Events tied to the holiday season continue across the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
Below and throughout this section is an array of things to do.
For details on the lively arts and entertainment, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, included in this edition.
And don’t forget the PDN’s comprehensive online Peninsula Calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
PORT ANGELES
Elwha Christmas bazaar
PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe will hold its annual Christmas bazaar in the tribal gymnasium today and Saturday.
The bazaar will be from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the gym at 2851 Lower Elwha Road.
Handmade gifts, jewelry and glassworks are among the items that will be on sale.
Carols, pony rides
PORT ANGELES — Christmas caroling, pony rides and photos with Tony the Christmas Pony will be held at the Port Angeles Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Members of the Ranahan Pony Club will sing carols and offer photos with the pony.
The photo will be placed on a large button and available for $10, with proceeds benefiting the club.
The Ranahan Pony Club originally was formed in 1986 and was reactivated in 2005 with the mission of developing leadership, character, confidence and a sense of community in youths through a program that teaches the care of horses and ponies, riding and mounted sports.
The club is open to people 5 to 25 years old.
For more information on the Ranahan Pony Club, phone Karen Dybedal at 360-452-9172 or Julie Mobray at 360-457-5403.
Time capsule event
PORT ANGELES — A knee-high file cabinet preserving how the city spent its 150th anniversary will be installed as a time capsule during a ceremony at the historic Clallam County Courthouse on Saturday.
The celebration — the final event planned by the city’s sesquicentennial committee — is a nod to the city’s bicentennial in 2062, when the time capsule is to be opened.
Saturday’s ceremony, presided over by Mayor Cherie Kidd, will run from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the old courthouse portion accessible from Lincoln Street.
The ceremony will start with a presentation of colors and a flag salute led by Boy Scout Troop 1192, talks by Kidd and Clallam County Commissioner Mike Doherty, and free refreshments.
Holiday boat parade
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Yacht Club will hold its final Holiday Christmas Season Lighted Boat Parade of the season Saturday.
Weather permitting, the departure time is 6 p.m. Boats leave from the Port Angeles Boat Haven entrance near the Port Angeles Yacht Club and proceed easterly along the city shoreline as far as Olympic Medical Center and back to the marina.
The round-trip route takes about 45 minutes to one hour. A great vantage point is from City Pier at the foot of Lincoln Street.
The parade is weather-dependent and will not be held in a storm or fog.
For more information on the parade, phone Steve DeBiddle at 360-477-2406.
Christmas potluck
PORT ANGELES — Members of the National Alliance for Mental Illness of Clallam County will hold their annual Christmas potluck dinner party at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
The party is open to all family members of people living with mental illness as well as for individuals living with mental illness themselves.
A cappella concert
PORT ANGELES — Three singing groups will perform an evening of a cappella music at a First Presbyterian Church-sponsored concert at 7 p.m. today.
Performing are Aspire!, a Sweet Adelines International quartet; Mix N’ Match, a local mixed-voice group; and No Batteries Required, a men’s barbershop quartet from the Barbershop Harmony Society.
Admission is free, but donations of nonperishable food items for the Port Angeles Food Bank will be accepted.
Grange Christmas
PORT ANGELES — Dry Creek Grange will hold its annual Christmas program and award ceremony from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Dry Creek Elementary School students will lead holiday songs, and a potluck dinner will start shortly after the program is complete and awards are given.
Santa Claus also will make an appearance.
Attendees should bring a favorite dish.
The Dry Creek Grange Hall is located at 3130 W. Edgewood Drive.
Christmas Angel
PORT ANGELES — The Crossing Church will host its annual Christmas Angel program Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or until toys are gone.
The program helps parents in need find low-cost Christmas gifts for their children.
The church is located at Deer Park Cinema, 96 Deer Park Lane.
For more information, phone The Crossing Church at 360-452-9926.
Kids Create art event
PORT ANGELES — The December Kids Create program at the Port Angeles Library will offer multimedia card creation with artist Sarah Tucker from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Kids Create allows children to gain hands-on knowledge and experience with various media and will continue the third Saturday of each month from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The series is recommended for children 7 to 12 years of age, is limited to 25 attendees and requires advance registration.
The Port Angeles Library is located at 2210 S. Peabody St.
To register, phone 360-417-8500, ext. 7732, or email youth@nols.org.
Photos with Santa
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Medical Center Foundation and Necessities and Temptations gift shop have combined to offer photos with Santa on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 23.
