auction. Visit piccolaopera.net or call 491-1571.

— Kelly Sennott

Nov. 6-Nov. 29, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sun., Nov. 29, at 3 p.m. Players' Ring, 105 Marcy St., Portsmouth. $15.

Visit playersring.org, call 4368123.

• AT THE TABLE PinkOrange production. Includes familystyle dinner created by Sam Ostrow, chef of Block Six. Thurs., Dec. 3, at 8 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 4, at 8 p.m. 3S Artspace, 319 Vaughan St., Portsmouth. $45, includes food. Visit 3Sarts. org.

• REFLECTIONS Colby-Sawyer College production. Two-act evening of dance. Fri., Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. Colby-Sawyer College, 541 Main St., New London. $10.

Visit colby-sawyer.edu/tickets, call 526-3670.

• HOLIDAY READINGS AND SING-ALONG Sebastion Lockwood and Nanette Perrotte put on holiday show with carols

and readings of A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas and A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote. For audiences all ages. Sun., Dec. 6, 2-3 p.m.

Amherst Town Library, 14 Main St., Amherst. Free. Registration required. Visit amhestlibrary. org, email library@amherstlibrary.org.

• ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Nashua North Drama Club production. Wed., Dec. 9, at 7 p.m.; Thurs., Dec. 10, at 7 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 11, at 7 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. Nashua North High School, 8 Titan Way, Nashua. $10. Email nashuanorthdrama@ gmail.com.

• LUNGS Theatre KAPOW production. Fri., Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Dec. 13, at 4:30 p.m. Derry Opera House, 29 W. Broadway, Derry. $20. Visit tkapow.com/ lungs.html.

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• Celebrities onstage: As per tradition, Southern New Hampshire Dance Theater’s The Nutcracker at the Palace Theatre, 80 Hanover St., Manchester, this weekend has a collection of local celebrities playing Mother Ginger (who, if you haven’t seen the play in a while, is the woman who wears the giant skirt kids emerge from). The first, performing on Friday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m., is WMUR News anchor and Chronicle cohost Erin Fehlau; the second, on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m., is WZID Morning Host Neal White, and performing at 4 and 7:30 p.m. is Nazzy (host of WLNH) and Mike Morin (previously a WZID morning host), respectively, both of whom have played the role numerous times. (Morin said in a press release, “Playing Mother Ginger with the Palace and SNHDT’s talented ensemble is one of the highlights of my year.”) Performing Sunday, Nov. 29, at 1 p.m., is Mark Mulcahy of Keller Williams Realty. A dance company member will perform the role at the final production Sunday, Nov. 29, at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $45. Visit palacetheatre.org or call 668-5588.

• Seeking true stories about addiction: The Seacoast Repertory Theatre is looking for submissions for a one-time event, tentatively called Stories of Addiction, to raise awareness about the heroin and addiction epidemic affecting the Seacoast. Stories should be nonfiction, five minutes or less when read aloud and can be from any point of view (from those suffering, or from caretakers, family members, friends, etc.). The Rep and Jackie Burke will produce.

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ARTS

Crafty cards

How to spice up your well-wishes

By Kelly Sennott

ksennott@hippopress.com

Holiday cards don’t have to showcase photos of people in pajamas by the Christmas tree. They can be handmade, sparkly and configured via collage, or they can be completely digital and include holiday music from iTunes.

The Hippo talked with local artists and teachers for different ideas on how to up your game this year with a little glue, glitter and elbow grease.

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When Beck’s Arts Express owner Rebecca Fredrickson went to make holiday cards last year, she knew money would be tight.

Her husband’s employer, FairPoint Communications, had been on strike, and it seemed frivolous to spend money on materials, envelops and stamps.

Instead, she turned to Flipagram, a free phone app that allows the user to tell stories with photos and music. She took 60 images that represented important family milestones that year and constructed a slideshow accompanied by the Charlie Brown Christmas skating song. She posted it on Facebook and emailed it to friends.

“It was a nice little switch from the regular card,” Fredrickson said via phone last week. “I was just trying to think of a solution for our finance situation last year. I thought, what can we do that’s still festive and fun and affordable? It does take a little bit of time and requires you to be tech-savvy, but I did it all on my phone.”

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Everyone likes handmade goodies, but when you’ve got dozens, maybe even hundreds of cards to make, going that route becomes a little less appealing.

Printmaking is one way to mass-produce handmade creations, said Currier educator Danielle Gosselin via phone. She teaches styrofoam printmaking classes for kids and adults, which she said is easy and relatively inexpensive; your materials include styrofoam (plates or clean take-away cartons), a rubber brayer and water-soluble printmaking ink (available at craft stores).

The process is done often, so when in doubt, check it out on YouTube. Gosselin advises cutting styrofoam into a completely flat piece — ideally the same size as the card you’ll stamp on — and then, using a dull pencil or thin paintbrush end, carving a design.

Then, crafters need to press the stamp, carved side down, into the ink (laid out on a

cookie sheet or piece of plexiglass with the help of the brayer) and firmly stamp it onto the paper. When you remove the styrofoam, you should find the relief of your design.

(For easy styrofoam removal, attach a piece of masking tape to the other side of the styrofoam in a handle-like shape.)

You’ll need to decide what to make ahead of time — this will inform your ink and construction paper colors — but the nice thing about this technique is that once you’re done the design, the rest of the work is just stamping and re-stamping. If you want to add details later, you can always come back with colored pencil, ink or paint.

Susan Schwake, who teaches at artstream on the Seacoast, said she always teaches block-printing card-making with adults and kids. It’s a similar technique except it requires a few more materials, and the result provides a more solid shape.

Beginners should avoid words — they’re easy to mess up — and complicated designs.

“Chunkier, simpler images are easier than things with lots and lots of detail, and they can be equally interesting,” Schwake said.

Collage card

Making cards from collage takes a little more work, but it also offers more flexibility and improvisation. Schwake likes to use Uhu glue and cut-up materials — construction paper, magazines, ribbons, scraps, etc.

Scrounge around your house and you may be surprised at what you find.

“If you look around your house, you might find you have old wrapping paper, if you’re a good Yankee,” Schwake said.

“You could also use recycled safety envelopes from your bills in the mail, which have beautiful patterns on them.”

Safe bets are the basic Christmas tree — maybe spiced up by being combined with different paper patterns, which would offer a patchwork quilt vibe — and snowflakes, which you can make by cutting thin white paper and gluing it to bright backgrounds.

Finish it off with glitter.

Gosselin also does a lot of collaging but prefers using Mod Podge to adhere materials together. For something more adventurous, try using Citra Solv, a natural solvent, which Gosselin uses to make magazine scraps more interesting, though it only works with certain publications (like National Geographic from the 1990s or afterward). Sprinkle liquid between pages, and the ink will break down and create a marbleized, interesting design.

