Altamont Library Notes for Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Enterprise file photo — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
A child carefully adds royal icing to the roof of a gingerbread house as part of Altamont’s holiday celebration in earlier years. This year, in an Altamont Free Library event, kids will decorate gingerbread houses on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
With Thanksgiving now behind us, the holidays are coming up fast! I can’t think of a better way to get into the spirit than by decorating a tree.
And this year, we’ll have a doozy of a community holiday tree in Orsini Park! Pick up a blank ornament from the library, bring it home and decorate in your and your family’s own unique style, and hang it on the big community holiday tree out in the Orsini Park Gazebo.
Thanks to Leanne Royer for coordinating the ornaments, and to Altamont Community Tradition for sponsoring this fun holiday activity!
Library Lights
We’re just a few days away from lighting up the Orsini Park Gazebo! This holiday season, honor the memory of a friend, loved one, or pet with a light on the Altamont Village Gazebo in Orsini Park.
The lights cost $5 each and all proceeds benefit the Altamont Free Library. The honorees’ names will be read during the annual lighting ceremony on Friday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m., and be published on the library’s website. Forms are available at the library and in this week’s edition of The Altamont Enterprise.
Please join us at the gazebo at 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, for what is always a lovely and moving ceremony.
Decorate
a gingerbread house
It's almost time for one of our favorite annual traditions: Decorating gingerbread houses! Please bring your young folks and join us on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. to make your very own gingerbread house to display at the Altamont WinterFest Celebration the next day.
There are only a few spots left, so sign up at the library, email me at , or call us at 518-861-7239 to register in advance. Space is limited at this always fun event, so sign up today!
Altamont Winterfest!
Are you as excited for Altamont’s WinterFest as we are? Starting at noon on Sunday, December 10th, there will be tons to do around the village, from the Festival of Christmas Trees, wreath auction, and hot cider and doughnuts in the Masonic Hall to food trucks, free horse-drawn carriage rides and visits with Santa in Orsini Park and much more besides!
Here at the library, we will be open from noon to 3 p.m. for folks to warm up and partake of our local Girl Scout troop’s bake sale and reindeer food craft. While you’re here, check out the fantastic gingerbread houses on display.
It’s always a wonderful and festive event, and we’re so grateful to Altamont Community Tradition for keeping this annual tradition alive and doing so much work to organize the festivities!