December 2, 10:00am – 3:00pm Holly Fair, First Congregational Church, 4 Main St., Stockbridge (413) 298-3137, www.stockbridgeucc.org Free Admission, A Women’s Service League tradition that’s not to be missed. We’ll have wonderful hand-made gifts and ornaments, fantastic baked goods, beautiful greenery in fresh wreaths and arrangements, Grandma’s Attic, soup and sandwiches to keep up your shopping energy. It’s a guaranteed good time and a time to do good – every dollar we raise goes to help where it’s needed at home and abroad.

December 2 & 3, 11:00am – 5:00 pm Saturday & 10:00am – 5:00pm Sunday, Holiday Marketplace at Berkshire Botanical Garden (413) 298-3926, www.berkshirebotanical.org Free Admission.  Holiday Marketplace is the place to shop for  unique decorations and holiday trimmings including garlands, flowering plants, swags, centerpieces and one-of-a-kind gifts made by a select group of local craftspeople. New this year is an expanded Gallery of Wreaths located in both the Garden’s Education Center and the newly renovated Center House’s Leonhardt Galleries.

December 9 – December 22 A Christmas Carol at The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA (413) 997-4444 | www.berkshiretheatre.org  Tickets: Adults: $38 Children 16 and under: $28 by Charles Dickens, adapted by Eric Hill, directed by Travis Daly. Revel in the joy and redemptive power of Christmas as told in the timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the infamous miser who is reformed and shown the error of his ways by four spirits. Journey back to Victorian England and experience the classic story filled with terrific turns and infused with holiday music.