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Vernon Community Christmas

Vernon Community Christmas

Town Wide Light Display

Registration is open for Vernon Residents.  Winners of each category will win a customized ornament. Click the registration button for details. 

Drive through Vernon and see the beautifully decorated homes. 

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Pick up your map at the Community Center or print it from our website beginning December 3.

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Pick your favorites.  Voting details coming soon! 

Festival of Trees

Vernon Community Christmas

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Come see the historic Governor Hunt House filled with beautifully lit and decorated trees! Enter the raffle to win amazing prizes, and possibly even a fully decorated tree!  All proceeds go to support programs at the Community Center.  (See raffle item list below.)

 

$10 daily admission ($30 max per family) Includes candy cane, cocoa or coffee,  and kids pickle hunt with prizes.
 

 Friday, December 5, 4:00-8:00 PM

Pickle Hunt & Prizes

 

Saturday, December 6, 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Noon - Story Time with Santa

 

Sunday, December 7, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

1:00 Cookie Swap $25 (includes admission to the Festival of Trees). Details Below.

11-3 Christmas Cookie Decorating with Mama T's Sweet Spot (additional charge) Details coming soon!

11-3 Snowmobile Rides by the Vernon Trailblazers

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Ongoing Activities Throughout the event:

Pickle Hunt & Prizes

Hot Cocoa Bar

$5 Ornament Making

Coffee Shop

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Festival of Trees Raffle

Raffle Tickets begin at $1 and less for more

Vern-Mont Farm/The Dunklee Family (Tree Sponsor)

  • 7.5 Pre-lit Flocked Birmingham Fir Tree 

  • Tree Decorations

  • $50 Runnings Gift Card

  • Farmstyle Dollhouse

  • Cow Warmies

  • Throw, Game

  • Dinner & Dessert Plates

  • Sheep Storage Basket

  • Not It! Farmland Frenzy Game

  • Buffalo Check Mat

  • Runner

  • Stockings

 

Bumble’s Birria (Tree Sponsor)

  • 2 $25 gift certificates to Bumbles Birria 

  • 1 802 heat hot sauce pack (set of 3)

  • 1 mini karaoke machine

  • 1 corded headset

  • 1 corded earbuds

  • 1 make your own tote craft kit

 

Steve’s Septic (Tree Sponsor)

  • $10 Dunkin Donuts Gift card

  • Tree Decorations

 

Franklin & Son Rubbish Removal (Tree Sponsor)

  • Tree Decorations

  • $25 The Works Gift Card

 

ByWay Books (Tree Sponsor)

  • Book Tree made up of adult fiction and nonfiction books

  • Puzzles

  • Games

  • Coupons to ByWay Books

 

Margaret Shipman Art (Tree Sponsor)

  • Set of Pastels

  • Hand Crafted Journal

  • Using Natural Elements to Make Paint book

  • Decorations included original works of art and hand crafted decorations


 

Guilford Country Store (Tree Sponsor)

GCS Swag Basket valued at $140.00 and packaged in a Guilford Country Store Tote Bag

  • 1 $50 gift card to the GCS

  • 1 GCS Long Sleeve Tee (can be exchanged for a different size)

  • 1 GCS travel mug

  • 1 GCS branded candle (scent is lavender & pine - happens to be my favorite!)

  • 1 GCS water bottle

 

The Miller Farm (Tree Sponsor)

  • $800 donation (FVC 7.5' tree) $200-$330 gifts/decorations:  

  • 36 wooden cow ornaments

  • Ceramic utensil holder

  • Good Night, Farm touch and feel storybook

  • 36" cow stuffed animal

  • Farm Tractor Toy Building Blocks Set

  • Fall Farm 500 piece jigsaw puzzle

  • Highland Cow throw blanket

  • 6 pc. Farm Animal kitchen towels

  • 140 pc. Toy Barn Set

 

Vernon Recreation Department (Tree Sponsor)

  • Assorted Recreational Prizes

 

Vernon Historians, Inc. (Tree Sponsor)

  • Museum literature

  • Notecards

  • museum ornaments

  • soapstone candleholders

 

Vernon Union Church (Tree Sponsor)

  • A Christmas throw blanket

  •  A box of Whitman Sampler Assorted Chocolates

  • A Bible (ESV)

  • A Jigsaw Puzzle

  • A Calendar

  • A Dish Cloth

  • Two soft throws

  • 365 Bedtime Bible Stories BookChildren’s Hidden Activity Book

  • Book

  • Tablecloth

  • Assorted Items

 

Friends of Vernon Center (Tree Sponsor)

  • Scratch Tickets totaling $95

    • 10 x $2

    • 5 x $5

    • 3 x $10

    • 1 x $20

 

NorthStar (Tree Sponsor)

  • $25 One Stop Country Pet Supply Gift Card

  • $25, Wonderland Yarn Gift Card

  • $25, The Porch Gift Card

  • $50, House of Pizza Gift Card

  • $50, ByWay Books Gift Car

  • $50 The Marina Gift Card

  • $50 Brown and Roberts

 

Brattleboro Reformer (Tree Sponsor)

  • Black, White, and Read all over decorations

  • Reformer swag

 

Great River Hydro (Tree Sponsor)

  • 2-Pack Rechargeable Flashlights 90,000 Lumen ($40 Value)

  • First Alert Combination Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm ($40 Value)

  • 1lb Bag of Pollinator Wildflower Mix & Bedsure 

  • Get Cozy Sherpa Fleece Blanket-Gray ($30 Value)

  • $40 Hannaford Gift Card

  • Deep Tissue Massage Device ($35 Value)

Vernon Homes (Tree Sponsor) 

  • Decorations crafted by our neighbors at the Vernon Homes

 

The Retirement Roost Rescue (Tree Sponsor)

  • Christmas chicken t-shirt

  • Farm fresh mailbox flag

  • Bethany McFadden paintings of chickens + watercolor kit 

  • Chicken signs 

  • Chicken earrings

  • Chicken necklace

  • Chicken purse


 

Brattleboro Savings & Loan (Tree Sponsor)

  • $25 Staples Gift Card

 

Vicki Hardgrove (Tree Sponsor)

  • Tree

  • Hand crafted resin ornaments by Rebecca’s Resin Corner



 

Raffle Table Sponsors:                   

 

The Village Potter

  • Hand Made Ceramic Gnome

 

Uncle Jesse’s Cafe

  • $25 Gift Card

  • $25 Gift Card

  • $25 Gift Card

  • $25 Gift Card

 

J Spec Auto

  • Free State Inspection

  • Free State Inspection

 

Cersosimo

  • 25 bags of mulch

 

Vernon Creamie

  • $40 Gift Card

 

Amy’s Bakery

  • $10 Gift Card

 

The Lemon Wheel

  • $30 Gift Card

 

Friends of Vernon Center Sponsored Items:

  • Handcrafted Wooden Tree 

  • Handcrafted Metal Tree 

  • 6”  Pair of Crystal Candle holders $30

  • Handblown Glass Snowman Ornament 

  • Mikasa Amber Solaris Votive Holders (set of 8) $60

  • 16’ wrought iron candelabra $50

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© 2024 Friends of Vernon Center, Inc.

The Governor Hunt House Community Center is supported by The Friends of Vernon Center.

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