The annual Holiday Port Festival - Friday, Dec. 5, from noon - 8 pm; Saturday, Sept. 6, from 11 am - 6 pm; and Sunday, Dec. 7, from 11 am - 5 pm

Continuing the Holiday Spirit in Fairhaven, this weekend the action will be at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. The annual Holiday Port Festival will have performances by local choirs, bands and dance groups. There are lots of free family activities, including horse drawn wagon rides, children's art activities, complimentary gingerbread cookies and cider to name a few! Santa Claus will around, and a photographer will be available for pictures with Santa. There will be a Food Drive to benefit the Bellingham Food Bank there as well so you can donate non-perishable food items and receive a FREE photo keychain from Artiem Photography!

The Gingerbread House Contest 
Get your creative spirit in gear and enter a gingerbread structures in the annual Gingerbread House Contest. Entry is free, and contestants can compete in 1 of 10 categories. Gingerbread Homes are open for public viewing all 3 days of the Festival. Many of the Gingerbread structures are donated to the silent auction, so if you see one you really like, you can bid on it and maybe take it home. The proceeds from the silent auction will go to benefit the Mount Baker Chapter of the American Red Cross. Last year, there were more than 90 Gingerbread structures were in the contest, and more than $1,200 dollars was raised for our local Red Cross Chapter.

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