☕ Join us today from 1-3pm in the Community Room for the 37th Annual Wallingford Garden Club Holiday Tea and Decoration Exhibit. Enjoy some tea and light refreshments and purchase some floral centerpieces for your holiday gathering. This year's theme is Toyland!

🍊 The clove-studded pomander ornaments stole the show at our Jane Austen-inspired Regency era Christmas party! The ton would have been shook. 📧 Check out our monthly newsletter (walpublib.org/newsletter) and sign up for emails (walpublib.org/email) so you don’t miss any future events!

🌲 🧤 🥫 It's the last week to donate food and warm clothing to our Caring Tree! Thank you to everyone who has already contributed. Donations of hats, scarves, gloves, and mittens will be delivered to local charitable organizations after Fri Dec 12th. You may also donate non-perishable grocery items.

❄️ Thanks to everyone who stopped in during Wallingford Center Inc.'s Holiday Stroll! We hope you got a jump start on your holiday shopping! 🎁 You can continue to shop local today during the Local Author Holiday Market taking place at the Library today from 10am-2pm. walpublib.org/HolidayMarket2025

The first 150 visitors during the Holiday Stroll from 4-9pm tonight will receive laser cut ornaments. There will be a drawing for a laser-cut lantern, free glittery Collaboratory stickers, free hot cocoa, a photo op, and we hear there is a chance of snow on the library's front walkway! ❄️ 😉

🎄 We dropped off our tree at Coalition for a Better Wlfd! Our tree is fiber arts themed and was handcrafted by some of our regular visitors who volunteered their time to knit and crochet the decorations. It was truly made with love and we hope it will find the perfect home this holiday season!

🎶 Gather with our Wallingford Ukulele Club as they celebrate the Holiday Season! This delightful group of uke-thusiasts will “Jingle-Bell Rock” you with holiday classics from “Blue Christmas” to “Light One Candle.” Everyone will be invited to sing along! 🔵 Register: walpublib.org/Uketide1225

📸 Your phone can carry thousands of photos, but how often do you ever look at them? Print out your favorites in the Collaboratory! You can even make a mug or a shirt out of your favorites as gifts. Learn how here: walpublib.org/Collaboratory www.youtube.com/shorts/JRriZ...

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🦃 To celebrate Thanksgiving we hosted Rachel Sayet, a Mohegan chef, anthropologist, and storyteller at our most recent Wallingford Table event. She discussed the history of indigenous cuisine in southern New England. You can learn more about Rachel and her mission on her website (rachelsayet.com)

🌲 You are cordially invited to join us in celebrating the spirit of the holiday season! Drop in and treat yourself to delicious homemade sandwiches and sweets while enjoying the creative display of holiday decorations designed by the Wallingford Garden Club.

🎁 Before you check out that shopping cart take a look at Consumer Reports, free with your Wallingford library card to make sure you're getting the best deals on the best products! Including the best Black Friday deals: walpublib.org/ConsumerReports

❄️ Inside of a library, just before Christmas Eve, there happened a story you must see to believe...

🎁 WPL is delighted to support local graduates of our Etsy Craft Entrepreneurship workshops and local published adult and children’s book authors. Come to our annual holiday market to meet and talk with the artisans and writers and purchase some wonderful crafts or personally autographed books.

🌲 In honor of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday this December, you are invited to a Regency holiday party at the WPL! We will be joined by historian Rachel Koladis, who will share some of the holiday traditions that were fashionable in Jane’s lifetime. 🔴 Info and register: walpublib.org/JaneAusten1225

🎹 Join the Spanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW) School of Music for a festive holiday concert! The SCOW Singers will present a program of traditional Christmas Carols in both Spanish and English. Light refreshments will be served!

