Poinsetta Day, Holiday Boutique, Meetings Ahead

1. Winter Wildlife Camp with BOCES

The Putnam Northern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services is offering students a place to spend winter break with their Winter Wildlife Camp. Students, ages 12 to 16, can spend four days, Feb. 21 through 24, exploring some of the wildlife native to southeastern New York. For more information, .

2. Las Posadas de Navidad

 What is it you ask? It's a Mexican Christmas tradition that kids 4 - 8 can learn about, tomorrow at the Children will hear a story about how the holiday is celebrated in Mexico and then participate in a Las Posadas De Navidad celebration. Crafts, pinata and refreshments! Ages 4-8.

3. Holiday boutique at Temple Sharaay Tefila

Everyone is invited to come and shop at Temple Shaaray Tefila’s Holiday Boutique. Vendors will be selling jewelry, clothing for children & adults, makeup & skin care, Judaica, and more! The boutique is open Dec. this week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:15am to 2:00pm. And today, Dec. 12 and Wed. Dec. 14, there are extended hours to 6pm. Different vendors will be showcased each day. Visit our website www.shaaraytefila.org for the complete list of vendors.

4. Today is Poinsetta Day

Did you know why poinsettas are associated with Christmas? Mexican folklore has the story of a girl too poor to buy flowers for Jesus on Christmas Eve. She offered weeds as a gift. When she brought the weeds into a church, they blossomed into the beautiful red plants we know as poinsettias, or Flores de Noche Buena in Mexico (Spanish for "flowers of the holy night"), according to The Learning Channel. Today is Poinsetta Day—a great day to stop into one of our local nurseries to buy one. Check Patch's Places page for Nurseries & Gardens—you'll find the familiar shops and perhaps one or two you didn't know about. Check them out!

5. Looking ahead: meetings this week

The municipal and school calendars this week include several meetings: Both the Katonah Lewisboro and Bedford Central school boards meet for the last time this year, the former on Thursday night at 7:30 in the John Jay High School library and latter Wed night at 8 p.m. in the Fox Lane MS Theater. The town of Bedford planning board meets Tuesday night—check back for a preview of some of the developments going on there.

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