(Town of Lenox, NY – Dec. 2014) Plan on getting your fresh cut Balsam Fir Christmas tree at the Great Swamp Conservancy of Canastota on Dec. 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Balsam fir trees, with their dark green appearance and long-lasting needles, make a perfect Christmas tree for the season. They also retain their pleasing fragrance. Please call ahead and pre-order your tree to insure supply at 697-2950
New this year, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both days, families are invited to visit Santa and have a photo taken with Old St. Nick. A professional photographer, a member of the Swamp Snappers’ camera club, will be taking the photos. They will be for sale.
Visitors will be able to make a gingerbread house – all ingredients provided by the GSC – and enter it in a contest, make a corn husk doll, take a holiday ride in the new 4 wheeler on the Swamp trails, do Karaoke Christmas carols, toast marshmallows over a bonfire, try a piece of “Swamp Cake” (panettone ), eat sugar cookies and drink hot cocoa.
Cross country skiing will be available weather permitting.
There also will be a program on caribou reindeer at this Christmas gathering.