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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Christmas in Angelica

Christmas in Angelica

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