5 Things Including Gingerbread House Making

1) Newsbit of the Day: The First Swampscott Gingerbread House Contest

Public viewing & voting will take place from Dec. 11 thru Dec. 14 during regular Town Hall hours.

The public is invited to come in and vote.  Please bring one non-perishable item or $1 for each ballot to be donated to My Brother’s Table.

Contest rules:

•  Gingerbread houses must be edible – Imagination is encouraged
•  Authentic  Categories – Entries must be made from gingerbread using only food materials
•  Kits are allowed but imagination is encouraged to make each look different
•  Entries must be on a base no bigger than 12” x 12”
•  Gingerbread houses must be dropped off by Monday, Dec. 10, 4:30 p.m., at Town Hall where the Gingerbread committee will be setting up houses 
•  Non-winning entries MUST BE PICKED UP by 4:30 PM Monday, Dec. 17th.  Any house not picked up will be destroyed.

•  Winners will be displayed at Town Hall until Friday, Dec. 21

Awards will be judged on various categories:

Most Creative Best Holiday Spirit Best Adult (18 & over) 

Best Teen (age 14-17) Best Youth (age 10-13) Best Child (9 & under)

Prizes will be awarded 

The drop off and registration deadline is now Monday, Dec. 10 at 4:30 p.m. Judging will begin on Tuesday.

Gingerbread House Contest Entry Form:

Name:

Address:

Phone:

Email:

Circle category you are entering:   Adult Teen Youth Child 

Make checks payable to: Town of Swampscott

Mail to: Gingerbread House Contest, Town Hall, 22 Monument Avenue, Swampscott, MA   01907

2) Swampscott Scholars: Swampscott High Class of 2012 graduate Tobin Bartolo received the Patrons of Performing Students Drama Scholarship.

3) A bit of Cassatt (Mary): "I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up."

4) Weather Watch: The National Weather Service is forecasting showers, mainly before 11 am. Patchy fog before 10 am. High near 54. 

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