The Christmas Market 2024 is coming!
Trinity’s beloved Aeolian Skinner Pipe Organ is in need of restoration. All proceeds go to the Organ Restoration Fund!
Thursday, November 21, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Preview Party
Friday November 22, 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Saturday November 23, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, November 24, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Trinity Undercroft
Handmade crafts, plants/bulbs, cookies, jams and preserves, soup to-go, tag sale. Please contact leighcromey@gmail.com for more information and if you want to help!
Champagne Preview Party!
Thursday November 21, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. For $30 come and enjoy a glass of champagne, some nibbles, and purchase items at the Market.
Contact carol@ebmnewhaven.com.
About the Christmas Market
The Christmas Market, known for many years as the Holiday Bazaar, exists to ensure that Trinity’s church can be enjoyed for generations to come. Held annually in the undercroft of Trinity on the Green (230 Temple Street, New Haven, CT), the Christmas Market brings together handmade crafts, plants, bulbs, cookies, jams and preserves, soups to-go, a tag sale, jewelry, and more. A labor of love by the parish, the Market will direct all proceeds to support the restoration of Trinity's much-beloved and lauded pipe organ, a 1928 Aeolian-Skinner (Op. 927, lovingly nicknamed "Sister Soosie"), which is in need of some expert attention after nearly a century of loyal service to the Trinity community.
The Christmas Market has a record of success; it is responsible for supporting the preservation and restoration of another Trinity on the Green’s aesthetic wonders: its windows. Truly a jewel in a city of architectural gems, Trinity offers the city of New Haven a unique gift: a stunning corpus of stained glass created by L.C. Tiffany Company. Installed between 1897 and 1910, Trinity’s Tiffany stained glass gradually came to reflect the decades of time, dust, and weather they had seen. Recognizing an opportunity to draw the parish and the broader New Haven community into restoration efforts, the Holiday Bazaar stepped in to rejuvenate these windows and raise funds to bring these artistic masterpieces back to their full glory.
Ready to help? Great!
Cookie Bake
Saturday, September 14 – 9 am to 12 noon
Trinity Undercroft
Please join us to prepare dough and bake cookies to be put in the freezer for the Christmas Market in November. Watch this space for a sign-up sheet and details coming soon. This is a wonderful way to meet other Trinity folks and it is a family friendly event.
If you would like to join us, we need to know as soon as possible so that we can plan recipes and ingredients. Please send email to gloria.hoda@gmail.com.
Calling all Soup Makers
Calling all soup and chili makers! Volunteers are needed to make butternut squash soup and chili to be sold at the Christmas Market. Recipes and containers for packaging will be provided. If you have questions or would like to sign up, please email Marian Frederickson at marianfr@comcast.net.
Boutique Gifts
An eclectic selection of very special items, just too good for the Tag Sale, all offered for sale in a special section of the Christmas Market. Contact Donna Violante donnaviolante@att.net
Tag Sale
The Tag Sale has long been an important part of the Christmas Market and this year is no exception. Please help by only donating items that are ready to sell and by signing up to help with pricing and set-up.
Donation drop off dates:
Saturday September 28 from 10 am - noon
Sunday October 13 - after each service
Saturday October 26 from 10 am - noon
Wednesdays between Oct. 2 - November 6, from 10 am - noon
Or by special arrangement with Constance cahillconstancet@gmail.com
Volunteer hours to help with pricing and set-up:
Sign up or contact cahillconstancet@gmail.com
Please donate clean, working, “like new” items listed here:
Kitchenware/ appliances/housewares
Small furniture
Art
Kids toys and games
Holiday décor
Home/yard décor
Linens
Jewelry
Craft supplies
Personal Accessories (purses, scarves, etc.)
While we appreciate all expressions of generosity, we cannot at this time accept these items: Clothing, Books, Records/CDs, Movies (VHS, DVD, BluRay), Electronics
Questions? Please contact Constance at cahillconstancet@gmail.com