🎁 Join us at one of our fun, festive, eco-friendly wrapping parties this holiday season! You are invited to drop by the Collaboratory on Monday nights between 6:30-8:30pm to wrap gifts in the company of your fellow crafters. We’ll provide everything you need to create beautiful, sustainable packages

⚡ A huge thanks to Pokémon for supporting libraries by sending us these cards and goodies! We'll be using these cards at our upcoming Pokémon events! Register here: walpublib.org/PokemonEvents 🟦 And don't forget to sign-up for emails so you never miss an event: walpublib.org/email

📬 ❄️ Holiday Postcards featuring historical images from the Connecticut Collection are now available for $1 each at the Check-Out Desk for the history lovers and readers in your life! All proceeds benefit the library.

🇺🇸 The library is closed today in honor of our Veterans. A soldier's service to their country continues even after they leave active duty, and in that spirit we encourage everyone to leave their own messages to Veterans on our whiteboard wall throughout the month of November. #ThankYouForYourService

🧶 The yarn bombing is complete! The trees in front of the library have all been wrapped in yarn tiles created by talented Wallingford crocheters as part of a colorful art installation that will be up through the gray days of winter. #YarnBombing #YarnBomb

🟠 Happy Día de Muertos! 🟠 Thank you to Spanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW) for bringing this cultural celebration of remembrance to the Wallingford Public Library with music, dancing, and food! This has become one of our favorite fall traditions!

🐋 Kids recently got to experience what it might be like to be swallowed by a whale! The Whalemobile took up nearly all of the library's Community Room. Inside we learned all about its anatomy and whale conservation. 🟦 Be notified of more programs like this: walpublib.org/email

🟦 🕯️ Join Connecticut Hospice bereavement counselor Micheal Santangelo as she discusses how to cope with grief and find meaningful ways to honor our lost loved ones during the holiday season. 🟦 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Grief1125

🌽 Rachel Sayet, a Mohegan chef, anthropologist, and storyteller, will discuss the history of indigenous cuisine in southern New England, along with some of the key seasonal foods that Native people have been eating since time immemorial. 🟦 Register: walpublib.org/MoheganHarvest1125

💀 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃í𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟓:𝟑𝟎-𝟖𝐩𝐦 with Spanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW) & the Wallingford Public Library! No registration required. More info here: walpublib.org/DiaDeMuertos1125

🦀 If there's anything that can bring people together it's food and libraries! Wallingford Public Library Board President Jared Liu and Wallingford Mayor Vincent Cervoni both sampled an invasive crab species prepared by Sushi Chef Bun Lai at our 145th Annual Association Meeting last week.

🎃 Happy Halloween from the Wallingford Public Library! We can't wait to see everyone's costumes at the Phantom Juice Bar tonight! This year we are also featuring a costume contest and a candy exchange! The juice bar will materialize at sunset for anyone trick-or-treating on North Main Street. 🦇

💎 It's become an annual tradition for Caitlin, our resident Queen of Halloween on staff to lead teens in creating a spooky artifact for Halloween each October. This year they created magic staffs powered by magic crystals! 🦇 Happy All Hallows' Eve Eve!

📘 Celebrate #IndigenousPeoplesMonth with a virtual visit from author Amanda Peters! The Berry Pickers is an intimate portrait of race, love, loneliness and the power of forgiveness. 📘 Register: walpublib.org/AmandaPeters1125

🎴 Do you have any Pokémon or Magic: The Gathering Cards you are no longer using? The Children's Room is looking for donations of cards to use during programs and for giveaways. Your donations will help teach the next generation of gamers how to play! #Pokemon #MTG

🟩 🌱 In this virtual workshop led by certified Master Gardener Jim Sirch, we’ll discuss the cultivation requirements for different plant species and get you fully equipped for the coming months. 🟩 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/WinterSeed1125

⛄ Do you have a sweater that’s just not quite “festive” enough? Join us at this workshop led by Ashley Parker of Sew This Studios, where we will embellish old sweaters by hand with holiday-themed adornments such as appliques, sequins, trims and more. ❄️ Register: walpublib.org/HolidaySweater1125

💀 Celebrate Día de Muertos with SCOW & the WPL! You will have the chance to learn about the customs of this traditional Mexican holiday and view our community-made altar. Dancers and musicians will put on live performances in authentic costume, while the SCOW School of Music singers serenades!