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• Just cozy: Twiggs Gallery (254 King St., Boscawen, 975-0015) hosts a show that will make you want to snuggle up by the fire with hot chocolate (or coffee) in pajamas and bunny slippers. “COZY: NH Artists Celebrate the Joys and Comforts of Home” is on view now through Dec. 20, with a reception, in conjunction with Small Business Saturday, on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 3 to 5 p.m. On view will be pieces by 18 different New Hampshire artists, whose interpretations of home range from deeply personal to humorous, from nature and naughty children to servings of pie and cups of tea. Hours are Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. or by appointment. Visit twiggsgallery.wordpress.com.

• Parrish party: Enthusiasts for New Hampshire artist Maxfield Parrish, your night is the next Currier After Hours event on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash St., Manchester, which is free to attend with museum admission ($12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $9 for students). The event coincides with the current show, “Maxfield Parrish: The Power of the Print,” and in addition to live music and a tour by assistant curator Samantha Cataldo, Dimensions in Dance will perform pieces inspired by Parrish’s work, and Tuneful Trio from the Manchester Community Music School will sing pieces from

Tips and inspiration

“Complementary colors are always a safe bet, because they vibrate next to each other.

Red and green, blue and orange, yellow and purple,” Gosselin said. “As for composition, generally odd numbers are more interesting than even numbers. And don’t be afraid to overlap.”

Using the rule of thirds, no matter what

to your Season.

Big city style at a great neighborhood salon “Tea Set with Birches” by Cynthia Cummings-Birch, on view at “COZY.” Courtesy photo.

Parrish’s time in the early 20th century. For refreshments, the Winter Garden Cafe will offer a full menu and cash bar with a specialty cocktail. Visit currier.org or call 669-6144.

• New cultural leader: The Discover Portsmouth Center — a Portsmouth nonprofit that mans a museum/visitor center, publishes books, manages the Black Heritage Trail and advocates for historic preservation, as described by the organization’s mission — has named Kathleen Soldati as the new executive director. Soldati had been serving as interim executive director since midJune and has previously acted as executive director for the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen and worked for New Hampshire Public Television, JSA Architects and built a “dynamic” marketing program for The Music Hall. She replaces the organization’s first executive director, Maryellen Burke, who helped launch Discover Portsmouth as a “gateway to the city’s rich history and vibrant culture,” according to a press release. Call 436-8433 or visit portsmouthhistory.org.

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Both Schwake and Gosselin love Pinterest, and Schwake, an art teacher for 20 years, said she always finds ideas online, in magazines and in books from libraries and stores (her own book is Art for All Seasons, which details her printmaking projects).

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FEATURES 57 Kiddie pool Family activities this week.

INSIDE/OUTSIDE A charming kind of Christmas Holiday activities begin at Charmingfare Farm

58 The Gardening Guy Advice on your outdoors.

60 Car Talk Click and Clack give you car advice.

62 Treasure Hunt There’s gold in your attic.

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Horse-drawn rides to the North Pole and partying with Santa and his friends are just a few of the activities happening at Charmingfare Farm in Candia this holiday season.

The farm will have two ongoing events: “Santa’s Big Party,” held Saturdays and Sundays from Nov. 29 to Dec. 20, and “Lighted Winter Wonderland,” held Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, from Dec. 4 to 27, as well as Wednesday, Dec. 23, and Thursday, Christmas Eve. Linda Ellis of Charmingfare Farm said both events have been Santa and friends at Charmingfare Farm. Courtesy photo. running for about 20 years.

“They’re definitely very popular,” she said. “A lot of people have We have people who came as kids are ready to leave, they’ll travel via their holiday traditions here and now bringing in their own kids, so tractor-train back to the farm headhave made family memories here. it’s something local families have quarters, with a quick stop along been doing for years.” the way to visit Santa’s reindeer.

The check-in period for Santa’s The Lighted Winter Wonderland Charmingfare Farm Holiday Big Party is 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., event takes place in the evening, Events and families typically stay for two with check-in between 5 and 9 Where: 774 High St., Candia hours. Upon arrival, families will p.m., and guests should plan on Visit: visitthefarm.com board a horse-drawn wagon for a spending at least two hours there.

30-minute ride on the Christmas The evening begins with a 30-minSanta’s Big Party trail to a secret location. Once there, ute horse-drawn wagon ride, bound When: Saturdays and Sundays, they’ll find an outdoor party hosted for the North Pole. Passengers will from Nov. 29 to Dec. 20, with

by Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Santa will travel through a wonderland with check-in from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. be spinning all the kids’ favorite thousands of lights, around a dozen Cost: $19 per person, free for chilChristmas tunes as well as visit- holiday scenes, a nativity with live dren under 23 months. ing with each guest and accepting animals and appearances by some Lighted Winter Wonderland letters. Mrs. Claus will be serving familiar characters. The ride ends When: Fridays, Saturdays and up hot cocoa and sugar cookies to at the reindeer barn, where Santa Sundays, from Dec. 4 to Dec. 27, enjoy by the bonfire, where there and his friends will greet the guests.

Wednesday, Dec. 23, and Thurswill also be marshmallow-toasting.

Ellis said that while the two day, Christmas Eve, with check-in Animated characters like Frosty, events may sound similar, from 5 to 9 p.m. the Grinch, Santa’s elves and many they’re both “entirely different Cost: $25 per person, free for chilothers will be dancing and inter- experiences.” dren under 23 months. acting with guests. When families “Santa’s Big Party was created

for kids who don’t want to be out in the dark and the cold and who want to have more interaction and more time with the characters and Santa,” she said. “The Winter Wonderland is all about the nighttime ride with the lights and the magic, and it’s definitely ageless.”

People are encouraged to register for the events online as early as possible, because spots fill up quickly.

If you attend, be sure to dress for the weather as both events are held entirely outdoors, and don’t forget your camera for photos with Santa and his friends. The farm will also have Christmas trees available for purchase.

“It’s definitely a country, oldfashioned type of Christmas here,” Ellis said. “With the live horses and sleigh bells and lights in the dark, it kind of brings you back to that Christmas-years-ago feeling.”

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Stop by “Santa’s Wonderland” at Bass Pro Shops (2 Commerce Drive, Hooksett) between 5 and 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, or between noon and 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28, and Sunday. Nov. 29, for a free holiday craft. Kids of all ages are invited to make a bobber snowman. Visit facebook.com/ BassProShopsHooksettNH.

It’s Scout Elf Return Week, and that means Santa’s helpers will be out watching for naughty and nice behavior. On Saturday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m., Barnes & Noble in Manchester (1741 S. Willow St.) will celebrate with a The Elf on the Shelf storytime and fun activities at Santa’s Boot Camp. Visit barnesandnoble.com.

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When I was a boy in Connecticut, my gardening Grampy would visit us each fall and help us rake leaves. We lived in the country with close to an acre of lawn, I’d estimate, surrounded by a mixed hardwood forest. A lot of leaves fell — or blew — onto that lawn.

If you are of a certain age, you remember that back in the 1950s there were no blue plastic tarps. We only had a wheelbarrow to carry off many bushels of leaves. But Grampy was a tailor by trade and made something to spread out on the lawn. He sewed together old sheets or bedspreads to make a large square of cloth and brought it with him when he came each year. We raked the leaves onto that, and when it was full, he drew the four corners together.

