Today, we headed to Mahone Bay for a book signing. It just so happened, the Father Christmas Festival was on. I took a few photos and wanted to share.
I hope you enjoyed this peek at the Father Christmas Festival. I’ll be blogging about the book signing we attended next time I post. I’m excited to tell you all about Janet Barkhouse’s picture book, “ Pit Pony.” Drop in and find out all about it.
Laura Best 
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/ December 2, 2012Thanks for sharing your pictures. Love the old father Santas.
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Laura Best
/ December 3, 2012You’re VERY welcome. I love them as well. So glad these little towns have these festivals. 🙂
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Lynn A. Davidson
/ December 2, 2012Lovely photos, Laura.
I plan to attend a book signing on Saturday for another book by a new author, the weather lady, Cindy Day. It is going to be held at Coles in New Minas — where I met you! 🙂
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Laura Best
/ December 3, 2012Thanks,, Lynn. I heard Cindy was coming to New Minas. Her book is certainly popular. I think that’s wonderful.. 🙂 I loved my day at Coles in New Minas. They really know how to make an author feel special. Enjoy your signing…
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Darlene
/ December 2, 2012I enjoyed the pictures of the Father Christmas Festival. What wonderful figures. Thanks for sharing.
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Laura Best
/ December 3, 2012Glad you enjoyed them, Darlene. There were far more than I could post or even capture on camera. 🙂
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beverley
/ December 3, 2012How wonderful! Some years ago as i we were travelling through a country village we came a cross a scarecrow festival, it was wonderful to see.
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Laura Best
/ December 3, 2012I love these festivals. Mahone Bay is a tiny sea side town and they certainly know how to hold a festival. 🙂
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beverley
/ December 3, 2012🙂
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Heather Wright
/ December 3, 2012Loved the photos. The Father Christmas characters are brilliant! We visited Mahone Bay in 2011. My husband has a small sailboat that was built there many decades ago. A lovely town.
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Laura Best
/ December 3, 2012Thanks, Heather. Mahone Bay is a beautiful town. That area is also known for their ship buliding..Very cool that your husband has a sailboat that was built there. 🙂 If you come this way again perhpas we’ll have the chance to meet. That would also be cool. 🙂
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Diane McGyver
/ December 3, 2012Great photos. Thanks for sharing. The Pit Pony is wonderfully illustrated.
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Laura Best
/ December 3, 2012I’m totally in love with the illustrations. Sydney Smith did a wonderful job.
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David
/ December 3, 2012The different looks of Father Christmas – very nice. BTW, I like your sandy background – is that a beach perchance?
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Laura Best
/ December 3, 2012There were way more than what is pictured here. They’re quite wonderful.
My sister took the photo of my book on the sand last winter when she went to Hell. It’s a beautiful beach on Belize I believe.
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Carol
/ December 4, 2012Love all the versions of Father Christmas. What a lovely idea for a community project. I rather prefer the European images of Saint Nicholas to our modern day Santa Claus.
Some years ago our son and his wife decided to celebrate Sinterklaas from the Dutch tradition on December 6th. All the gift-giving happens then and allows the family to focus on the sacred aspect of Christmas on December 25th.
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Laura Best
/ December 4, 2012Yes, it is a lovely idea. It is the same community where they have the Scarecrow Festival. I love the Old World Santas. 🙂
Sinterklaas sounds interesting. I’ve never heard of it, but allowing the family to focus on the sacred aspect of Christmas is a good idea. So often, it seems, the sacredness becomes forgotten.
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joylene
/ December 4, 2012Wish we were back there enjoying these awesome outings.
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Laura Best
/ December 4, 2012They are really quite comething. 🙂
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