📘 Celebrate #IndigenousPeoplesMonth with a virtual visit from author Joseph Lee! 📘 In Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity, Joseph Lee explores Indigenous identity near the “island paradise” of Martha’s Vineyard. 📘 walpublib.org/JosephLee1125

🦃 We're talkin' turkey! Master Wildlife Conservationist Ginny Apple will discuss the wild turkeys of Connecticut and their role in early America, as well as their habitats, eating habits, mating rituals and offspring. 🟩 walpublib.org/WildTurkeys1125

🟠 🎸 Did you know that the Collaboratory is also a music studio? It’s true! In this month’s Cool Laboratory video, we'll use the musical equipment in the Collaboratory to make a song with Apple’s GarageBand software.

🟦 📘 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲! Philippa Gregory returns to the infamous Tudor Court in her new novel Boleyn Traitor. 🟦 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Gregory1025

🧶 Thanks to everyone who dropped by to craft some crochet squares for WPL's first yarn bombing! We can't wait to get these on the trees in the library's front yard.

🕰️ Take a peek back in time in the Connecticut Collection! 🟦 This collection includes photos, postcards, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, maps, school yearbooks, town directories, genealogies and more. Learn more: walpublib.org/ConnecticutCollection

🎃 Learn all about pumpkins in this pumpkin themed story time with the Wallingford Garden Club! We will read some pumpkin stories, sing some pumpkin songs, and do a fun pumpkin decorating craft! 🎃 Register here: walpublib.org/PumpkinStoryTime1025

🟦 📘 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐳𝐚𝐢! Thrust onto the public stage when she was 15 after the Taliban’s attack on her life, Malala Yousafzai became an international icon known for bravery and resilience. 🟦 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Malala1025

⬛ 👻 In honor of the Halloween season and the upcoming 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence, Sean and Carrie McCabe of the @aintitscary podcast will be hosting a short history of ghost stories with roots in colonial folklore. ⬛ Info and register: walpublib.org/GhostStories1025

🟦Visit us at Celebrate Wallingford this to hear about all the amazing things going on at the library and how your membership donations help keep the possibilities endless. 🟦Ask for a membership donation envelope at our booth or become a member on the library's website: walpublib.org/BecomeAMember

👻 It's the official start of #SpookySeason! What better way to kick-off October than with the Master of the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe brought back to life by actor Campbell Harmon! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1L...

🟪 🏠 Join us for a community conversation on housing, neighboring, and calling Wallingford home. This gathering will provide an opportunity for participants to get to know each other as they share their housing experiences. 🟪 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/Bridges1025

🟩 🌈 It's never too late to enroll in preschool with your Wallingford Public Library Card! Playgarden Prep is an online preschool program led by certified NYC teachers and an innovative curriculum. Also a great choice for families on a homeschooling journey! 🟩 Access here: walpublib.org/playgarden

🟩 🥗 Our three-part “Food for Thought” series, led by Priya Gooty of Omni Health LLC, emphasizes the benefits of eating nutritious, home-prepared meals instead of eating out. Separate registration is required for each class. 🟩 For more info and to register: walpublib.org/FoodForThought1025

🔲 📋 This comprehensive workshop is designed to provide job seekers with the skills they need to navigate the interview process with confidence from start to finish. 🔲 More more info and to register: walpublib.org/interviewing1025

⬛ 🍴 Join Ana Avila and the Spanish Community of Wallingford for a bilingual cooking demonstration in honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth! Ana will be preparing traditional tamales from Mexico. ⬛ For more info and to register: walpublib.org/CookingWithAna1025