Then, like Santa about to go down a chimney, he loaded it onto his back and carried it away.

Those leaves slowly broke down and made some of the most delicious compost you could ever imagine. Dark in color, it was loved by earthworms and was a great addition to our vegetable garden, flower pots and flower beds a few years after the leaves were collected.

It makes sense that leaves would make great compost. Trees mine the soil, bringing up minerals that end up in leaves. And, by the miracle of photosynthesis, trees make sugars and carbohydrates that build plant bodies. Reusing these elements is the original recycling.

Trees have been dropping leaves and letting the bacteria, fungi and fauna of the forest break them down and re-use the elements for ages. Collecting them for use in our gardens is our way of capitalizing on a natural process.

Long ago I visited garden writer Sydney Eddison in her Connecticut garden. It was toward the end of a prolonged summer drought, one so bad that mature oaks were dying. There was a watering ban, but her flower gardens were thriving and, when I felt the soil, it was lightly damp. I asked her how she did it.

It was simple, she said. For 30 years her husband, Martin, had collected leaves each fall, running them over with a lawnmower and bagging them. He saved them in the barn, and in the spring Sydney spread out the chopped leaves and lawn grass around her perennials after they appeared. This mulch kept down weeds, attracted earthworms and enriched the soil. And it held moisture.

I use my leaves in the garden, too, though

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I do not bother bagging them. Most I spread over my mounded, raised vegetable beds after they have been weeded and re-shaped in the fall. They keep weeds from getting an early start, and keep out weed seeds that are blowing in the wind. Because they have been chopped, they don’t blow around much, and certainly not after a rain.

My neighbors, Susan and Joel Kinne, collect their leaves and put them in a bin they made with steel fence posts and wire mesh.

It is about 4 feet on a side, and 4 feet high.

I’ve seen the compost they have harvested from their bin, and it is gorgeous. Any selfrespecting plant would love some in its soil.

According to Joel, it takes between two and three years to go from leaf to compost, and they never bother turning the pile or doing anything else for the leaves.

I take my food scraps and the leaves and stems of kale, carrots and other veggies and toss it in a bin I made from old wood pallets.

I have to admit I rarely bother to collect the compost; it is more a way of keeping vegetable matter out of the waste stream than making compost. But recently I took off one side of the bin and dug out some of the material from deep under this year’s additions.

I was amazed at the number of earthworms in the top layers. There were hundreds, perhaps thousands. That’s good. They eat the food and their waste, called castings, is high in nitrogen and other minerals necessary for plant growth. More importantly, they are good sources of materials that create good tilth and texture in soil.

Deep down I harvested a bucket of black compost. It was fluffy, despite being pressed down by many pounds of matter above it. I could see bits of eggshell, but everything had been processed. I’ll mix it 50-50 with potting soil and use it to replant houseplants, giving them a fresh infusion of nutrients.

When I was a kid we jumped in the piles of leaves Grampy collected, but I think now, as a (considerably) heavier person, doing so might lead to broken bones. Still, I treasure those memories … and my leaf compost.

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You guys suggested a Subaru. I had a Honda Civic (that I loved!), but just sold it and purchased a Subaru Forester because my husband and I just moved to Montana and are afraid to drive in the snow.

My question is this: Do we also need to buy snow tires? And do you have a recommendation in terms of the type (e.g., studded)?

My last question is this: My husband is trying to convince me that it is worth the financial investment to purchase an extra set of wheels so he can change the snow tires himself each year. Thoughts?

— Kelly Yes, Kelly, in Montana you will need snow tires. And you’ll need four of them.

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And it does make sense to buy four inexpensive steel wheels for the snow tires. Otherwise, you have to mount and balance a different set of tires every fall and spring, which runs into money.

Whether you need studs is a trickier question. It depends on exactly where you live and what kind of driving you’ll be doing. If you live in a city or suburban area where streets are cleared pretty quickly, and you mostly drive around town, you might not need studs.

Studs have a couple of disadvantages: They chew up roadways, so they’re not even allowed on a lot of highways outside of emergency conditions. And they make your traction worse on wet roads, because the metal studs that stick out of the tires have less traction than the rubber does.

And we’re not even addressing the constant thrumming noise. So you don’t want those unless you absolutely need them.

I’d suggest that you talk to some neighbors and ask them what they do in the winter. A better option, for peace of mind, might be to buy a set of temporary

chains. You can leave those in the trunk, and if you ever find yourself in a dire situation and your snow tires aren’t cutting it, you can put on the chains by the side of the road, and at least get home.

That’s assuming they don’t find you the next day, frozen in the “chain-affixing position.”

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Dear Car Talk: My reason for writing is that all these alphanumeric algorithmic specifications on oil these days are confusing me. I have a 2009 Jaguar XF with a 4.2-liter engine.

I’ve owned many older Jags, but this is the first one that states I need WSS M2C913-B, which I learned is a Ford part number. But I can’t find it anywhere.

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If you’re looking for some tree-decorating inspiration, a fully decorated tree to take home or just a fun holiday outing, stop by one of New Hampshire’s Festivals of Trees.

There are five local fests happening Thanksgiving weekend, and five more opening the first week of December.

You can catch Nashua’s Festival of Trees during the Winter Holiday Stroll on Saturday, Nov. 28, or on Sunday, Nov. 29, in the Hunt Memorial Building on Main Street. There will be up to 30 trees on display, all decorated and donated by local businesses, organizations and individuals. Visitors can browse and vote for their favorite trees, or they can try to win a tree in the silent auction.

“We have trees that are really pretty and conventional, and we have some quirky ones, too,” Cail Bellavance, event coordinator, said. “There was one from the Nashua Police Explorers with a blue spinning light at the top, Dunkin’ Donuts gift cards, police movie DVDs and an MP3 player playing songs like ‘I Shot the Sheriff.’ That was really neat.”

There are also a few raffle trees this year, including ones decked out in candy bars, lottery tickets and even wine. The final bidding and announcement of the winners will be held at the Gala on Friday, Dec. 11.

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Where: Bektash Shrine Center, 189 Pembroke Road, Concord Cost: $5 adults, $4 seniors, 12 and under free Visit: bektashshriners.org/feztival.php

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Where: James A Tuttle Library, 45 Main St. Cost: Free Visit: antrimfestivaloftrees.org

Nashua’s Festival of Trees When: Saturday, Nov. 28, 5 to 10 p.m. (during the Winter Holiday Stroll); Sunday, Nov. 29, 1 to 5 p.m.; at Symphony NH’s Holiday House on Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6 (symphonynh.org/events/holiday-house-tour); Festival of Trees Gala held on Friday, Dec. 11, 7 p.m. (Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased at the festival or reserved by email at cailbellavance@ yahoo.com by Dec. 7). Private tours for groups can be arranged.

