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(Continued from Page 28) enjoy cookies and hot Gingerbread Weekends, chocolate. Stop by the December 7 to 9, 14 to 16 Yuletide in Carbondale Public Library and 21 to 23. See the life- Wheatland afterwards for ornament size gin- Through making, raffles and refresh- gerbread December ments. At 4 p.m. the Dickens house, 29, Dinner at Trinity Episcopal and learn Lancaster church serves hors d’oeu- how to A holiday vres and meal with Dickens’ make your journey characters singing, own ver- includes a vignettes and trivia.The sion. Enjoy visit to St. Carbondale Historical cookies, Nick’s Society Christmas Dinner hot was- Workshop Party will be on December sail, sto- and the 4 with an a capella musical ries, North Pole. ensemble, Classic Voices. Victorian Loosely Berean Baptist Church pres- caroling based on ents a free Crystal Band and fami- the classic Interior Design Concert on December 9 at 7 ly-friendly tale,”’Twas Service Available p.m. Join the holiday fun events. the Night 22 N. Main Street, Carbondale with the Greater Parents Before Carbondale Chamber of can watch 570-282-1300 • 570-282-5676 Lancaster Christmas,” Commerce from 6:30 to 9 holiday it brings p.m. at the Downs at culinary presentations, Christmas magic to the his- Carbondale with hors while kids meet Santa for a toric setting of President d’oeuvres, drinks, free hand- fireside reading of “T’was James Buchanan's icapping tournament with the Night Before Wheatland. prizes and silent auction. Christmas.”The Doug Smith 717-392-8721 December 15 brings Classic Trio will play on December www.LancasterHistory.org Fine Food at Voices:“A Christmas 21 and Touch of Classics on Modest Prices Journey in Son” at the December 22. Chamber at 7:30 p.m. 1-800-345-7759 570-282-1690 570-282-4632 www.Skytop.com www.CarbondaleChamber.org Full-Service Casual Dining Festival of Trees Call today to book your December 14 to 31, Electric City Trolley Station & Museum, Scranton Holiday Party Holiday Weekends A forest of uniquely decorated trees December Weekends, will reside in the museum, each decorated by a Skytop Lodge, Skytop business or community organization according At the Weekend of Dining to the theme “Green Christmas.”The opening recep- and Decorating, November tion will be Friday, December 14 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. 30 to December 1, learn featuring appetizers and holiday music. Awards will be 570-488-6918 holiday entertaining tips, Check out our catering menu at and see demonstrations given for first through third place, honorable mention www.gravityinn.net from Skytop’s staff. Kids of and people’s choice. Proceeds benefit Toys for Tots. 40 Gravity Planes Road, Waymart all ages will enjoy 570-963-6590 –Erika A. Bruckner

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www.endlessmountains.org • 800-769-8999 Make Christmas Merry in Montrose! SIGNS OF THE SEASON & SAVINGS! 2nd Annual Wreaths Around Tunkhannock HE Tunkhannock businesses are businesses from each category TWINKLET decked out in wreaths this and identify the wreath theme Wreaths Around OF THE month as part of the Wreaths at each one. Around Tunkhannock event. Tunkhannock SEASON This is the second year for the Enter To WIN! Participants CAN BE contest, presented by the Completed entry cards may be FOUND Tunkhannock Business and dropped off at the office of the Beads and Baubles Professional Association. Wyoming County Press YEAR Examiner on Tioga Street. Each Mary-Go-Round ROUND How It Works week, two cards will be drawn Sassy Albert Soaps WITH US Businesses participating in at random, and the winners . Wreaths Around Tunkhannock will receive $300 each in gift Jennifer L. Gifts and Antiques will decorate a wreath in a dis- cards to participating Paradise Gifts tinct theme and put it on dis- Tunkhannock businesses.“Both Monzie’s Floral Design and Friends play.To participate in the con- participants and businesses test, patrons must get an entry had great fun last year,” Parlo Dietrich Theater card, available at all participat- says.“One of the winners last Popcorn, Etc ing businesses, and visit six dif- year visited all the participat- Greenwood’s Furniture Bed & Breakfast ferent locations to identify the ing businesses with family 165 LAKE AVENUE • MONTROSE, PA 278-7600 wreath theme. Nancy Parlo, members, so they could learn Wyoming County Press Examiner TBPA coordinator, says partici- what each had to offer.” Eclectic Heart pating businesses are split into two categories - businesses in Fun For All Country Gift Box the historic district along Tioga Parlo hopes the holiday con- Tunkhannock Public Library Street and businesses in other test will get shoppers out and J. R’s Hallmark parts of Tunkhannock. about in Tunkhannock to see Participants must visit three all that the local businesses Endless Mountains Quiltworks have to offer. Wisnosky Jewelers “Tunkhannock is a Whipple Performing Arts Studio great place to shop all year round, not just at Shadowbrook Resort Christmas,” Parlo says. Creekside Gardens “We hope to encour- age people to visit Still Chic Boutique and shop at the many Purkey’s Pink Apple Restaurant businesses through- The Finan Detail out Tunkhannock.” Wreaths Around Melange-A Country Concoction Tunkhannock will McCain Electric continue until Majestic III Salon December 15.Visit www.Tunkhannock Earthy Eats and More Business.com Keystone Truck Caps –Danielle Del Prete

