Remember Christmas Land last year? It's coming. Bigger too. You've seen notices for the Christmas Tree Decorating Contest. 75% of entry fees jackpot for 1st and 2nd place winners, so get your decorating mojo on. Why not make it a group challenge? Can your organization or business take down the competition? Decorating Smack Down! Bring it on! Can the ladies of the Coronado Club take down the Chamber of Commerce, make them cry?
Christmas Land ~ display, event, happening, performance, local charity drive ~ opens to the public December 10 following the Tree Decorating Contest Dec 6-9. For Ben and Sandi Steinlage, it already started. They been making fliers and posters (although not always checking them twice), posting notices, getting the word out and running prep errands. Today, with the help of Chief Lessard and other volunteers (yoohoo out there ~ that means you), they start hauling hauling trees, lights, ornaments, fixtures, displays and more to the Dr Saul Community Center.
But, hey, it doesn't look like this yet because...guess what...
Christmas Land 2010, from Mountainair Online (the blog)
elves aren't doing it. Whether busy making toys or occupying the North Pole... Elves won't be setting up Christmas Land 2011 for Torrance County tots of all ages to enjoy. It's a community project calling for community cooperation - that means you.
Over the next few days, Ben, Sandi and volunteers will be loading up, hauling, unloading, setting up and can use more hands for that part. Can't make it? There's more to do and a place for you, your friends, family and organizations you are active in. Santas, elves, doorkeepers, table sitters, helpers, performers, musicians, buskers, gofers, runners and more will be needed all the way through and then come closing and taking down. Be a part of Christmas Land 2011. Just ask.
Volunteer NOW: call Ben or Sandi at 847-1854 or email happyplate@aol.com. Then show up or it's a stocking full of coal for you. Remember that list that gets checked twice? You'll be on it.
Thumbs up to Town of Mountainair, Chief Lessard, Patty Mahoney and the Community Chorus, iCreate, Manzano Mountain Scribes, Whispering Range, St Vincent de Paul and the Mountainair Chamber of Commerce
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