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Franklin Opera House Festival of Trees When: Friday, Dec. 4, through Sunday, Dec. 6 Where: Franklin Opera House, 316 Central St. Cost: $5 for adults, free for kids 12 and under Visit: franklinoperahouse.org

Exeter Festival of Trees When: Thursday, Dec. 3, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

5th Annual Plaistow Festival of Trees Where: Town Hall, 10 Front St. When: Friday, Nov. 27, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Satur- Cost: Free day, Nov. 28, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 29, Visit: exeternh.gov/community/festival-trees 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Where: Fish & Game, 18 May Ray Ave. 6th Annual Dover Festival of Trees Cost: Free When: Friday, Dec. 4, 4 to 8 p.m.

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I can also see that it’s not a reproduction, because the time frame of yours should have machine-stitched stripes but handsewn stars. This was so other stars could possibly be added to some flags.

The value of your flag for the size and condition would be in the $200+ range to a collector. If the flags are 48-star they usually run around $40 depending on the size and condition. There were many of those,

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FOOD Duck, duck, goose

Where to find them and how to cook them

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News from the local food scene

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If you’re all turkey-ed out, why not cook duck or goose for Christmas dinner?

Whether it’s a local farm or neighborhood butcher shop, there’s a whole selection of birds to choose from.

Matt Trafton, store manager at Wine’ing Butcher’s location in Bedford, said in a phone interview that while turkey is their most popular bird this time of year, they also have chicken, quail, goose and duck.

“After people get done with Thanksgiving, they’re ... looking for something else,” Tim Rocha, owner of Kellie Brook Farm in Greenland, said in a phone interview. They raise turkeys, chickens and ducks, the latter of which is the most popular during the Christmas season.

For Jim Czack, farmer and owner of Elevage de Volailles in Rye, Christmas time is always associated with geese (though he’s already sold out of his white embden geese for the year).

“Being of German descent it was always traditional that you have a goose for Christmas so I am trying to bring that tradition back … and more away from the turkey,” he said. “Turkey is for Turkey Day.”

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• Wine release: Copper Beech Winery (146 Londonderry Turnpike, Hooksett, 400-2595, copperbeechwinery.com) announced in a press release that Brilliant Cranberry, made with whole New England cranberries, is back at the winery in time for the holiday season. Liquid Sunshine is the second new release, a light and golden wine crafted from 100 percent local raw honey. Weather permitting, Copper Beech Winery will be open Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. through Dec. 20.

• Food with a focus: Building on last year’s most successful event yet, Family Promise of Greater Nashua at Anne-Marie House presents the fifth annual Homeward Bound Food and Beverage Festival on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 6 to 9:30 p.m.

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While sundry other meats may taste “just like chicken,” that’s not the case when it comes to duck and goose — so they can’t be cooked “just like chicken” either.

“People are afraid of waterfowl,”Czack said. “They’re afraid to cook it because they don’t know how to cook it.”

He said a goose should be cooked medium to medium rare, only about 160 degrees, and likened more to red meat than poultry.

“I try to tell them to think of it as lamb,”

he said.

Though it’s a “labor of love,” for Czack, roasting a goose in the oven is the only way to prepare it.

“You’re going to spend some time in the kitchen,” he said. “You’re not going to put the bird in the oven and go watch the football game.”

Before embarking on the quest to provide your holiday guests with a unique dining experience, Trafton said to make sure they’re aware and ready to enjoy a bird that’s quite different than most poultry. “[Duck is] a bit heartier, it’s almost like eating a steak,” he said. “Duck breast is really dark and the texture is different.

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Rocha agreed that duck is similar to beef, with the breast served medium rare. He said that when cooking a duck, the best method is to break it apart and cook the sections

separately.

“Roasting in the oven [whole] is going to give you an overcooked breast and undercooked leg and thigh,” he said. “Normally when I have duck I remove the breast and pan-sear [it]. … The legs and thighs are braised in water, slight amount of water, for an hour and a half or so until tender.”

Regardless of which bird suits your needs, if it’s locally raised Rocha said to soak it in water for at least an hour, if not overnight. “[It] gets the skin to plump up and keeps it from drying out,” he said. “They do tend to cook faster than commercially available birds.”

Once you take the bird out of the oven, flip it over so it rests on the breast.

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Step into A Christmas Carol and revel in the aura of a Dickensian dinner during Holiday Dinners at the William Pitt Tavern, a collaboration between Pickwick’s Mercantile, Pickwick’s at the Banke and Strawbery Banke Museum that kicks off on Saturday, Dec. 5, in Portsmouth.

“We wanted to create this homage to a vintage Christmas with all of those traditional holiday celebrations,” Thistle Jones, director of marketing for Pickwick’s Mercantile, said in a phone interview.

From beef stew and biscuits to root and pumpkin pot pie, the four-course meal inspired by Black Trumpet Chef Evan Mallett was designed to make diners feel as if they’ve been transported back in time.

“He did quite a bit of research for the event,” Jones said. “He went into old colonial menus and infused it with his own culinary genius.”

The Portsmouth Brewery joined in the festivities as well, making a special brew with ingredients from Strawbery Banke Museum’s gardens.

“I think everyone’s really excited about the collaboration. ... Everyone gets to do what they do best,” she said. “Our goals are really in line with supporting the community and collaboration is so important to us because Portsmouth is the perfect ground for synergy. It’s really a pretty magnificent backdrop for working together.”

Pickwick’s held its first themed dinner in February, a Galentine’s Day dinner that paired a meal from Moxy with cast members from The Vagina Monologues to benefit SASS/A Safe Place.

“We did a fabulous 40-person dinner that was a very very special dinner … so

that was our intro to it,” Jones said. “And we knew we wanted to do something on a grander scale.”

This time around, the Holiday Dinners will feature a cast of characters played by local actors, imagined just for the event by Pickwick’s creative team. While it’s not dinner theater (Jones said to expect a more “organic” feel from the role-players) the hope is the same as with all of Pickwick’s shops and experiences — that the moment patrons enter they’re enjoying a performance.

Innkeepers Chadwick and Goody Goodmeade are the hosts for the evening, two original characters that Jones said were created with a “respect for the history” in the area yet with a “loosely Dickensian feel.”

Live music rooted in the area’s maritime tradition will accompany the meal.

The dinners are held alongside Strawbery Banke’s Candlelight Strolls, which feature horse-drawn carriage rides, historical demonstrations and lots of candle boxes lighting the lanes between historic houses.

Jones said the idea is to “utilize the tavern when it was even more beautiful that it usually is.”

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Witness the results of a culinary education firsthand at The Quill Restaurant’s annual classical French Christmas dinner on Thursday, Dec. 3, a special meal presented by Southern New Hampshire University culinary and hospitality students.

“It’s the final exam,” Associate Professor Stefan Ryll said of the holiday meal that presents classical French dishes with a holiday twist.

“You can actually sit down, have your dinner and watch the show and see the students rushing around, so it’s really entertaining as well,” he said. “You really get a full experience. Definitely a lot more interaction than in a normal restaurant.”

The Quill, a full-service restaurant run by the students, is staffed and managed by sophomores to seniors in both the front and back of the house. Gerald Martel, currently working toward his B.S. in culinary management, participated in the classical French Christmas dinner for the first time last year as a junior and is excited to serve in more of a managerial capacity this year.

