White Lights, Santa Claus and much much more

	Music at the Mag on Friday Nights in November                 November 23 – Late Evening                 November 30 – Delta Drifters   Grandmothers Buttons – First Annual Holiday Preview Sale Small Business Saturday – shop with us the Saturday after Thanksgiving to receive special offers.   Imahara’s Botanical Garden – Open every weekend in November Saturdays from 10am until 3:00pm and Sundays from 1:00pm-3:00pm. Experience the change of seasons Live in Color.  5341 Mahoney Rd. St. Francisville.  225 635 6001 CHRISTMAS IN THE COUNTRY  --------------------------------   JOY TO THE WORLD NOVEMBER 30, DECEMBER 1 & 2, 2012 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2012 1:00pm-5:00pm Women’s Service League will sell Fresh Wreaths and Plantation Country (Pre-wrapped) Cookbooks-Ferdinand St 5:30pm-First Baptist Church Children’s Choir will sing on the front porch of Town Hall - Ferdinand Street 6:00pm- West Feliciana Middle School Choir – will sing on the front lawn of the Town Hall – Ferdinand Street Mayor Billy D'Aquilla will light the Town of St. Francisville Christmas Tree and will host a Welcome Reception, Fireworks and a special visitor to make that Christmas Wish to!!! 7:00pm- Baton Rouge Symphony and Dessert Reception at HEMINGBOUGH.  Tickets available at Bank of St.Francisville Peep into our Holiday Homes Popular Christmas Music conducted by David Toms.  Brass, percussion and harp ensemble. Check out the downtown shops for late night shopping. SATURDAY DECEMBER 1, 2012 7:30am - Prayer Breakfast at the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall               Breakfast with St. Nick at Jackson Hall at Grace Episcopal Church brought to you by the Women’s Service League 8:00am &, 9:30am - two seatings available. Reservations encouraged.  Tickets are $6.00.  Tickets may be purchased online at www.womensserviceleague.com  Natalie Wood  9:00am-5:00pm – Women’s Service League - Fresh Wreath & Plantation Country Cookbook Sale – Ferdinand St 9:30am-10:30am – West Feliciana High School Performance Choir – United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 10:00am - Bains Lower Elementary Choir – Voices in Motion Town Hall Front Porch - Ferdinand Street 10:00am-2:00pm - Lyrical Quartet will stroll along Ferdinand and Royal Streets 10:00am - 4:00pm –Parker Park –FOOD, VENDORS, and MUSIC Homemade Items- Jewelry, Photographs, Honey, Paintings, T-shirts, Calendars, Hair Bows and much, much more.  10:00am-4pm- Christmas at Oakley Plantation – Annual Holiday Festival Highway 965 10:00am-5:00pm – Arts For All Photography Exhibit at the Studio in the Quarters on Commerce St. 11:00am – 11:45am - West Feliciana High School Beginning & Advanced Choir - Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 11:00am – Kevin Johnson will be singing on the Town Hall front porch 11:30am – Westside Cloggers will dance at Bella Vita Salon and Spa on Ferdinand Street Noon – 1:00pm – The Swinging Willows Jazz Band will be singing in front of the Library on Ferdinand St. Noon-4:00pm - Angola Inmate Traveling Band – across from Garden Symposium Park Noon-2:00pm - Main Street Band in Parker Memorial Park 1:00pm - Shin Sun Korean Martial Arts Demonstration- Ferdinand St. Bella Vita Salon & Spa 2:00pm – Women’s Service League present the Christmas Parade – Joy to the World -  along Ferdinand and Commerce Sts.                   Amanda McKinney – 225 635 9454 6:00pm- Community Sing A Long Methodist Church Royal Street 6:00pm-8:00pm -Live Nativity First Baptist Church on Highway 10 & 61 6:00pm-8:00pm-Christmas at Oakley – Candlelight Tours, periodic music and wassail – Highway 965 6:00pm – 8:00pm Peep into our Holiday Homes SUNDAY-DECEMBER 2, 2012 11:00am-5:00pm – Women’s Service League - Fresh Wreath & Plantation Country Cookbook Sale- Ferdinand Street Noon to 5:00pm – Friends of the Library – Christmas in the Country Tour of Homes Six unique homes decorated for the holidays on four private properties in West Feliciana parish.  Refreshments provided by Heirloom Cuisine.  Tickets $20.00 available at the West Feliciana Library and West Feliciana Historical Society.  For more information call 225 635 3364.  All proceeds benefit the library.  