An Ugly Sweater Contest, Christmas caroling, a Christmas concert, photos with Santa and crafts, decorating, and a bake sale are all being featured at the Christmas Market scheduled for Sunday, December 14, from 1 to 6 p.m. at the St. Agnes Church Hall.
The Christmas Market features unique gift items for sale by local crafters and professionals. The various booths at the Market will include hand crafted ornaments, ornaments with legends, knit and crochet gift items, hand and facial beauty items, gifts for dogs, local history books, and numerous items for Christmas gift giving.
The Christmas Market at St. Agnes is only one of many local shops offering unique and last-minute Christmas ideas.
With statistics showing that 80 per cent of Gen Z people are seeking out used items for purchase, Not 2 Shabby Market on Bay Avenue in Highlands is filled with all varieties of Christmas items, clothing, boots, books, jewelry and housewares in perfect and near-perfect condition. Purchases here are two-fold, inasmuch as this month a percentage of all sales is going to veterans groups in the Bayshore area. The shop is open Tuesdays through Saturdays throughout the day.
And any time you’re shopping in Highlands along Bay Avenue, stop in at the Farmacie Café, just a couple of shops east of their former location at Bay and Miller street. Not only are the cafes and desserts outstanding, but there are some unusual gift ideas in here as well.
Or if you don’t have time to stop for a relaxing coffee, stop at Gem’s or call in and order a sub. For the month of December, Gem’s is offering their gigantic subs with a 15 % discount, their own Christmas gift to all the customers who have showed how happy they are Gem’s is now a business in the middle of town.
At the other end of town on Waterwitch Avenue, both the florist now filled with all kinds of balsam and pine along with numerous plants and the Gourmet Market are well known for their excellence and unique offerings. But stopping in at the One Stop shop next door gives you even more ideas for unusual stocking stuffers and just plain fun items to purchase.
First Avenue in Atlantic Highlands has great shops as well, including Renaissance, with its many booths of used and fascinating items, here again with some booths benefiting the maintenance and upkeep of a local church.
Bungalow Road offers some unique items, as well as numerous items highlighting Leonardo, Atlantic Highlands and Highlands, and the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council has outstanding talent from local artists and artisans. Even First Cup Coffee on First Avenue has some unique items for Christmas giving. At the Route 3 Foodtown Mall, Bayshore Pharmacy is filled to overflowing with numerous gifts ranging in price from a lottery ticket to perfumes, cosmetics, clothing and decorative items.
And the St. Agnes Thrift Shoppe is open additional hours for the holiday season, from this week through December 20, the shop at Ave D and South Avenue is open Wednesdays through Saturdays.
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