Children or families can pose with Santa at Necessities and Temptations, 217 N. Laurel St., and immediately be able to buy and pick up photo and Christmas card packages at the store.
Photo packages range from $6 to $37, while Christmas card packages start at 20 cards for $15.
Santa will be available from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. today, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
All proceeds will go to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation.
SEQUIM
Santa breakfast
SEQUIM — Join Santa and Mrs. Claus at the 21st annual Breakfast with Santa at the Sequim High School cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave., from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Student, school and community volunteers will serve scrambled eggs, ham, potatoes, cinnamon rolls, fruit, juice and coffee.
Santa arrives at 8:30 a.m. and will spend the morning talking with children.
Each child can receive a free picture with Santa.
Tickets are available at the door and are $7 for adults and $5 for children.
At the event, the school agriculture department’s festive holiday arrangements will be available for purchase.
Event proceeds benefit Citizens for Sequim Schools.
Sample coffees
SEQUIM — Free samples of organic, direct-trade coffees will be offered at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
Sample coffees are roasted locally by Rainshadow Coffee Roasting Co. in Sequim and include Sumatra, a low-acidity, medium-to-dark roast with “a bold and earthy flavor,” and Guatemala, “a medium roast, full-bodied coffee with a nutty, chocolatey taste.”
A Guatemala decaf prepared by a Swiss water process also will be available to sample.
Direct-trade coffee roasters buy straight from growers, cutting out traditional middleman buyers and sellers.
Proponents of this system believe it is best because they build mutually beneficial and respectful relationships with individual producers or cooperatives in the coffee-producing countries concerning price, quality, sustainability and environmentally sound growing practices.
Old-time fiddlers
SEQUIM — The Washington Old Time Fiddlers will play live music at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, on Saturday.
An all-players jam will be held at 11:30 a.m., with a performance from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The events are free and open to the public.
Donations will be accepted and support youth fiddle scholarships.
For more information, visit www.d15.wotfa.org.
Thrift shop open
SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop, Second and Bell streets, will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
All white-tagged items will be marked at half price.
The shop is loaded with holiday gifts, including clothing, dishware, ornaments, toys and jewelry.
The shop will close after Saturday’s sale and reopen Jan. 2 at regular hours.
For more information, phone 360-683-7044.
Band benefit set
SEQUIM — The Sequim High School Band will hold a car wash benefit Saturday.
The car wash will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Tarcisio’s Restaurant’s parking lot, 609 W. Washington St.
Car washes will be available by donation.
Band students are trying to raise money to participate in the Heritage Music Festival in Anaheim, Calif., this March.
This event is sponsored by the Sequim High School Band Boosters.
4-H program
SEQUIM — Jefferson County 4-H Club members are seeking donations for a potential Washington State 4-H partnership in the African nation of Burundi.
Cowboys N Angels 4-H Club will hold a bake sale and pony ride benefit at Del’s Farm Supply, 990 E. Washington St., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
In January, representatives from Washington State 4-H will visit Burundi to explore the possibility of initiating a 4-H program there.
They will be working with a local nonprofit organization in Burundi that currently is sponsoring nine after-school programs.
Scouts collect blankets
SEQUIIM — Sequim Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will collect blankets and throws for Toys for Sequim Kids from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Grocery Outlet, QFC and Safeway stores.
The annual Toys for Sequim Kids event, to be held Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 Blake Ave., helps underprivileged children during the Christmas season.
Santa by the Pond
SEQUIM — The 12th annual Santa by the Pond event will be held at Vision Landscape Nursery, 131 Kitchen-Dick Road, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and again Saturday, Dec. 22.
Families can take free photographs with Santa and enjoy Christmas lights, a bonfire, hot cocoa, candy canes and more.
Attendees should bring their own camera.
CHIMACUM
Cidery open house set
CHIMACUM — Finnriver Farm & Cidery will hold a holiday open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The farm is located at 62 Barn Swallow Road off Center Road in the Chimacum Valley.
The event will include woodfire pizzas from Dented Buoy, Mt. Townsend Creamery “Holiday Cheer” cider-washed cheese, mulled apple wine, and chocolate and truffle treats from Jennifer Michele.
For more information, phone 360-732-4337 or visit www.finnriver.com.
