Will be raffled at the end of the month. Every day you attend lunch during the month of December, your name will be entered to win.

This year you can create edible works of art for your family and friends who “have everything” or are in the process of downsizing! We will be painting sugar cookies using edible tempera paint. You can choose from our cookie cutters or bring your own favorites. Sugar cookie dough, edible tempera paints, and new brushes will be supplied. Local artist Elaine Klement will also be on hand to offer suggestions for techniques. The supply cost is $2 for a dozen cookies. Please sign up in advance so we know how much dough to make. Call Penny 603-356-3231.

We will play BINGO after lunch on Monday the 11th. Bring a prize for the table.

Served at our usual lunch time on Wednesday the 13th & Thursday the 14th. The special meal is Durgin Park Roast Beef and all the fixings sponsored this year by White Mountain Oil & Propane. Invite your family and friends to these special meals.

Friday the 15th 4:00-7:00 Post #46 is donating $2 of every plate to the Gibson Center. Come with all your friends for the best fresh haddock, fries, and slaw.

Bring a gift, marked for a man, woman, or either. Items like a box of cookies or a book of stamps are useful/welcome gifts for all. People may pose for a photo with Santa.

We are looking for people to bake items to donate to our auction. Pies, cakes, cookies are all welcome. Jams and jellies make wonderful gifts! We will hold the auction between lunch and dessert. Please sign up for what you plan to donate.

Friday the 22nd, is the date of the longest night of the year. We will host a pizza party around the fireplace where we will create luminaries for our walk way and share memories of holidays through poems, songs, and chatting. For those who want a ride from home, this will be a local See the Lights ride as well. Call Penny to sign up. Please sign up for the pizza too, so we know how much to make.

We will be closed Monday December 25th and January 1st.

We will do our after lunch Word Search on Tuesday the 26th.

After lunch on Thursday the 28th.

• OLLI/Hospital Lunch N Learn, Monday January 8th. Learn about the fun ways to remain social, and vibrant, both indoors and out.
• January 23rd: Art for Lunch Cameron Sutphin; as an acoustic solo act, Cameron performs original music, as well as Country and Folk covers.
• John Williams Scores! This winter (First & Third Thursdays after lunch )we will be showing six movies for which John Williams composed the scores. We will culminate with the trip to the Portland POP’s John Williams concert on April 7th. The movies are free, the concert tickets are going fast so sign up for the tickets.