b'Bakersville: Animated Gingerbread VillageBakersville, The Animated Gingerbread Village, a Port Perry tradition for the last 25 years, is again going virtual, but new this year, will also be a small display available for viewing in the downtown core! Normally, every December, our volunteer committee members assemble a miniature, magicalwinterwonderlandwithgingerbreadcreations made by the community. This is usually displayed in the Kent Farndale Gallery at the Scugog Library.Unfortunately, it isnt possible for the village to be displayed in the gallery this year, again due to the pandemic. When planning for this event, provincial restrictions were still in place and we were unsure what the future would look like, so it was de-cided to remain virtual.And, although the gallery is now open for a photograph exhibit, the large numbers of peopletion, onto our Facebook page. Over the years, weve heard thevillageattractswouldtestthepandemicrestrictionsome funny stories about near catastrophes in the kitchen, guidelines.Hopefully, we will be back in the library nextso small anecdotes about the process are also welcome. year with this very popular community holiday event.Dont forget to add a title to your creation/s. The site is If you wish to create an entry, or entries, for the vir- available for everyone to access and enjoy.Tell your friends. tual village, you can post photos of your creation/s on ourNew this year, because of popular demand, we will also Facebook site:Bakersville: Animated Gingerbread Village.have gingerbread creations displayed in some downtown There is no deadline, or size limit. Just take 2 or 3 photosstore windows. The window displays will run from now with di erent views and post them, along with a descrip- until early January.Any creations from last year, if deemed durable enough, are also welcome. Please remember that store window entries need to be reinforced with glue (hot glue gun works well) or traditional gingerbread icing (cake icing will not last). Sometimes cardboard is needed on the inside for extra support. There can be no chocolate decora-tions as the suns heat is intense. Any chocolate will melt.There is nothing quite like the experience of building a gingerbread house from scratch and decorating it with your own ideas. We strongly encourage this, as it is a great, lost art. There are many sites online that o er help and sug-gestions. Here is food for thought maybe keep in mind that Port Perry is celebrating its 150th anniversary. We look forward to seeing what everyone creates this year! The Animated Bakersville Gingerbread CommitteeF rom all of us on the farm m From all of us on the farto all of our customers,to all of our customers,22 21 THANK YOU $ 99 $ 99 THANK YOU 23 Reg. $27.99 for a wonderful season!Reg. $28.99 $ 99 for a wonderful season!Reg. $29.99 Available atRelax and rest with these calming natural solutions. COLWELLFARM180 Mary St. Port Perry905-985-0861 MARKETMonday - Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.12 FOCUS - DECEMBER 2021'