For more information visit www.stfrancisvillefestivals.com or call St. Francisville Main Street 225-635-3873. Shops Specials during Christmas in the Country:   Abeeya’s Bakery – In House Specials, Door Prizes and Samples Sage Hill Gift Shop – Shop for Unique Gifts you will love to give: Benchmark Interiors, True Boutique, and Vanishing Heirlooms all in one location inside Sage Hill Gifts. Sample our dips and soups and free refreshments all weekend long.  Free Gift Wrap with purchase. Bella Vita Salon & Spa- Saturday morning music and Christmas Karaoke by Dana and Company.  All weekend look for “Product Bundles” that will be 25% off.  $100.00 Gift Certificates for $90.00.  Christmas tree with Stocking Stuffers.  Secret Santa coupons, Open House all weekend. Grandmothers Buttons – Late Night Shopping on Friday night until 8:00pm.  Annual Discontinued Jewelry Sale from 9am until dark on Saturday.  Patrick’s Fine Jewelry- Open House on Friday and Saturday.  Save up to 50% off, Enjoy light refreshments and register for Door Prizes. Bohemianville Antiques-Santa has dropped off lots of wonderful Christmas gifts, Christmas decorations and Gift Cards.  We will stay open late on Friday and Saturday with refreshments. Harrington Gallery – Christmas music and Holiday cheer for all!  Hillcrest Gardens – Late night shopping on Friday and Saturday, Free Gift Wrap with purchase on Saturday, Open House with refreshments. The Wine Parlor – Friday night sample wines from Purveyors of Fine Wines and Republic.  Open until 9pm on Friday and Saturday nights.  Light refreshments. Trends Salon and Boutique- Laura McClendon Trunk Show and 20% off boots on Friday night from 6:00pm -8:00pm and all day on Saturday.  Refreshments will be served. Feliciana Florist and Gifts – Open House with refreshments. The Shanty Too - Open House with refreshment, music, samples and in store specials. Ma Milles Gifts and Burlap Antiques– Special booths outside for sale and special one-time only items.  Tastings of products on Friday and Saturday.  Door Prizes, Free Gift with Purchase of $100.00 or more and get a surprise discount from the Christmas tree with each purchase ranging from 10% to 50% off of an item.  Mia Sophia- 10% off custom designed arrangements.  Fresh Christmas greenery.  Refreshments. St. Francis Arts and Antiques- 10% off purchases over $25.00 Femme Fatale-Late Night Shopping, Refreshments and Holiday Sale. For more information please visit www.stfrancisvillefestivals.com  or call 225 635-4224 Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site-Continues Garden Program Series Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site continues its series of “Garden Tour Fridays” with a guided garden tour at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 7. Visitors to Rosedown are invited to join Manager/Horticulturist Patricia Aleshire, as she leads a monthly stroll through Rosedown’s historic gardens. The “Garden Tour Fridays” program provides garden enthusiasts with a detailed look at selected portions of one of the finest early 19th-century gardens. On the first Friday of each month, Aleshire will guide visitors through Rosedown’s gardens, pointing out significant heirloom varieties of plantings and focusing on both historic and modern cultivation methods and care. The “Garden Tour Fridays” program will begin at the Site Office.  Rosedown Plantation SHS is located on LA Highway 10 in St. Francisville, 30 minutes north of Baton Rouge, off US Highway 61. The site is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Guided tours of the main house are provided on the hour, beginning at 10 a.m. and concluding with the final tour of the day at 4 p.m. Admission prices are $10 for adults (ages 18-61), $8 for seniors (ages 62 and over) and $4 for students (ages 6-17). Children 5 and under are admitted free. Garden only is $5 (ages 18 and over). Late Night Shopping in St. Francisville.  Thursday December 13 and 20th If you are not ready for Black Friday or Cyber Monday you want great gifts, great service, and fun shop Late Night Shopping in St. Francisville.  We will all be open to help you scratch names off your Christmas list.  The stores will be offering refreshments, in store specials and will be open until 8pm.  Abeeya’s Bakery, Hillcrest, Patrick’s Fine Jewelry, Harrington Gallery, Sage Hill, Bohemianville Antiques, The Wine Parlor, Ma Milles Gifts, Burlap Antiques, Bella Vita Salon and Spa, Birdman, St. Francis Arts and Antiques, The Shanty Too and Ins N Outs.  We will be posting more to St. Francisville Main Street facebook page.