36 HappeningsMagazinePA.com December 2012December 2012 HappeningsMagazinePA.com 37 December’s Can’t-Miss Events Candlelight Christmas Inn Tour Tailgate for Kids December 1, 3:30 to 7 p.m. December 15, 1 to 4 p.m., Spring Lake Inn, Spring Lake, New St. Mary’s Center, Scranton Feel the magic of Christmas and awaken your Jersey Mat McGloin, Penn State University quarter- senses with the sweet smell of roasting marshmal- Enjoy complimentary tea from 2 to back, his teammates and other PSU notables lows, warmth of the fire, and spectacular display of 3:30 p.m.There will be a Christmas will run drills and pass footballs with kids. lights adorning our grounds. Enjoy Santa’s Baby Boutique in The Ocean House and Tailgate-themed foods, live entertainment Reindeer, horse drawn carriage and train rides, Christmas caroling at Holy Trinity and raffles with autographed sports memora- story telling and much more! Church. Have dinner at one of Spring bilia will add to the family fun! Admission is Lake’s restaurants, and then see $10 and free for kids under 12. Later that day, “Scrooge” at the Spring Lake Theater. STARTTART A A NEWEW the PSU celebrities will join guests for a cock- S N Guests who spend the weekend at tail reception with hot hors d’oeuvres, carving one of Spring Lake’s Bed & Breakfasts HHOLIDAYOLIDAY stations, open bar, raffles and live music from will receive complimentary Christmas 7 to 10 p.m.Tickets are $50. Funds benefit Tour Tickets. TTRADITIONRADITION!! Children’s Advocacy 732-449-0577/752-449-9090 Grand Opening-Thanksgiving Night (5 p.m-8 p.m.) Center, which serves www.HistoricInnsOfSpringLake.com. children who have and each weekend through New Year’s Eve! experienced abuse. $5 Admission per person 570-969-7313 “A Christmas Carol” Activity Tickets Available for Purchase December 13, 7:30 p.m. www.CACNEPA.org State Theatre, Easton Fridays 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. Saturdays Noon-8 p.m. Nebraska Theatre Caravan will present its stage production of Charles Dickens’“A Christmas Thanksgiving thru Dec. 22 Carol” as part of the Butz Broadway Performance Series. The fully staged musical has Daily Dec. 23 - 30 —10-6 become a holiday tradition, with carols such as “Away In a Manger,”“God Rest Ye Merry Closed Sundays Gentleman,”“Here We Come A-Wassailing” and more. The story will feature the iconic Koziar’s Christmas Village The Greatest Christmas Display in the USA!! Ebenezer Scrooge and other memorable characters from the classic 1843 novel. Tickets are Reservations 570-839-7111 Ext. 0 $50 and $45. 1-800-999-STATE / 610-252-3132 www.StateTheatre.org

Ballet Theatre of Scranton and Marywood University will present the 37th annual performances of “The Nutcracker.” The performances, given free as a holiday gift to the community since 1976, are scheduled at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Artistic Director Joanne Arduino carries on the tradition, first Ask about our overnight Family Package which r includes lodging, breakfast, elf turndown service, started by the late Constance Reynolds. Ou th admission, a family gift and all tax and gratuity. Dancers from Ballet Theatre, accompa- 65 ar!! nied by two guest dancers from New Ye Call or visit our website for details. York City and professional theater tech- nicians will present this production 570.839.7111 ext. 0 complete with a 20-foot Christmas tree, 800.233.8150 ext 0 falling snow and music of Tchaikovsky. PoconoManor.com Reserved tickets are available at the Marywood box office two hours prior to Donations for Toys for Tots Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker will be accepted the specific performance. Please bring an December 26–28, 2 p.m. & 7:30p.m. UNWRAPPED gift. 570-347-2867. Sette LaVerghetta Theatre, Marywood University, Scranton

