Member Appreciation Night is Friday, December 12, from 5 to 9pm! It will kick off two weekends of Christmas by Candlelight festivities! Among many Christmas by Candlelight highlights are musical performances by many area groups and choirs (and don't forget caroling by our Members!), Village dancers, chestnuts roasting, gingerbread, and sleigh rides!

A special evening has been set aside for you, our members: the Tap Room in the Oliver Wight Tavern will be transformed into your own private Members' Lounge with full bar, eggnog, hot cider and other holiday treats. New: featured will be a Holiday Coupon Tree, decorated with creative discount coupons from local retailers, including: The Bird Store and More; Home; Susan's Secret Garden; Sadie Green's Emporium and Sadie Green's Curiousity Shop; The Quilt & Cabbage; New England Graphics; The Moccasin Shop; The Handmaiden; Briar Patch; The Primitive Cellar; Best Bib & Tucker; The Stone Fish; Paradise Found; Vaillancourt Folk Art; Sturbridge Candy & Gift; Oakwood Farm Christmas Barn; George's Pizza; Kaizen Restaurant; T.J. O'Brien's Restaurant, and many more! Pick your coupons off the tree, and cash them in at local retailers during Christmas by Candlelight weekends! (Limit 5 coupons per membership; store coupons will designate discount, store hours, and store locations). 20% off purchases at the Museum Gift Shop, Miner Grant Store, and the New England Book Store too!

Gents: I highly recommend shopping with your wives on Member Appreciation Night...come relax in the Tap Room with a full cash bar, snacks, eggnog, cider and other festive niblets. You may imbibe, and partake of chess or checkers with other Members while your Significant Other shops until he or she drops!

The Museum Gift Shop will feature two festive fudge flavors: eggnog and candy cane!

Members can enjoy:

• Comfortable and private Members' Lounge (Tap Room) with cash bar for the evening*
  
• 20% off Museum Gift Shop, New England Book Store, and Miner Grant Store purchases on Dec. 12, 13, and 14
  
• 20% off gift memberships from 12/1 to 12/24
  
• Free giftwrapping for Members Only*
  
• Dedicated Membership table*
  
• New! Holiday Discount Coupon Tree for your shopping enjoyment!*
• Raffle - great prizes to win!* (See details below)
• Booksigning with three local authors in the New England Bookstore*:
  
  
  • Jack Larkin, OSV's Chief Historian and author of The Reshaping of Everyday Life: 1790-1840, part of the Everyday Life in America series, and Where We Lived: Discovering the Places We Once Called Home
  • Michelle Barker: A Difficult Boy
  • Andrea Wisnewski: Little Red Riding Hood, retold and illustrated with inspiration from Old Sturbridge Village

Items marked with an asterisk (*) are offered on Friday, December 12 only.

Raffle prizes include (this list is growing!):

• Santa Claus chalkware figurine - made from antique chocolate moulds at Vaillancourt Folk Art, valued at $160.
• A Hot Toddy Set - Old Sturbridge Village style - consisting of a handforged mulling iron, 4 redware mugs, redware platter and mulling spices.
• "Made on the Farm" at Oakwood Farm Christmas Barn - Festive red metal Lantern with battery-operated candle, greens and berries. Perfect for the holidays!
• Autographed, First Edition, Ken Burns book: The War, an Intimate History - 1941-1945

See an antique sleigh close-up in the Members Lounge that evening!

Check out: www.ShopOSV.org! 25 cents of every dollar spent supports Village programs!