Juletrest event set
CHIMACUM — Thea Foss No. 45 Daughters of Norway will hold a “Juletrest” event at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Traditionally in Scandinavian countries, folks do not display their Christmas tree until Christmas Eve. Then after decorating it with real candles, the family enters to dance and sing around the tree, which is placed in the middle of the room.
Thea Foss lodge members, families and guests will participate in this custom at Sunday’s meeting.
The event also includes the initiation of new members and a potluck luncheon.
The public is invited to attend and join in the activities.
Attendees are asked to bring a potluck dish and a nonperishable item for the Tri-Area Food Bank.
For more information, phone 360-379-1802.
GARDINER
Santa Claus visit
GARDINER — Santa Claus will support the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots holiday toy drive with an appearance at Wild Birds Unlimited, 275953 U.S. Highway 101, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Santa will be available for photos, and Marine Corps members will accept donations of new, unwrapped toys at the event.
Organizers said the most-needed gifts are for infants and teenagers.
Attendees should bring a camera.
PORT TOWNSEND
Yuletide salon
PORT TOWNSEND — A Gilded Age Yuletide Salon will be held at Flagship Landing, 1007 Water St., from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
The free event will include snacks, eggnog, mulled wine, Christmas stories and carolers, and an appearance by a Victorian Father Christmas.
Children can craft their own take-home Christmas ornaments.
Donations will be collected for Toys for Tots, Center Valley Animal Rescue and the Winter Homeless Shelter of Port Townsend.
The event also features a “People’s Choice” holiday window contest. Members of the public can vote at the salon for their favorite holiday window display in the uptown and downtown business districts.
The contest is part of Port Townsend Main Street’s Victorian Lights celebration and is presented in partnership with Olympic Peninsula Steam.
Square dance slated
PORT TOWNSEND — Square-dancers will gather at Quimper Grange on Saturday for a performance by Airstream Traveler with calls by Carol Piening of Seattle.
The Third Saturday Square Dance will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the grange, 1219 Corona St.
Piening will call traditional squares and a few New England surprises as well.
Admission is $5 for adults, with youths 16 and younger admitted free.
Dancers are encouraged to bring snacks to share.
Prearranged work trades are available.
Holiday high tea
PORT TOWNSEND — A Victorian Holiday High Tea will be held at the Old Consulate Inn, 313 Walker St., from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Attendees can enjoy delicacies in an “opulent Victorian home decorated for the holidays.”
The menu will include finger sandwiches, tarts, cake, chocolates, scones and sugar plums.
The cost is $25.
Reservations are required for the tea and can be made at www.oldconsulate.com.
For more information, phone 360-385-6753 or email innkeepers@oldconsulate.com.
‘Toxic’ open house
PORT TOWNSEND — Community members can bring up to three toys and small household items, and Jefferson County Public Health staffers will screen them for lead at two Waste- and Toxic-Free Holiday Open House events this weekend.
The events will be held at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St., from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Items will be screened using an X-ray fluorescence device.
Examples of recycled and no-waste gift-wrapping, holiday decoration and tree ornaments produced by the staff of Jefferson County Public Health will be on display.
Members of the public are invited to vote for their favorite item in several categories.
Children and adults will be invited to create recycled wrapping paper using old newspaper and paper bags supplied by Public Health.
Information regarding lead exposure, Christmas tree disposal and using less during the holiday season will be available.
For more information, phone Pinky Feria Mingo at pinky@co.jefferson.wa.us, visit www.jeffersoncountypublichealth.org or phone 360-379-4489.
Country dance set
PORT TOWNSEND — An English country dance will be held at Rosewind Common House, 3131 Haines St., from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Dancing will be taught by Nan Evans, with live music from the Rosewind Country Band.
A potluck dinner will follow the dance.
Suggested donation is $5.
Rosewind Common House is a fragrance-free facility, and no street shoes are allowed on the dance floor.
For more information, phone Dan Post at 360-554-0417 or email dan.post@frandango.org.
FORKS
‘Santa Bucks’
FORKS — The second-to-last West End Business and Professional Association “Santa Bucks” drawing will be held Saturday.
The business group is giving away $50 as a top prize, plus two $25 second prizes.
The drawing will be held at 1 p.m. at Forks Outfitters, 950 S. Forks Ave. Tickets are available from any business association member.
The final drawing of the season will be held Dec. 22, when prizes are increased, and the grand prize is a $1,000 shopping spree.
