What are you doing this weekend? Like Friday night and especially Saturday November 14th from 9am-4pm?

Get your holiday season started with some FREE FAMILY FUN?

Head to the kid-tastic St. John the Evangelist Christmas Bazaar in Silver Spring!

Did I mention it’s totally free?  And The Great Zucchini is performing a free show at 1pm? And Reptiles Alive will be there at 11am?  And in between the two shows you and your kids can

• Shop for cool, artisan gifts featuring oodles of fabulous vendors
• Grab a yummy, reasonably-priced, kid-friendly lunch
• The kids can play games in the game room and make crafts
• Face painting!
• Play Bingo at 1:3opm
• Peruse the on-site antique shop, The Treasure Trove
• Shop for books at rock bottom prices in the Book Shop

The Bazaar also has an Adult’s Only Night on Friday night November 12 from 6pm-9pm. There they’ll have delicious Italian food from Vicino Restaurante Italiano in Silver Spring available at discounted prices for dinner purchase, wine and beer and kid-free shopping.

The St. John’s Christmas Bazaar is where I get tons of my holiday shopping done for beautiful gifts that don’t cost me a bundle.  It’s frugal-finds heaven!  There are loads of vendors selling handmade handbags, hair bows, kids’ gifts, jewelry, candles, infused olive oils, stitchery, creative Christmas decorations priced waaaaay less than Smith and Hawken, and more.  Other favorite areas of the bazaar are the Treasure Trove – antiques goods for thrift store prices – and the used book sale is chock full of finds for your family library.

And I always come hungry both days, because there’s breakfast, lunch, drinks, baked goods and treats! Hope to see you there!

St. John’s Christmas Bazaar
Friday November 12 and Saturday November 13
Adult Night Friday  6-9pm
Family Fun on Saturday 9am-4pm
10201 Woodland Avenue (in the School Auditorium)
Located right behind St. John the Evangelist Church
at 10103 Georgia Avenue at the intersection of August Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20902 blocks from the Forest Glen Metro

Many many thanks to The Great Zucchini and Vicino Restaurante Italiano in Silver Spring