“I was really scared and nervous because I’ve never done anything like that before, [but] it hit me how much I loved culinary and how much I want to do it,” he said in a phone interview. “Now I have a lot more confidence this year.”

After cutting beets, working with poached pears and plating the duck last year, Martel wants to improve upon his efficiency this year.

“I have my head on my shoulders this year and I’ve been taking Professor Ryll’s styling class, so I’ve learned a lot of great [skills] from him,” he said.

The five-course menu includes an appetizer platter and choice of salad, soup, entree and one of about 10 desserts, plus mixed drinks prepared by the mixology students especially for the Christmas theme.

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ternut squash and duchesse potatoes. “[They] stuff the duck with apples and oranges so they get nice and moist, but have to make sure the duck gets crispy,” Ryll said. “They have to get the technique of sauteing correctly. Also working on certain knife cuts.”

For pastry students, this dinner is an exercise in ingenuity as they’re tasked to create their own dish that fits the Christmas theme.

“They have to create and make sure all desserts have a focal point, a garnish and sauce and also [we] encourage contrast like hot and cold or crunchy and soft,” Ryll said.

The students are also responsible for ordering the necessary ingredients, checking the reservations and plotting out the time needed to prepare each dish.

“The day of the dinner they usually come in around 12:30 p.m. because they have a lot to prep and six hours’ time to get ready,” Ryll said, noting that guests can look at a show plate for each of the desserts and savory dishes to decide which ones they’d like to order.

Though it’s student-run, The Quill is not a test kitchen or cafeteria. Most of the students are well-trained, Ryll said, given that The Quill regularly offers dinner on Thursdays (covering cuisine from northern Europe to the Middle East) and lunch on Tuesdays and Fridays (they featured regional Italian cuisine this semester, but in the spring it will be American regional cuisine from the Northeast to Hawaii).

“We are definitely not that kind of [cafeteria-style] student-run restaurant,” Ryll said.

“This dinner incorporates everyone, like a real kitchen,” Martel said. “So I don’t feel like I’m a student. [It’s] just one big team putting everything together.”

For the holiday season it’s always best to place your orders as soon as possible.

And make sure to check with the farmer or butcher that the bird is the appropriate size.

“It’s really important to ask those questions on what the recommended serving size is per adult eater,” Trafton said.

He noted that for a turkey they recomCook a goose Jim Czack, farmer and owner of Elevage de Volailles in Rye, shares his tips First, take the breast and pinch the skin and, with a knife, poke holes through the breast into the fat layer (but without damaging the breast flesh).

“What this does is when you put it in your oven for a rendering period, it allows the fat somewhere to go other then stay inside the bird,” he said.

Then put it in a 500-degree oven uncovered for half an hour. If it’s a commercial bird, once you remove it from the oven, dump the rendered fat.

“If you don’t you’re going to start a fire, because commercial birds are fatty,” he said.

Birds from local farms tend to be leaner, so skip the dumping step and use the renderings to baste with. Once the oven cools to 300 degrees, put the bird back in and baste every 10 minutes with the pan drippings until the bird’s temperature reaches about 157 degrees. It’ll continue to cook once you remove it and should bring it right about to the desired 160 to 165 degrees.

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“With duck and geese, they’re more fat than anything so the overall meat you get is pretty minimal, [and] with all that fat it’s going to be rich,” he said.

Czack agreed that for geese, taking note of the size is key.

“Farms in general are very hooked on what’s called the pilgrim goose,” he said.

“It’s a perfectly fine goose, but it’s not going to feed a family. For Christmas you generally have the family together still so you need a larger goose.”

Of course flavor is a major component in choosing the right bird and although a common assumption is that heritage birds have better flavor than commercial birds, Czack said that’s not necessarily the case.

“While there are differences in flavor of every bird out there … it’s not the breed that makes that flavor, it’s the age of the bird,” he said.

He said a goose slaughtered at 16 weeks is called a “green goose,” which is typically what you’ll find at the supermarket.

“Look for a farmer who doesn’t do green geese, and there’s a lot of us out there, people who are letting their geese develop fully through the year to maximize flavor,” he said. “And meat is like red wine, once you acquire a taste for better meats you’re not going to go back to supermarket.”

Rocha said that they have plenty of chicken this year and he expects a good supply of ducks for Christmas as well, but it’s always best to call ahead or stop by to chat at a winter farmers market.

“If [people] visit local farmers markets … all this stuff, meat parts, are available,” he said. “That’s the best way … because I’m face to face and show you examples in person.”

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the pumpkin flavor was going to be too overwhelming. But the toasted walnuts provided the necessary crunch; the crispiness of the tortilla shell once cooked helped vary the texture; and the savory combination of pumpkin and cumin topped with the sweetness of the walnuts was punched up with the saltiness of the goat cheese.

I don’t think this recipe is something I’ll work into a normal dinner rotation, but it fits the bill for an unexpected use of pantry ingredients. After making these, I thought a few modifications would also make this recipe great for dessert. For example, you could add cinnamon instead of cumin and cream cheese instead of goat cheese. Plus, a sprinkle of sugar before serving would make this a savory dessert.

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Dessert wines and port are common choices for after-dinner drinks. They can be enjoyed with the dessert course or on their own. They are typically sweet, which makes them natural pairings for pies, chocolate and more.

Port is a fortified wine made exclusively in the Douro Valley region of Portugal. It is usually a sweet red wine. It comes in several varieties, including white, tawny, ruby, dry and semi-dry. I used to think I didn’t like port, but now I really enjoy it. If you have only tried one, it is worth trying others as they are not all the same.

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There are always great things going on at Fulchino Vineyard in Hollis, but here is some recent news I wanted to share. On Dec. 12 and Dec. 13, it’s hosting its third annual Christmas open house from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. both days. In addition to wine and live music, vendors will be on hand offering a variety of products from pastries, jams and jellies to chocolates, Italian oils, pasta and more. This is a very well-attended event, so anyone interested is encouraged to arrive earlier in the day.

Fulchino Vineyard also announced a new wine club with two different options: the signature blend collection and the winemaker series. The signature blend option is coming in March and includes one of each of the winery’s signature blend wines.

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The winemaker series is still in the works.

