Cancellation offered for extended period as Angel
Station marks 21st year
For the first time in its 21-year history the Christmas Angel postal cancellation
offered by the Angelica Booster Citizens (design as always by Pat Kaake) will
be available for more than just one day.
The ceremonial first day at the Angelica Post Office is Friday,
December 8. As in previous years, greeting cards may be mailed to the office or
dropped off prior to Dec. 8, addressed appropriately and intended for mailing
on that date. Please separate in-town and out-of-town mail. Postal employees
will be in the lobby to hand-cancel pieces brought in by customers that day.
The change is that in addition the Post Office will
accept all mail to be postmarked with the Angel cancellation, from December 8
through December 25. Window hours are Monday-Friday 8:30-11:30 a.m. &
12:30-3:30 p.m., and 10:00 a.m-12:00 Noon on Saturday.
All mail received requesting the Angel Station postmark
after December 25 will be for collectors only, available for 30 days. Please
provide a return stamped envelope or your postmarked item with stamp will be
sent through the normal mail stream. For more information please contact the
Angelica Post Office at 585-466-7869.
December 8
& 9
New shelf sitter at Holly Days boutique
The Civil War soldier’s monument in Until the Day Dawn
Cemetery is represented on this year’s shelf sitter & tree ornament,
offered at The Little Building in central Main Street during the Angelica Booster
Citizens’ Holly Days sale.
Also available are a limited number of this year’s “Votes
for Women” Heritage Days shirts, as well as a good supply of the Civil War
Weekend shirts. On the book shelf is a new press run of the 2008 title, Child’s History of Angelica, along with
the biographies of Rev. Calvin Fairbank, abolitionist and “slave stealer,” and
Moses Van Campen, Revolutionary War veteran and pioneer settler. Other Angelica
souvenir items include previous years’ shelf sitters, coffee mugs, caps,
postcards, and more.
The Little Building will be open Friday, Dec. 8, 11:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 9, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Sunday,
December 17
Live Nativity, church-to-church caroling to follow
candle-lighting circle on Luminaries night
The candle-lighting circle that begins Luminaries, the
Angelica community Christmas celebration, will take place in Park Circle on
Sunday, December 17 at 5:00 p.m. As they have for many years, the Booster
Citizens will ring the circle with the traditional luminary candles. People
will gather near the two Christmas trees at the east end of the park, and will
pass the light by touching one candle to the next. The singing of a few
favorite carols then will fill the night air.
The group next will move to the Methodist Church where a
live Nativity scene will be presented on the front lawn of the parsonage. The
program continues with a church-to-church procession, going into the Methodist
Church, the Works of Divine Mercy mission, St. Paul’s Episcopal, and First Baptist,
with a pause at each church to place the baby Jesus in the creche.
All are invited to take part in this joyous celebration.
The even concludes with refreshments at the First Baptist Church and
announcement of winners in the holiday decoration contest.
For more information, please email angelicaboosters@gmail.com
