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Local Christmas trees

REGION — There are many local venues that sell Christmas trees that are locally grown, and some that you can cut yourself. You will find that they are fresher than trees purchased from big-box stores, and that the people who tie the trees on your car know how to do so securely—not always the case at the national franchise stores in our experience.

Below is a partial list. If you know of any that we have missed, please let us know at copyeditor@riverreporter.com or 845/252-7414.

Diehl Farm Market

Route 52A and Gaebel Road, Callicoon, NY 12723

845/887-4935

Open every day until Christmas Eve, from 9:00 a.m. to dusk.

Friendly Acres Farms

728 County Route 114, Cochecton, NY 12726

845/932-8523

Open every day until Christmas Eve, from 9:00 a.m. to dusk.

Mueller Farm at Narrowsburg

Main Street between the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and the U.S. Post Office

Saturdays and Sundays from November 29 through December 21.

Pine Farm

Caroline Likel

Eagin Road, Youngsville, NY 12791

845/482-4149

Open every Saturday and Sunday in December from 9:30 to dusk. Turn off on Hemmer Road from Route 52 just west of Youngsville; Eagin is the first right off Hemmer Road, and the farm is the first place on the right on Eagin. Free cocoa, coffee and milk will be served.

Swiss Hill Christmas Tree Farm

495 Swiss Hill Road

Jeffersonville, NY 12748

845/482-4949.

Open Friday, November 28 through Sunday, November 30, and every Saturday and Sunday through December 21, then Monday, December 22 through Wednesday, December 24, from 9:00 to dusk.

Craft show at Old Stone House

WOODBOURNE, NY — There will be a pre-Christmas craft show from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 at the Old Stone House at 282 Hasbrouck Road. Each item will be priced below $100.

For more information call 845/436-6309.

Craft fair and luncheon

GRAHAMSVILLE, NY — The Grahamsville United Methodist Church on Route 55 will hold a holiday craft fair and luncheon on Saturday, December 6 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The fair will feature local artists and crafters with stained glass, pottery, original watercolors, photographs, prints, cards and more. The Christmas Café will serve soup, sandwiches, desserts, tea and coffee. For more information call 845/985-7427 or 985-2283.