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ids turned out Friday,
Nov. 29, for the Parade
of Lights, along with
a special treat: a visit
with Santa. These lucky young-
sters got a jump on the holiday
season and their wishes are
fi rst in line! The next week,
visitors to the Seaside Civic and
Convention Center took a stroll
down Candy Cane Lane, where
they shared a visit with Mrs.
Claus.
Jeff Ter Har
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Justin Grafton
Jeff and Paivi Ter Har with their granddaughter, Miila, and Santa.
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Kids enthralled by Mrs. Claus at the
convention center.
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‘Knock Your Socks Off’ exhibit now at the library
VIEW FROM
THE PORCH
EVE MARX
I
could have spent more time in the hall-
way and the community room of the
Seaside Library last week when I fi rst
spied the new exhibit, “Knock Your Socks
Off” on display through Jan. 28.
The exhibit, featuring the knitting and
crochet skills of local artisans including
Cherry Harris, Kate Levine, Jane Schock,
Lois Larsen, Mia Norlander, Luann Nowl-
and, Susan Gilbert, Anne Thomson, Leena
McLeod and others, is of handmade socks,
one sock, actually, not a pair. The exhibit is
timely for Christmas because who doesn’t
love and admire a beautiful Christmas
stocking?
The Christmas stocking is a tradition in
my household lasting decades. Growing
up, my family didn’t do stockings, proba-
bly because we had no mantel or fi replace.
We did have a tradition of opening one gift
each late on Christmas Eve, which was
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Kari Borgen
R.J. Marx
supposed to sustain and tide over the chil-
dren so they wouldn’t wake the adults at
5 a.m.
Fat chance.
Wonderful stocking stuffers abound
around town if you’re still looking for
small gifts. By The Way in Gearhart
has delightful and useful natural coco-
nut fi ber soap caddies to keep your soap
dish fresh. A packet of chocolate caramels
from Bruce’s Candy Kitchen are avail-
able in Gearhart at the Sweet Shop. I really
love the candles at Natural Nook in Gear-
hart. The natural beeswax pale blue tapers
are especially nice. If you’re feeling a bit
splurgy and want to impress, a gift cer-
tifi cate suitable for lunch or dinner at the
Pacifi c Way Café is a really thoughtful gift.
Wonderful stockings stuffers are avail-
able in downtown Seaside. Even though I
am as old as the hills, I still love the min-
iature plastic animals at Under the Big
Top Toy Shop in the Carousel Mall. Last
year Mr. Sax got me a tiny howling baby
wolf. Voyages Toys has many wonderful
toys for kids of all ages, some of them eas-
ily pressed into a stocking if it’s stockings
you’re stuffi ng. Molly Morgan Jewelry has
a mind boggling array of sterling charms
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What’s in your stocking this Christmas?
and trinkets. I recently admired a skull ring
with glowing red eyes, but they have loads
of mesmerizing gifts for men and women.
Fairweather House and Gallery has a pleth-
ora of small, beautiful things. Their chic,
one of a kind fi nds are handmade by artists
and craftsmen. For a few years now I’ve
admired the handwrought leather key rings.
There’s a lot to look at inside Fairweather,
so take your time.
Gift certifi cates make excellent stock-
ing stuffers. May I recommend a week of
coffee from Pacifi c Pearl Coffee or Seaside
Coffee, or for the reader in your life, a gift
certifi cate from Beach Books?
Spa services or the gift of massage make
a wonderful stocking stuffer. Seaside Mas-
sage and Spa has gift certifi cates for plenty
of pampering packages, but they also do
medical massage addressing backache and
sciatica. Salon on Broadway offers gift cer-
tifi cates for hair care, nails, and rejuvenat-
ing facials.
A time-honored stocking stuffer of
course is booze. Those airline sized mini
bottles of bespoke gin and vodka are just
the right size. Check it all out at your favor-
ite liquor store.
If you’re clever and quick with the knit-
ting needles, there’s still time to run over
to Seaside Yarn and Fiber to snatch up
some great yarn. Make your own gorgeous
Christmas stocking and fi ll it with gifts for
yourself. For inspiration, don’t miss out
on checking out the stocking exhibit in the
library. It’s really great stuff.
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