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2012 Community Chanukah Dinner December 11, 4:30 p.m. Jewish Community Center,Wilkes-Barre Mayrutz Run begins at 4:30 p.m., and the outdoor candle lighting will take place at 5 p.m. Dinner will be served directly after the 5:15 indoor candle lighting and will feature BBQ chicken, potato pancakes and more. 158 Memorial Hwy, Shavertown • 1-800-49-SHOES JCC/Temple Israel’s Children’s Choir will perform, and there will be a Chanukah Sing-A-Long with Rabbi Larry Kaplan and Cantor Ahron Abraham. Cost is $17 for adults, $11 for seniors, $7 for children under 12, and children under 3 are free. 570-824-4646 Oscar Roth Jewelers offers several lines of fashion jewelry products and accessories.Whatever your fash- La Fiesta Chanukah ion needs,our extensive supply of elegant merchandise has you covered.Our Fashion Inventory Includes: December 12, 5:30 p.m. • Silver and Gold fashion jewelry Jewish Community Center, Scranton • Gemstones – 14 karat Feast on Glatt Kosher Mexican Food, and • Earrings • Bracelets enjoy entertainment, games and candle • Necklaces • Pearls – cultured and fresh water lighting. Admission is $25 for families, $5 • Watches by Citizen,ESQ,and Seiko for adults and $3 for kids and seniors. Exclusive dealer for the Everlon diamond love knot collection. 570-346-6595 www.ScrantonJCC.org

Annual Menorah Lighting December 13, 5:30 p.m. & Veneto fashion sterling at afford- Courthouse Square, Stroudsburg able prices starting as low as $50 Warm Latkes, doughnuts and a chocolate “Chanukah gelt” will be available. While last year’s Menorah was made of ice, this Oscar Roth Jewelers year’s will be made from balloons. 2925 Memorial Hwy, Dallas, PA • 570.675.2623 [email protected] 570-420-8655 www.oscarrothjewelers.net

40 HappeningsMagazinePA.com December 2012 December 2012 HappeningsMagazinePA.com 41 Voices NEPADeb Peterson, Executive Director of Voluntary Action Center and President of Kiwanis Club of Scranton t has been my privilege to benefits from volunteer munity aid faces uncertainty. work in the nonprofit sec- activities. At times of financial stress, tor since the 1980s. government entities and some “I Face of Volunteering Throughout my career I have corporations may become In decades past, community experienced firsthand how more pragmatic about where volunteers were assumed to generous the people of they spend their money. As be seniors, stay-at-home Northeast PA are with their agency budgets get tighter, mothers and single women. time and resources. the needs for services are Volunteering has always greater. During hard times, it is been shaped by changes in Volunteering is so pervasive often the volunteer who pro- demographics, family com- in the United States that it can vides shelter, meals or kind position, be observed in almost every words that encourage a child aspect of life. Since volunteer- employment ing becomes second nature, and econom- its cumulative impact is often ics.Today’s discounted.This region’s vol- volunteers unteer base stretches beyond include a the area of social welfare to broad range political, cultural and environ- of citizens– mental causes. veterans, men, older Value of Volunteering adults, In the United States today, young 83.9 million adults volunteer, adults, according to Independent teens, col- Sector.Their contribution is lege stu- Deb Pete rson (right) worth $239 billion. In PA socks for with fellow K dents, the "Make a iwanis mem long proje Difference D bers collectin alone, the dollar value of a ct sponsored ay" Project.T g Baby new socks t by Voluntar he month- o donate to y Action Cen volunteer hour is over $21. human servi ter collects Boomers ce agencies. This value is based on the and Millennials. average hourly earnings of all Organizations are challenged to smile. As the holiday sea- production and non-supervi- to re-brand volunteer pro- son approaches, our communi- sory workers on private non- grams to attract a particular ty is blessed with countless farm payrolls increased by 12 demographic base. Another volunteers.The Christmas percent to estimate fringe trend is the need for skill- Holiday Bureau is one example benefits.While consumers based or disaster response of how an entire community obviously reap benefits, one volunteering. Corporate rallies to support families in intrinsic value to the volun- America infuses community need.Volunteering is how citi- teer is that it leads to better service into their mission zens take charge of their own health. Current research sup- statements and lends skilled futures and stand for what ports the common thought workers to nonprofit organi- they believe. that those who give of them- zations and causes. selves also receive. Older vol- unteers and recent retirees Future of Volunteering Deb Peterson, Executive Director of Voluntary Action” Center and are most likely to receive Now, face to face with a President of Kiwanis Club of physical and mental health worldwide recession, com- Scranton

