South Berwick Holiday Home Event

South Berwick’s downtown holiday festivities have taken another leap forward with more groups than ever working together to make Home for the Holidays a community celebration of the town’s artists, merchants, citizens and children.

Friday, December 3, 5-8 PM, Annual Downtown Evening Stroll & Women’s Art
Saturday, December 4, 9AM – 2PM, Women’s Art ,Church Fairs and more (Continued below)

 

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Artists from the annual Women’s Holiday Art sale will be in Town Hall, as always, but will also sell their wares on Main Street. And downtown storekeepers have boosted the event with the fullest lineup yet since Home for the Holidays began six years ago. From Town Hall and the Federated Church to the Sarah Orne Jewett House and Public Library, the town will come alive with song, food, art, children’s activities and merry-making. 

Friday evening’s stroll will include cookie decorating, a visit with Santa, holiday karaoke, a boxing demonstration and Hanukkah games. Also this year, strollers will be able to make stained glass or lantern ornaments and see the premiere of a short video about the history and future of the South Berwick library. And free treats and warm beverages will fill the shops throughout the town. 

The decorations downtown have also been enhanced this year as dozens of merchants and individuals have purchased signature Home for the Holidays woodpecker flags to hang through the village. And the South Berwick Eliot Rotary Club is donating luminaries to shine on sidewalks and lead strollers from one holiday happening to the next.  

The Home for the Holiday’s umbrella sponsor, SoBo Central, will share space on Main Street with Stained Glass Stained Images studio, a new stained glass gallery and supply shop on Lower Main, to host a variety of ornament making.

The festival originally grew out of the Women’s Holiday Art Sale, now in its 12th year. This year the artists have expanded into downtown’s newest business: Film Barn Studios at 245 Main St. Film Barn Studios will serve as a creative community space, showcasing local art, music and films, and house Pip Productions, a video and multimedia design company.  

The Women’s Holiday Art Sale, the Federated Church craft sale and the Jewett House will also be open on Saturday. 

Local videographer Tim Benoit will be at Vacuum Village showing his video on the South Berwick Public Library, featuring photos from the Old Berwick Historical Society, interviews with founding members and a glimpse at the future plans for the Young Street property. 

In addition to Santa Claus welcoming children for a photo op at P. Gagnon & Son, Mrs. Claus will read stories at the library. People’s United Bank will help children write letters to Santa, and York Hospital is inviting children for face painting and snacks.