Decorating the tree with mittens and scarves

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Published on Friday, December 16, 2016

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The Neepawa Public Library

The first Christmas Cheer Mitten Tree at the Neepawa Library has been an overwhelming success! We asked for donations of mittens, hats and scarves to decorate our tree so we could add them to the other generous local donations to the Salvation Army’s Christmas Cheer Hampers. The response has been amazing!

Over 50 items are on our tree, including mittens, gloves, hats and scarves and we know each and every item will make the winter a little more bearable for the recipients. We are still collecting until December 16. Thank you to everyone who contributed. 

Perhaps you are looking for some last-minute food or craft inspiration for your holiday gatherings? We have many recipe and crafting books at the library with both traditional and new ideas to add to your get-togethers. In addition, our magazine racks are full of contemporary ideas from Martha Stewart and Oprah to Canadian Living, Good Housekeeping and Family Circle. There’s also Craft Ideas and Crochet! and Love of Knitting as well if you are simply looking for a new project for yourself.

We’re also looking forward to the new year at the library - Storytime will begin once again on January 13 at 11:00 am. There will be rhymes, stories and crafts each week for pre-school age children and their caregivers. Please join us with your little readers for another eight weeks of rhyming fun and story reading.

The library will close for a short break on December 26 and 27, so be sure to stock up on enough reading material to carry through until December 28! It would not do to be without books to read on those quiet days after all the turkey and pie days.

“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.”  – Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home