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Been a while since we covered the velvet-rope-techno world — yes, it still exists, not that I’m aware of any neo-disco club, let alone a scene, within a 30-mile radius of ManchVegas, and if there is, why haven’t you people contacted me? I have excuses for this, starting with all the bile I’ve heaped on Ultra Records over the years, which is no great loss anyway — Britney Spears remixed by the latest overrated DJ of the month, anyone? But the Salted imprint run by Miguel Migs still likes me for some reason, so here we are with their latest release, one from this Spainby-way-of-France-based DJ, who was a hip-hop beatmaker until he decided to bag it for smooth runway-model-house vibes, the sort of stuff you’d hear at Express in between questions from your girlfriend about how fat she looks in such-and-so skinny jeans, which, let’s face it, would look stupid even if Olivia Wilde was in them, am I right fellas? Three songs on deck here, the title track being a simple bit of mid-tempo deep-house-tinted ambiance, nothing you’d imagine would require alien intelligence to master, followed by “My World” (a good one that’s right out of the King Britt playbook) and “Over You,” a bloop-pocked chill-funk piece that was probably chopped out of an old hip-hop experiment. No actual single-type tunes, just upbeat vibe — I kinda miss this stuff, come to think of it. A- — Eric W. Saeger

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Take two Canadian longtime-BFF chicks, add two hipster dudes willing to hold down the rhythm section, toss in a Pixies fetish between the lot of them and you get … Hole Lite, sort of? Singer Katie Monks sounds sincerely messed up enough on this debut album’s tracks, especially “Ballin Chain” and “The Touch,” adding an appropriately blackened-soul-and-it’s-yourfault edge to all the loud, sloppy no-wave (the girls are self-taught on guitar, which makes it an officially licensed patch of nowave scorched earth). But — and yeah, I’ve got a Canadian prejudice, picturing even their street bums as people who can tell a merlot from a cabernet in one sniff — there’s a sound-and-fury caveat to all this somewhere, I can almost guarantee it. They’re too cleanlooking, like you wouldn’t be averse to your daughter bringing either of these boys over for ham dinner. They could play the evil band in a battle with Hannah Montana and not scare anyone over 3. And this ground’s been over before, absolutely, starting with Lydia Lunch. It would have helped if one of the tunes had stuck in my head after indulging this exercise, that’s true too, but at least someone’s trying, which is worth a few style points over at this desk. B — Eric W. Saeger

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• This week, Chris Brown releases his seventh LP, Royalty.

The record isn’t named after his posse of sycophants, nor is it meant to signify that he likes “music royalties,” which are paid to actual songwriters, which would leave him out, of course. No, it is named after his baby girl, whom the world didn’t know about until Brown posted about it on Instagram, you know, like how everyone does, after they go and find random babies or however they obtain them. The song titles are trying too hard, such as “Ghetto Tales (I Know You Wanna See)” and “Gangsta Way,” but the big “Liquor” single is just basic nonsense for use as background when pouring scotch and visiting AshleyMadison.com.

• The dulcet sexytime musical notes of Chris Brown aren’t your only choice for canned bordello ambiance, as there is a new album due from — of all people — Babyface! Aside from the collaborative album with Toni Braxton, Love, Marriage & Divorce in 2014, this guy hasn’t put out a full-length since his Playlist full-length of 2007, which was a bunch of old-fogey folk songs originally made by James Taylor, Jim Croce and anyone else your favorite cab driver considers “art.” Whatevah, the first single “We’ve Got Love” came out a couple of months ago, and you probably didn’t hear about it because it sounds like something they forgot to put on the New Jack City soundtrack, meaning very little, in other words nothing, ever changes, especially with pompous, pampered dolts like Babyface.

• Proto-punk-metal meat-brain Danzig hasn’t released an alloriginal album since 2010’s Deth Red Sabaoth — were you aware of this? Well, the waiting is … destined to continue, as his new album, Skeletons, is made up of cover songs! No, not old songs about old overcoats and dancing the foxtrot at the Ritz, no these covers were originally made famous by bands like Black Sabbath (“NIB”) and ZZ Top (“Rough Boy”), you know, cover songs that are more relevant to our century! But the best part is that Danzig has his full “skull” makeup on, which means this is authentic or whatnot. And PS: there’s a cover of Dave Allan & The Arrows’ “Devil’s Angels,” if that means anything to anyone. Does it?

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• Seattle drone-metal band Sunn 0))) is releasing Kannon, its seventh LP. If you don’t know what these guys sound like, just put mom’s biggest cooking pot — yeah, the one for the ears of corn — over your head and take a shower, but loudly. Stand there for 45 minutes; that’s Side 1. Repeat. — Eric W. Saeger

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About six years ago, Hopkinton writer Kevin Flynn was working for Griffin York & Krause when he came across a gigantic scrapbook with newspaper clippings telling how New Hampshire paved the way into the lottery age — a story he’d never heard before, despite having worked as a New Hampshire journalist for years.

The book was maintained by the lottery, a GYK client at the time, and Flynn was researching for its 45th anniversary. The text was leather-bound and its news articles were yellowed and covered in plastic.

They detailed the fight between the state and federal government to start the New Hampshire Sweepstakes, which was not a scratch ticket but a horse race. Most writers in the mid-1960s were either very for or against it.

Flynn was captivated. The story had conflict, characters, and best of all, it hadn’t been fully told before.

“I knew New Hampshire had the first lottery. If you go to any website … you’ll see New Hampshire established the first modern state lottery in 1964. But there are never any details about this huge fight to make it work,” Flynn said via phone. “It was such a radical idea, a state legalizing gambling, even in the form of a lottery, which was strange because, at the time, Las Vegas was a popular destination.”

And of course, lotteries were not new.

They’d been happening for thousands of years, having helped pay for the Jamestown colony, the Continental Army and Washington, D.C. expansion. They were a popular way to raise money without taxation and remained so until the end of the 19th century, said Flynn, when the Louisiana Lottery (nicknamed the “Golden Octopus”) became so corrupt the government banned them altogether.

Not that gambling stopped; for the next 70 years, people played numbers with the mafia.

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submitted proposals to regional and national publishing houses and snagged a deal with the University Press of New England, which Flynn said is trying to print and distribute his recently released book, American Sweepstakes: How One Small State Bucked the Church, the Feds, and the Mob to Usher in the Lottery Age, nationally.

Flynn found the story through the scrapbook, dozens of books, old news articles, letters, telegrams, state archives and in-person interviews, with research spanning the years 1963 to 1972, when the last Sweepstakes race happened and New Hampshire transitioned into a more modern lottery, with daily numbers games, raffle drawings and scratch tickets. He learned about an interesting cast of characters, including Gov. John King “By all accounts, he was one of the smartest people to ever hold the office. He was the first Democrat in 40 years to be elected to the governor’s office. And he was quite literally gambling his political career on the sweepstakes. It was a make or break for him,” Flynn said. “Not only was he re-elected, he was the first in modern times to serve three terms.”

Flynn was also fascinated by FBI Agent Ed Powers, the first executive director of the lottery, who had been brought on board to instill confidence the mob wouldn’t infiltrate. Powers had solved the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery, the largest in the country, and was the first to capture two people on the Most Wanted list at the same time. His involvement reassured people that this time the lottery would be different — it wouldn’t be crooked, corrupt or fixed. Real people would win.

“He’d given over 1,000 public speeches and was super charismatic. He was like Eliot Ness, a real superhero,” Flynn said.

The journalists at the time were so thorough, they allowed Flynn to add the details that give the book less a textbook, more a narrative quality, from the weather at Rockingham Park one September day in 1964 to the type of glasses King wore. One of the first lottery winners was the wife of an antisweeps politician in the opposition group.

“It was one of those details you couldn’t make up,” Flynn said.

Flynn’s not certain why the story was lost to history. He speculated it had to do with how much was going on in the 1960s — Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, the Kennedy assassination.

