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41 S. Main Street, Kilmarnock
Creative cocktails & spirits
Locally sourced southern food
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Locusville Plantation
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Live U-cut
Country Store
Vegetables, Salad, Fruit, Eggs & Homemade
Holiday Treats, Gifts, Handmade Items, Collectables
Wednesday-Sunday 10 am-5 pm
583 Slabtown Rd., Lancaster
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through Ottoman,
follow Signs
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Premium quality Christmas trees and roping.
Custom wreaths and arrangements.
Homemade fudge and handmade gourmet
chocolates made on location.
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Florist and Gourmet Sweets
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Tuesday - Saturday 5:00 p.m. - closing
4357 Irvington Road, Irvington, VA
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Your one-stop-shops
for the holidays!
Thank you
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to all our customers!
What better gift to give your loved ones . . .
A Gift Certificate to help buy
their medications and supplies.
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For all your sewing needs!
Quilting, Apparel and Home Decor – Notions
Slipcovers – Window Treatments – Consignments
Custom Embroidery Now Available!
158 Prince Street, Tappahannock 22560
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Gloucester Courtesy In-Home Consultations
Free Installation
Draperies
Cornices
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Shades
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Shutters
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850 Rappahannock Dr.
White Stone
Tuesday- Saturday
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jewelry from Pearl will be there.
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ASK FOR A GIFT CERTIFICATE!
Open Year Round, Every Day of the Week!
Merroir is a riverfront gourmet tasting room featuring the celebrated farms of
Rappahannock Oyster Co., as well as their fellow artisans in the fine food/drink business.
Enjoy a variety of small-plate offerings, to include non-seafood items, as well as some of the
world’s best wines and beers (including Rappahannock’s very own oyster stout)… all with
sweeping views of the Rappahannock River. It’s truly a one-of-a-kind experience.
Upcoming events:
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Gifts, Clothing, Décor & More.
In Hartfield
(804) 776-7766
Coffee and her staff would love
to make your Christmas
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We make Christmas fun and easy!
1/2 Price Sale until Christmas!
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Where Treasures Are Found
Beautiful Hand-beaded Apparel
Open House
Saturday, November 29th
Doors open early! 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Saturday,
December 6th
(Store hours vary)
Macey’s Christmas Trees
804.776.6043
LOT OPENS SAT. NOV. 29, 2014
Closed Monday - Thursday
Fridays 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturdays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sundays 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
CLOSING December 21, 2014
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Canaan Fir, Norway Spruce and Leyland Cypress.
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Phone: (804) 435-3177
M-F: 7:30 am - 5:30 pm, Sat: 7:30 pm - 5 pm
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Pat’s Gallery & Gifts Ltd.
“Custom Framing As It Should Be”
LAMBERTH carries everything
for all your building needs. We
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Tools, which make the perfect
Christmas gift!
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Pilot House
Merry Christmas
from your friends at the Pilot House
Gift certificates • Always booking parties
(advance tickets only)
New Year’s Eve at
December 31, 8:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.
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Do you love having fun?
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Southland Band
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2014 Holiday Calendar of Events
Thursday, November 20
Second Hand Santa Sale, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Lancaster
Square Shopping Center, 428 North Main Street,
Kilmarnock. Sponsor: Rappahannock General Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary.
Christmas Angel-Specialty Stained Glass, 1-5 p.m.
Heritage Arts Class, Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern,
73 Monument Place, Heathsville. Pre-registration
required. Fees and registration, 580-3377.
Friday, November 21
Second Hand Santa Sale, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Lancaster
Square Shopping Center, 428 North Main Street,
Kilmarnock. Sponsor: Rappahannock General Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary.
Sing-Along, 7 p.m. Kilmarnock UMC, 89 East Church
Street, Kilmarnock. Handel’s “Messiah.”
Saturday, November 22
Second Hand Santa Sale, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lancaster
Square Shopping Center, 428 North Main Street,
Kilmarnock. Sponsor: Rappahannock General Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary.
Historyland Community Workshop Benefit Gifts
Sale, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Boys and Girls Club of the
Northern Neck, 517 North Main Street, Kilmarnock.
Christmas Bazaar, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Hartfield Volunteer
Fire Department, Firehouse Pavilion, 3309 Twiggs
Ferry Road, Hartield. 776-9779.