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44 HappeningsMagazinePA.com December 2012 800.388.4380 | www.bankatfidelity.com “I was fascinated by trains as a young boy,” Grzyboski recalls. He would visit fam- ily at the holi- days, looking wide-eyed at their train layouts, Full which cemented trains as a holiday tradition. When Grzyboski’s son Steam Joe III was born before Into the Holidays Christmas in 1976, his Train-Centric Seasonal Events dad sparked his love of trains immediately with Christmas in a Small Town & Santa Train the purchase of a The Santa will arrive aboard a train on December 1, stopping at Lionel 8551 Engine small towns to listen to wishes. Families can meet Santa and called “The Little Joe.” enjoy refreshments, live entertainment and activities.The train will stop at the Carbondale Train station at 10:30 a.m., In the 1950s, Grzyboski’s the Archbald Train Station at 11:35 a.m., the Jessup Train love of model railroading Station at 12:20 p.m., the Olyphant Train Station at 1 p.m., was not unique. In 1952, The Dickson City Train Station at 1:45 p.m. and the State 511 Moosic Street, Scranton • 400 South Main Avenue, Scranton Lionel made 622,209 Office Building parking lot in Scranton at 2:45 p.m. 831 Northern Blvd., Clarks Summit • (570) 961-5150 • www.krispykreme.com model locomotives and 570-963-6730 www.LHVA.org 2,460,700 model freight cars in compari- Miniature Memories son to the full-sized rail- Miniature Memories, on the second floor in the Mall at road that manufactured Steamtown in Scranton, was created by the late Don Clark 43,000 locomotives and 36 years ago.The layout is family owned, featuring promi- 1.8 million freight cars. nent buildings in Scranton such as the Scranton Cultural Center and The Radisson Lackawanna Station. It is HO gauge Grzyboski recommends and 98 percent handmade by Clark. Admission is free, but the Horseshoe Curve set donations are accepted for St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital or the Three Rivers set and the Christmas Holiday Bureau. It is open Wednesday to for young enthusiasts, Sunday noon to 4 p.m. www.DCMiniatureMemories.com because of the good engine, real rail sounds Meet Thomas and Friends and a die-cast tender. He Thomas and Friends will roll into the Mall at Steamtown on believes trains were December 8 as part of WVIA events with Debby the meant to be used and Clubhouse Mom. Meet and greets are at 11 a.m., 12:30 and 2 discourages keeping pm. www.TheMallAtSteamtown.com www.WVIA.org them in a box, recom- mending,“Enjoy them. Christmas Season Train Open House Have fun with your fami- On Saturdays and Sundays in December, the Milton Model ly; spend time together.” Train Museum in Milton hosts operating O-Gauge scaled Call 570-451-1700 or visit model trains and interactive scenes featuring the town’s www.GryzboskisTrains.com landmarks. Stop in from noon to 5 p.m. to see a 20 by 60- –Kieran O’Brien Kern foot presentation that resembles Milton in the 1950s and 1960s! 570-412-1653 www.MiltonModelTrainMuseum.org

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he natu- entrance or liv- ral beau- ing room. Lewis Tty of suggests paper- Skytop Resort whites, pha- in Skytop, PA laenopsis orchids gets accented and amaryllis in with seasonal a gold or moss- décor for the covered contain- holidays, from a life-size “Everything should be done er to warm up any room. gingerbread house to a on a larger scale outside. Add ornaments to the bot- snow-covered forest. Garlands should be thicker; tom of the pots to tie them According to Kate Lewis, ornaments should be extra into the décor. Skytop’s creative director, large,” Lewis advises. 4. Add another dimen- “Each area features its own 2. Consider the home’s sion. When decorating the unique twist, so guests get style and architectural tree, weave lights in and out a different experience detail. Accentuate its lines of the branches for a multi- around every turn.” She by framing the roof lines in dimensional look. shares expert decorating strands of lights. tips that translate from the 5. Create a focal point. resort to your home. 3. Make a welcoming Lewis’ favorite mantle at statement. Flowers and Skytop featured paperwhite 1. Start with the outside. plants help create a warm plants and was covered in Continued on page 51. 50 www.HappeningsMagazinePA.com December 2012