{"id":40581,"date":"2017-11-27T11:52:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T18:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=40581"},"modified":"2021-02-12T09:20:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:20:49","slug":"millarville-christmas-market-brings-the-holiday-spirit-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2017\/11\/27\/millarville-christmas-market-brings-the-holiday-spirit-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Millarville Christmas Market brings the holiday spirit home"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>he annual Millarville Christmas Market fired up again for an indoor and outdoor family shopping experience, from Nov. 9-12.<\/p>\n

S<\/span>ince starting in 1988, the event has grown to be widely popular, with as many as 15,000 people from the Calgary and southern Alberta area attending throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n

The event is hosted by the Millarville Racing<\/a> and Agricultural Society, which has more than 300 members and 300 volunteers and\u00a0is a showcase for Alberta vendors, artisans and farmers.<\/p>\n

Saskatoon berry growers Rick and Marsha Gelowitz, owners of Solstice Berry Farm, in Cremona, Alta. planned to show off this season’s fresh berry products like jams, pies and juice.<\/p>\n

Solstice Berry Farm is located next to their home. There, the Gelowitz\u2019s produce quality berries for U-pick and farmers markets.<\/p>\n

Marsha Gelowitz offers tastings of their jams, juices and vinaigrettes at the market.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a classic for a lot of Canadians, especially on the Prairies. The Saskatoon jam is for sure the most popular buy this year, with the syrup close behind,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Another event planned this year was the all-day glass blowing, by the Glass House Collective, an artisan group that operates the only mobile glass blowing studio in Canada.<\/p>\n

Mandy Patchin and Kai Scholefield planned to create different types of glass pieces to show off their art.<\/p>\n

Patchin\u2019s end goal is a trip across North America to showcase her art. That trip is currently being crowd funded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to educate as many people as we can about the art of glassblowing,\u201d said Patchin.<\/p>\n

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Mandy Patchin and Kai Scholefield showcase their glass-blowing skills at Holiday Market in Millarville on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Patchin and Scholefield operate Glass House Collective, Canada’s first mobile glassblowing studio. (Photo by Olivia Burns\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The kids-only shopping tent permits children ages 12 and under to choose from more than 1,000 items, priced under $10, and have them gift-wrapped for Christmas.<\/p>\n

Profits from the kids-only tent are put back into the community, with equal shares going to the five local schools to support their hot lunch programs, as well as a local family in need for the holidays.<\/p>\n

The market features many artisan home-made crafts like paintings, jewellery, glass, woodwork, leathers and a variety Christmas decorations.<\/p>\n

Many of the regular summer farmers’ market vendors sell candy, fudge, nuts, meat and baked goods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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