Holiday Gift Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park, 287
Jackson Creek Road, Deltaville. 776-7200.
Sunday November 23
Second Hand Santa Sale, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lancaster Square Shopping Center, 428 North Main Street,
Kilmarnock. Sponsor: Rappahannock General Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary.
Tuesday, November 25
Tree Lighting & Steptoe’s Illumination, 5:30 p.m.
Kilmarnock Town Hall, 1 North Main Street, Kilmarnock.
Thursday, November 27
Thanksgiving Day
15th Annual Turkey Trot, 8 a.m.-noon Irvington
Commons, King Carter Drive, Irvington. $25 per race,
or $30 for both. Late registration and check-in, 8-8:45
a.m.; two-mile fun run, 9 a.m.; five-mile race, 10 a.m.;
100-yard tot trot (free), 11 a.m. Register at active.com;
townofirvingtonva.com; Irvington Town Hall, 235
Steamboat Road, Irvington; 438-6230, or 438-6391.
Community Thanksgiving Dinner, 1-3 p.m. Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church 1717 Hampton Hall Road,
Callao. RSVP by November 24. 472-3250.
Community Thanksgiving Service, 7 p.m. Corrottoman Baptist, 48 Ottoman Ferry Road, Ottoman. Sponsor: Upper Lancaster churches. Speakers: The Rev.
David Comer and Northern Neck Food Bank president Lance Barton. Offering to benefit River Road
Food Pantry. Also seeking donations of paper grocery
bags with handles, plastic bags, cans of tuna fish and
small jars of peanut butter.
Friday, November 28
Holiday Marketplace, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Steamboat Era
Museum, 156 King Carter Drive, Irvington.
Model Train Exhibit Opens, 10-30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, 504 Main Street,
Reedville. $5 non members. Free ages 12 and younger.
Continues November 29, 30; December 6, 7, 12, 13,
14, 19, 20, 21, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. 453-7159.
Saturday, November 29
Christmas Bazaar, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Totuskey Baptist
Church, 637 Totuskey Church Road, Haynesville.
Holiday Marketplace, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Steamboat Era
Museum, 156 King Carter Drive, Irvington.
Sunday, November 30
Love Light Tree Lighting, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Deltaville
Firehouse, 16881 General Puller Highway, Deltaville.
Entertainment, Santa.
Friday, December 5
Historic Urbanna Christmas House Tour Preview,
Rosegill Plantation. Fashion show, luncheon. $40,
includes tour ticket. 758-1608.
Chesapeake Chorale Concert, Then Came The Star,
8 p.m. Northumberland High School, Claraville. $10.
Tickets available at area banks and the door.
Lighting Of The Trees Kickoff Party, 6-9 p.m.
Northern Neck Family YMCA, 39 William B. Graham
Court, Kilmarnock. A Festival of the Trees event
featuring a Taste of the Northern Neck. $50 Purchase
tickets at the YMCA, 435-0223, or donna.mcgrath@
peninsulaymcaorg.
Urbanna Hometown Christmas Parade, Activities
4:30 p.m., parade 7 p.m. Middlesex Volunteer Fire
Department, Urbanna Firehouse, 340 Virginia Street,
Urbanna. 758-4717.
Saturday, December 6
Santa’s Wonderland & Winter Festival, all day. Town
Hill, 30 Washington Avenue, Colonial Beach. 2248145.
Distinctive Holiday Bazaar, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Irvington
UMC, 20 King Carter Drive, Irvington.
CBVRS Holiday Vendor Show, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Colonial Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad, 225 Dennison
Street, Colonial Beach. 761-5115.
Festival Of The Trees, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Northern Neck
Family YMCA, 39 William B. Graham Court, Kilmarnock.
Santa Buffet Breakfast, 9-11 a.m. Hartfield Volunteer
Fire Department, Firehouse Pavilion. 3309 Twiggs Ferry Road, Hartield. $7 adults, $3 ages 10 and younger.
Golden Village Christmas, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern, 73 Monument Place, Heathsville.
Historic Urbanna Christmas House Tour, 10 a.m.-4
p.m. $25. 758-1606.
Christmas In Kinsale, noon-5 p.m. Kinsale.
