Spring Break
Yuletide treats and tunes
Michael Peterson/City Editor
Issue date: 11/12/07 Section: News
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On Sunday, What's Cookin' Restaurant hosted Yuletide Treats and Tunes - a dessert buffet and silent auction - to help fund the event.
All desserts were donated by What's Cookin', and all biddable items were donated by local businesses and residents.
Tickets for the auction cost $10.
"In between the $10 and the auction items, we should raise a nice amount of (money) to help us fund the event for future years," said Karen Petersen, Charleston Tourism member and co-chair for Christmas in the Heart of Charleston. "We are hoping to make over $2,000."
Petersen estimated it costs about $4,000 to fund the Christmas Celebration.
Local businesses donated items to auction, including Dairy Queen, Emajonashon Street and J.J. Stadium Grill.
While the auction helps bring in enough money to fund the Christmas Celebration, private donors are also major benefactors.
The Christmas Celebration, which takes place Dec. 1, has been a tradition for 13 years, Petersen said.
"It's a fun and easy event. If the weather is OK, we usually get a lot of families to come out to the square," she said.
The celebration is a free 2-hour event that takes place in the Charleston Square. The celebration has a Christmas parade, a live reindeer, carolers, carriage rides and a special appearance from the man in the red suit himself.
Petersen added that they are still looking for boxes of candy canes and people to serve as carolers.
While Charleston residents snacked on the free desserts and bid on their favorite items, they were treated with live music from Tom Vance and the local folk-trio Motherlode.
The band comprises three women: Althea Pendergast on stand-up bass and vocals, Wendy Meyer on guitar and Gaye Harrison on the fiddle and mandolin.
"We play old-time, we play blues, and even a little bit of rock," Pendergast said. "We basically play whatever we want to."
Sheryl Snyder, director of the Charleston Public Library, said she came to the auction because she thinks the Christmas Celebration helps maintain Charleston's "hometown flavor."
"(The Christmas Celebration) is a lot of fun. People of all ages - young and old - get involved," Snyder said. "It kicks off the holidays here in Charleston. Also, the auction is a nice event to run into people that you know and then bid on some items that you can't live without."
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