LATEST NEWS Home For The Holidays LoginSubscribe Newsletters Contact HOME NEWS EVENTS COMMUNITY LINKS PHOTOS ARCHIVES PONCA CITY MONTHLY Christmas Market Oklahoma Tue, November 23, 2021Chelsea McConnell/Staff Writer There’s just something about the holiday season. Twinkle lights, hot cocoa, festive music, the cool chill in the air, and the promise of time to be spent with loved ones and friends. There’s a reason why it’s called the ‘most wonderful time of the year.’ If you’re looking for something special this year, keep reading! Would you love a Christmas Carol serenade while sipping apple cider and shopping one-of-a-kind gift items? Then don’t miss Christmas Market Oklahoma! For the tenth year in a row, local citizens are invited to encounter the joy of the holiday season packed into a single day at Christmas Market Oklahoma hosted by First Lutheran Church (FLC). The event is held annually on the first Saturday in December and is scheduled this year for Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Festivities will take place on the school campus, located at 1101 N. 4th Street. Shirley Zimmerman, Christmas Market volunteer, talks about how the idea for the Market came to be 10 years ago. “Our son was a foreign exchange student in Germany when he was a junior in high school. They have Christmas markets over there.” It was Shirley’s son who suggested FLC use their campus for a Christmas Market with an old-world German feel. Members of the FLC family have spent the last nine years crafting an event that truly includes something for everyone. Led by Chris Mudd, volunteers decorate the campus with lights, candy canes and nativity scenes to give the area a special holiday feel. The event boasts retail vendors, food, drinks, music and more. The Market even features a homemade German-style lunch of bratwurst, sauerkraut and German apple cake available for purchase. Shirley reports 30 vendors have already signed up for this year’s event. The FLC campus has the capacity to house up to 84 vendors and will be accepting applications until the week prior to the event. Booth fees begin at $35 for a 5 x 10 space and go up in price from there depending on vendor needs. Vendor setup will begin in the gymnasium, with additional room available in the cafeteria if needed. Vendors already signed up are bringing an incredible selection of gift items for shoppers to peruse this holiday, including goat milk soap, bath bombs and other personal care items, handmade beaded and wooden crosses, wreaths, jewelry, quilts, women’s clothing and baby items. The majority of the items being sold at the Market are handmade and many come from local vendors. The Market promises to be a great location to purchase stocking stuffers, hostess gifts and that extra special something for all those extra special people in your life. The Christmas Market also provides the opportunity for shoppers to support our local economy through their purchases with local vendors. In addition to items listed above for sale, the First Lutheran Women’s Missionary League will host their annual Cookie Walk with homemade cookies for sale by the plate. The women of First Lutheran don’t mess around when it comes to baked goods. In years past, the Cookie Walk has featured as many as 500 dozen cookies! Shirley lets us in on an exciting addition to the Cookie Walk this year. A beautiful set of china dishware was gifted to the church by a member’s estate. The gift of this china sparked the idea among church volunteers to plate the treats for the annual Cookie Walk on china. Volunteers began with the china from the generous gift they received and went through other donations to find additional plates for the cookies. Shirley adds, “We’re excited about that because that’s a little different dimension to the Cookie Walk rather than just having it on Styrofoam.” If homemade cookies on gorgeous dinnerware isn’t enough to pique your interest, the Lutheran Ladies Guild will also be selling homemade bread, candies and cobblers. The cookies and other treats will be for sale in the Fellowship Hall of the Church. The Fellowship Hall is the original stone sanctuary in the center of the FLC property. It’s also where the kitchen is located, and where lunch will be prepared and served by Principal Birnbaum and other volunteers. In addition to brats and sauerkraut, pulled pork sandwiches will also be available. Boy Scout Troop 524 will be onsite in the gymnasium selling coffee, hot apple cider and other drinks. In addition to items for sale, FLC’s Music Director Chris Shelp, along with help from his wife, Katie, and volunteer Ryan Turnipseed, is arranging local musicians to play throughout the day. Musicians will be using the gymnasium stage and balcony areas to serenade shoppers with Christmas carols while they indulge in a little retail therapy. If you bring the kiddos along, make sure to pick up a Nativity Scavenger Hunt booklet for them. Each child who finds all the items on the scavenger hunt will receive a free cookie! Funds raised from the Market benefit the First Lutheran School Scholarship Fund. The church’s intent is for their members to “Grow Up, Grow Out, and Grow Together.” One of the ways they fulfill their mission is through their school, and scholarships help make attending First Lutheran a reality for students in need. Contact Shirley Zimmerman at (580) 761-4657 for information on being a vendor at First Lutheran’s Christmas Market Oklahoma. You can follow the Market on Facebook at Christmas Market Oklahoma. 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