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It’s entertaining watching the gang soldier on to an unlikely last hurrah. Factoring into the story are a local chocolatier with a trace of Mafia Wives in her demeanor, a municipal clerk hoping to become an Italian Harley Yeates and the prodigious talents of Mays’ grandson, who is determined to be a guitar god in spite of his mother.

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• Elin Hilderbrand: Tickets to see Elin Hilderbrand at The Music Hall Loft, 131 Congress St., Portsmouth, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m., are sold out, but book-buyers can still meet her at a book signing at 8 p.m. in the Loft after the show for her latest release, Winter Stroll; to attend the event, you can get a $25 book voucher through the Music Hall box office. Call 436-2400 or visit themusichall.org. Hilderbrand, who lives on Nantucket with her husband and their three kids, is a graduate of the fiction workshop at the University of Iowa and has written 16 novels. Visit elinhilderbrand.net.

• Inspiring positive energy: Three local divorced women have spent the last three years working on a book infused with positive energy, hoping it will inspire women going through the same challenges and letting them know they’re not alone. The trio — Heather Ferguson, Norma Jean Lutz and Lisa Roy — interviewed 30 women going through divorce, and the result is kab, i.e., Karma’s a Blessing. Becca Morrela provided illustration. Visit dev.karmasablessing.com or facebook.com/ kabenergy.

• Writing contest: New England College is offering a chance for students to win four years of college, tuition free, in part through a writing contest. Students can enter by attending the New Hampshire Primary Student Convention in January at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester and submitting a compelling essay on New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary status. Second prize is a $20,000 scholarship, and third prize is a $15,000 scholarship, both of which are renewable annually for four years. Learn more at nhprimarystudentconvention.org.

• Writer’s Day 2016 is April 23: The premiere event for New Hampshire authors and poets has been announced — it’s Saturday, April 23, at Southern New Hampshire University, according to nhwritersproject. org, with sessions and speakers to be announced soon.

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Katniss and the rebellion are poised to finally take on the Capitol and end the civil war in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, the final movie in the four-part series.

The movie picks up not long after the last one left off, with the rebel forces attempting to help the brainwashed Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) recover from his torture at the direction of Panem’s President Snow (Donald Sutherland). Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) is recovering from Peeta’s attempt to kill her and yet still not sold on a romantic relationship with Gale (Liam Hemsworth), her hunting buddy and sometime kissing buddy from back in her District 12 days.

But relationships aside, the rebellion keeps churning and President Coin (Julianne Moore) sends Katniss to rally the troops of District 2. It’s here that Katniss gets a sense of the morally ambiguous tactics that the rebellion is using to fight its war. Just because she doesn’t like the Capitol doesn’t mean she agrees with some of the plans — such as a bombing that essentially buries some soldiers alive — the rebellion has for fighting.

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you consider that this is basically a YA adaptation, Hunger Games has an insane cast — not just the highly watchable Jennifer Lawrence but also Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore, Elizabeth Banks, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Natalie Dormer and the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman. Lawrence is a particular stroke of luck for this movie — she had received award nominations for the still relatively small movie Winter’s Bone when she was cast in this series. While she would appear in X-Men: First Class before this movie hit theaters, she has since become one of the most prominent young actors in Hollywood, known for meaty, complicated roles. She is a talent of the level you don’t expect in series like this.

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Of course, this also makes some of the more YA-ish elements of the movie seem out of place; the central love triangle, for example, is laughably irrelevant. Hoffman’s Plutarch is playing some kind of higher-level, three-steps-ahead Game of Thrones with Coin and Snow — all conveyed by Hoffman via slight facial muscle constrictions — and we’re really supposed to care about which magnetism-free guy Katniss ends up with? I know enough about the general course of this saga to know — SPOILER ALERT — that damaged soul Katniss is not going to end up with damaged soul Hamish, but toward the end of the movie I found myself wishing it would go that way.

The Hunger Games saga has always surprised me for how it absolutely nails tone A few funny bits and the occasional touching performance don’t make up for soggy family-at-Christmas cliches. D+

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I also really like everything this movie does with the politics of war and rebellion. Does it all make sense? No? But when you’ve got people like Moore, Sutherland and Hoffman in scenes, how well the plot holds together is very secondary to what they’re doing on screen. (Hoffman, for whom this is his final IMBD credit, was in the middle of filming this movie when he died, according to Wikipedia. More Hoffman would have been much appreciated and this movie only highlights how much he will be missed.) Mockingjay — Part 2 is the rare movie that does not require you to really be invested in its overall story, or even all of its characters, to be captivated while you’re watching it. B Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and for some thematic material. Directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Peter Craig and Daniel Strong, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 is two hours and 18 minutes long and distributed by Lionsgate.

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• Birthday: A Seacoast pizza pub celebrates its first anniversary with Acoustic Radio.

Consisting of four veterans from the regional music scene, including Rick Twombly of Heavens to Murgatroid and It Figures’ Mike Waterman, the band is working on a debut CD. The celebration lasts two days — the restaurant is offering free Thanksgiving dinner to all customers. Hear Acoustic Radio on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m., at Old Rail Pizza Company, 6 Main St., Somersworth. See facebook.com/OldRailPizza.

• Reunion: Nick Lavallee found his comic mojo fronting Five Bucks! The late ’90s punk band made a few CDs and opened for big names like Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the Ataris. The group has its first gig since playing a finale show at Boston’s Axis Club in 2003. With two original members now in California, Tristan Omand will join on bass; a “best of” collection is up on iTunes. The show is Friday, Nov. 27, 9 p.m., at Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm St., Manchester. See facebook. com/nicklavallee.

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For many a music fan, Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s yearly concert appearance is a holiday tradition. Massively staged, the show is a heady blend of rock opera, electrified carol sing and Yule tree lighting. One reason for the band’s steady return business is the way that the Christmas progressive rock spectacular manages to raise the bar every year.

When it comes to new toys — whether it’s added video screens, fancier lighting, geewhiz lasers or flashier pyrotechnics — there’s always more, and 2015 is no exception.

“I can’t really let on too much, but it is probably the most drastic change in the visuals of the show that’s happened over the past five or six years,” TSO drummer Jeff Plate said in a recent phone interview. “For the folks who come every year — you’re going to get something quite a bit different.”

Early on, Plate recalled, the scale of their performances wasn’t so majestic.

“In terms of where it is now and where it came from, I can remember our first show in Philly at the Tower Theater, with maybe 1,200 people,” Plate said. “We had a truck full of lights and sound and a bunch of longhaired dudes in tuxedos wondering, what the hell are we doing?”

Fast forward to the present day. Two full touring units work east and west of the Mississippi. Each hauls a few dozen semi-trailers to each show, which takes 15 hours to set up.

“Did we ever think it would be this massive? You never know — but all the credit goes to Paul O’Neill,” Plate said.

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Courtesy photo.

O’Neill is composer, producer, lyricist and keyboard player with TSO. “Paul believed in this and just kept driving and pushing it,” Plate said.

Along with O’Neill, co-producer and keyboardist Bob Kinkel, guitarists Chris Caffery and Al Pitrelli and bass player John Middleton, Plate is a founding TSO member. Before that, he played with TSO precursor Savatage, a band produced by O’Neill. Plate found Savatage by chance in the mid-1980s, while he was in Worcester-based Wicked Witch.

