It's a beautiful Sunday...

Free Activities Today at Celebration Space:

Crowns and Branches for the Kids - free activity!

Help make puppets and costumes and a flock of snow geese!

Chamber of Commerce Tree Lighting:

Starts at 2:00... lots of singing and fun for the family!

Sinterklaas Illuminated Stars and Raffle Shirts and Buttons:

We're selling all of these as fundraisers for all of our free activities!

We'll be at the Tree Lighting starting at 3:00 today.

Skip down a couple of posts to see some of the raffle prizes you might win!!

Your Raffle SHIRT is Your RAFFLE TICKET!!

BIG DAY TODAY!

Sinterklaas arrives in Rhinecliff today! Fun starts at 4:00. Grumpuses will entertain, as will the Wild Women. There will be singing and dancing aplenty! A wonderful performance of St. George and the Dragon awaits at the hotel after the procession! And of course, SInterklaas arrives with his horse! Join the procession thru the hamlet! Great family fun!

And, if you're looking for something to do before hand, bring the kids over to Crowns and Branches at Celebration Space - open noon til 3:00 today.

Get to Rhinecliff early for parking! Carpool if you can! Please don't block driveways!

We need you at Celebration Space!

Celebration Space will be closed for Thanksgiving tomorrow, so come on over today! Still making puppets, flags, torches, Crowns and Branches, packaging Illuminated Stars... Plenty to do!

We still need 200 of you and your friends to star in our parade! Sign up to join the parade and you can animate a puppet! Have a family or bunch of friends? We have some jobs that require several people!

The big BIG day is next Saturday, December 5! It takes a community to do it, so we hope to see YOU soon!

TONIGHT at CELEBRATION SPACE 11.24.09

We need your help to prepare 1000 crowns for the children to make their Crowns!! Stop by Celebration Space this evening, 7:00 PM! It's easy... stapling, cutting, meeting new people!

You can also stop by with your children after 11:00 so they can make their Crowns and Branches for the parade! And, there are still more puppets to create! We'll show you how!

Remember, all these activities are free... and they'll help us put on the best Parade and Sinterklaas event ever!

Celebration Space is at 46 West Market St, Rhinebeck.

Sinterklaas Stars On Sale!

Our new Illuminated Stars are here! This year it features stars and moons, and the sales help support both Sinterklaas and the 5th Grade Whale Watch! Order yours from the students who come around, or pick them up at any of these locations in Rhinebeck Village! These make GREAT gifts and decorations! Collect a new one each year!

• Rhinebeck Department Store
• Madison's Avenue
• Gallery Lodoe
• SugarPlum Boutique
• Rhinebeck Footwear
• Winter Sun & Summer Moon
• Rhinebeck Wine & Liquor
• Merriweathers
• No Sugar
• Land of Oz Toys
• The Pottery Shack
• Hummingbird Jewelers
• Northern Dutchess Pharmacy
• Olde Mill Wine & Spirits
• Starr Place
• Paper Trail
• Rhinebeck Health Foods
• Garden Street Cafe

Everyone needs an Illuminated Star for the Parade!! Check out the story on our website to know why it's so important!

TODAY AT CELEBRATION SPACE!

Make snow geese! Work on the seven sisters stars! Bring the kids for Crowns and Branches! Teens - help with the puppets!

TOMORROW AT CELEBRATION SPACE!

Origami crane workshop from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. We supply paper and instructions! We need 300 more! Or come in any time after noon to help make puppets! No experience necessary! Open til 8:00!

Even if you don't want to stay, come and check out some of the big puppets for the parade, including Big Mama and The Blue Dog!

Celebration Space is at 46 W. Market St, Rhinebeck.

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OUR SINTERKLAAS WORKSHOP, CELEBRATION SPACE IS OPEN ! THERE'S MUCH TO DO ! 46 W. Market St., Rhinebeck.

OUR SINTERKLAAS WORKSHOP, CELEBRATION SPACE IS OPEN ! THERE'S MUCH TO DO ! 46 W. Market St., Rhinebeck.

We need your help in creating the puppets for this year's spectacular Sinterklaas Parade, which will be December 5. Please stop by anytime between Noon til closing time, generally 8:00 PM daily, through Dec. 3. We have plenty to do and people to show you how! Paint, cut, glue, papier mache, create!! You don't need to be an artist - we'll help you!

Bring the kids! Come on over to the Crowns and Branches workshop at Celebration Space and avoid the crowd on Dec. 5! We provide the crown and the branch for your child to create his very own and wonderfully unique Crown and Scepter that they can carry in our parade! And if you can, bring more shiny stuff with you! Beads, trinkets, jewels, glitzy fabric, buttons and bows... we need it all!

While you're there, you can sign up to be in the parade! We need 200 people to animate the puppets and wear our costumes! Be a STAR! We need families to animate some larger puppets! We need singles to animate others!

See you there!

First Annual

Sinterklaas Artisan Faire

Tuesday, December 1
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
at Rhinebeck Town Hall
80 E. Market St., Rhinebeck NY

Join Us For a Holiday Shopping Event to Benefit
Sinterklaas! An Old Dutch Tradition!

Find something special for yourself or others!

We’ll be featuring local Jewelry Makers •

Weavers / Knitters • Photographers • Potters

• Woodworkers • Reliquary Boxes •

Holiday Gift Makers • AND MORE!

Sinterklaas Raffle Shirts and Illuminated Stars for the Parade
and Beautiful Buttons will also be sold!