Oysters & Oldies, Rockin’ Around The Christmas
Tree, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Roanoke Farm, Heathsville.
$30. Purchase tickets at ststephensheathsville.org.
Winter Wonderland, 6:30 p.m. White Stone. Tree
lighting, Santa visits.
Chesapeake Chorale Concert, Then Came The Star,
8 p.m. Lancaster Middle School Theater, 191 School
Street, Kilmarnock. $10. Tickets available at area
banks and the door.
Sunday, December 7
Chesapeake Chorale Concert, Then Came The Star,
3 p.m. St. Clare Walker Middle School, 6814 General
Puller Highway, Locust Hill. $10. Tickets available at
area banks and the door.
Festival Of The Trees, 11 a.m. Northern Neck Family
YMCA, 39 William B. Graham Court, Kilmarnock.
Winners announced at 2 p.m.
Christmas Parade & Jingle Jog, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Warsaw.
35th Annual Tree of Lights Illumination Ceremony,
5 p.m. Rappahannock General Hospital, 101 Harris
Road, Kilmarnock.
Monday, December 8
The Holly & The Ivy, 3:30 p.m. Historic Christ
Church, 420 Christ Church Road, Weems. Featuring
the Chesapeake Chorale. Traditional carols. Admission: Two non-perishable items for food banks.
435-6855.
Thursday, December 11
Snowflakes-Specialty Stained Glass, 1-5 p.m.
Heritage Arts Class, Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern,
73 Monument Place, Heathsville. Pre-registration
required. Fees and registration, 580-3377.
Jackson Creek Christmas Cruises, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30,
7:30 p.m. Leaves from Deltaville Community Center,
17147 General Puller Highway, Deltaville. $5. Free
ages 12 and younger. 815-3102.
Friday, December 12
36th Annual Kilmarnock Lighted Christmas Parade,
6 p.m. Pre-parade activities, 7 p.m. Parade. Main
Street, Kilmarnock. Approximately 100 units. Pre-parade activities include Santa and entertainment. Sponsor: Lancaster by the Bay Chamber of Commerce.
Saturday, December 13
Santa, 9 a.m. Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, 504
Main Street, Reedville. Santa arrives aboard the Elva
C, the Museum’s historic buyboat, followed by refreshments for the children at the adjacent Bethany UMC.
453-7159.
Christmas On Cockrell’s Creek, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, 504 Main Street, Reedville.
Home tour with free boat shuttle, museum tours,
model railroad display, holiday tablescapes, Santa’s
Workshop. House tour, museum admission, exhibits,
$25 in advance, $30 on tour day. 453-6529.
1774: A Stratford Hall Christmastide, 4-9 p.m. Stratford Hall Plantation, 483 Great Hall Road, Stratford.
493-8038.
Christmas House Tour, 5:30-8 p.m. Colonial Beach
Historical Society. 224-3379.
Sunday, December 14
Christmas on Cockrell’s Creek, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, 504 Main Street, Reedville.
Home tour with free boat shuttle, museum tours,
model railroad display, holiday tablescapes, Santa’s
Workshop. House tour, museum admission, exhibits,
$25 in advance, $30 on tour day. 453-6529.
Thursday, December 18
Christmas Concert, 7 p.m. Lancaster Middle School
Theater, 191 School Street, Kilmarnock. Lancaster
High School and Middle School bands.
Saturday, December 20
Santa Visits, 10 a.m. Northumberland Public Library,
7204 Northumberland Highway, Heathsville. Story
and pictures with Santa. Treat bag for kids. Bring your
own camera.
Nouvelet Chamber Choir Christmas Concert, 5 p.m.
White Stone UMC, 118 Methodist Church Road,
White Stone.
Sunday, December 21
Winter Wonderland, 6:30 p.m. White Stone. Tree
lighting, Santa visits.
Nouvelet Chamber Choir Christmas Concert, 5 p.m.
White Stone UMC, 118 Methodist Church Road,
White Stone.
Wednesday, December 24
Christmas Eve With Santa Claus, 6 p.m. Town
Christmas Tree, Irvington. Caroling with Santa and his
helpers.
Sunday, December 28
A Washington Family Christmas, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
George Washington Birthplace National Monument,
1732 Popes Creek Road, Colonial Beach. Colonial
holiday celebration.
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