The group needed a singer and recruited Zak Stevens, then living in California.

“I met Zak at the airport and said, ‘Let’s go out and have a couple of beers and see a band,’” Plate said. “We went to the Channel, a big club in Boston, and Savatage was playing.

I remember standing on the floor watching them and going, ‘Holy crap!’”

Stevens joined Savatage as vocalist in 1992; two years later, Plate became the band’s drummer. During a transition period marked by death and strife, he contributed to “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24,” a song that became a blueprint for TSO following work. When Savatage disbanded in the mid-1990s — they’ve since regrouped — Plate moved up.

“Twenty-two years later, and here I still am,” he said with a laugh.

The current tour’s structure is similar to past shows. The first half of the concerts features a part Broadway, part arena rock musical played in its entirety by the 25-member ensemble. This year’s story is Ghosts of Christmas Eve, the final installment of a TSO trilogy that began with Christmas Eve and Other Stories, and The Christmas Attic.

Intermission is followed by a medley of TSO favorites, along with new songs from the just-released LP Letters from the Labyrinth. The follow-up to 2009’s Night Castle and the 2012 EP Dreams of Fireflies, it’s a departure for the group, according to Plate.

“It’s not a concept record; there isn’t a story that ties together every song,” he said. “All the songs are strong, and they stand on their own.”

For Plate, the urge to play drums came when he saw KISS perform on television.

“I was 13 and it just blew my mind. I said, ‘That is what I am going to do,’” he said.

With TSO, the show goes well beyond his early heroes.

“KISS laid the groundwork for so many bands in terms of the live performance,” he said. “When you see our show, your senses are assaulted in many of the same ways. ...

It’s that times 10. I think we’ve accomplished what we were trying to do.”

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SIGNS OF LIFE wretched in this way. Give us something funny, or I’ll summons you, sir!” If you want levity, go to a comedy show.

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Jerrold said to an ardent young gentleman, who burned with a desire to see himself in print, “Be advised by me...: don’t take down the shutters before there is something in the window.” Content is king.

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) An old sea captain used to say he didn’t care how he dressed when abroad, “because nobody knew him.”

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Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) A lazy fellow lying down on the grass said, “O, how I do wish that this was called work, and well paid!” Find what needs doing, and do it.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) A gentleman once bought a horse of a country-dealer. ... the gentleman said, “Now, my friend, I have bought your horse, what are his faults?” “I know of no faults that he has, except two,” replied the man; “and one is, that he is hard to catch.” “Oh! never mind that,” said the buyer, “...but what is the other?”

“Ah, sir! that is the worst,” answered the fellow; “he is good for nothing when you have caught him.” Ask questions before you buy.

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) An overbearing barrister, endeavoring to brow-beat a witness, told him he could plainly see a rogue in his face. “I never knew till now,” said the witness, “that my face was a looking-glass.” Your insights are very revealing — about you.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) A Californian ... desired a friend to procure for him a library of books. The friend obeyed, and received a letter of thanks...: “... I particularly admire a grand religious poem about Paradise, by a Mr. Milton, and a set of plays (quite delightful) by a Mr. Shakespeare. If these gentlemen should write and publish anything more, be sure and send me their new works.” It will behoove you to know about the creators of the art you enjoy.

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Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) A carpenter, to whom [Barry] owed some money … called at Barry’s house … demanding payment. Mr. Barry overhearing him, said from above, “Don’t be in a passion; but do me the favor to walk upstairs, and we’ll speak on the business.” “Not I,” answered the man; “you owe me one hundred pounds already, and if you get me upstairs, you won’t let me leave you till you owe me two.” Pay off a debt before it gets worse.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens. Stay out of strangers’ gardens.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) It was said of a work …, “There is a great deal in this book which is new, and a great deal that is true. …

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American Sharia: (1) U.S. parents have a right to home-school their kids, but are subject to varying degrees of regulation, with Texas the most lax, and one El Paso family will have a day before the Texas Supreme Court after one of its kids was reported declining to study because education was useless since he was waiting to be “raptured” (as described in the Bible’s Book of Revelation). (2) U.S. courts increasingly allow customers to sign away state and federal rights by agreeing to contracts providing private arbitration for disputes rather than access to courts even if the contract explicitly requires only religious resolutions rather than secular, constitutional ones.

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Compelling explanations

• Skeptics feared it was just a matter of time, anyway, until the “political correctness” movement turned its attention to dignity for thieves. San Francisco’s SFGate. com reported in November on a discussion in an upscale neighborhood about whether someone committing petty, nonviolent theft should be referred to by the “offensive” term “criminal” (rather than as, for example, “the person who stole my bicycle,” since “criminal” implies a harsher level of evil and fails to acknowledge factors that might have caused momentary desperation by a person in severe need).

• Reginald Gildersleeve, 55 and free on bond with an extensive rap sheet, was waving a gun as he threatened a clerk and tried to rob a store in Chicago on Halloween night until a customer (licensed to carry) drew his own gun and, with multiple shots, killed Gildersleeve. Closer inspection revealed Gildersleeve’s weapon to be merely a paintball gun, leading the deceased man’s stepson to complain later that “Some people (the licensed shooter) don’t actually know how to use guns. They go to firing ranges, but it’s not the same ... as a bullet going into flesh. ... Someone’s got to answer for that.”

The continuing crisis

• U.S. and European entrepreneurs offer extreme “games” in which liability-waiving “players” volunteer for hours of kidnapping, pain and death threats, but the cult-like, under-the-radar “McKamey Manor” in Southern California (said to have a waiting list of 27,000) is notable for the starkness of its threats of brutality and the absence of any

“safe word” with which a suddenly reluctant player can beg off. (Only Russ McKamey himself decides if a player has had enough.)

The “product” is “100 percent fear,” he said. “We’re good at it,” he told London’s The Guardian in an October dispatch from San Diego (whose reporter overheard one of McKamey’s thugs promise, “I’m going to tear that girl (player) apart” and “No one is leaving with eyebrows today”).

• In October, the student newspaper of Toronto’s Ryerson University reported a mighty scandal that upset the student body: The school’s executive offices’ restrooms routinely supply two-ply toilet paper while most other campus buildings offer only one-ply. Following up on the hard-hitting Ryerson Eyeopener’s expose, The Canadian Press noted that the universities of Guelph, Ottawa and Toronto comfort all toilet-users’ bottoms the same. Ryerson officials defensively noted that older plumbing in many of their buildings cannot handle two-ply paper.

Least competent criminals

• Nicholas Allegretto, 23, was convicted of shoplifting in Cambridge, England, in October (in absentia, because he is still at large). The prosecutor knows Allegretto is his man because, shortly after the February theft, police released a surveillance photo of Allegretto leaving the store with the unpaid-for item, and Allegretto had come to a police station to complain that the suddenly public picture made him look guilty. In fact, he claimed, he intended to pay for the item but had gotten distracted (and besides, he added, his body language often looks somewhat “dodgy,” anyway).

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