In Easton, many of the season's wreaths, poinsettias, ornaments and string lights are sold by the Garden Club, the Senior Center, a church fair and the library's Friends group. Each one runs on a deadline or a single date, and most of those dates fall before Thanksgiving.
So the season begins with order forms. By the time the tree beside the Easton Public Library lights up on December 6, the wreaths will already have been ordered, picked up and hung, and the church fair will be two weeks past.
The deadlines, in order
As of this Thursday, November 5, here is how the next month lines up:
- Sunday, November 8. The Easton Learning Foundation's annual Holiday Auction closes. It opened November 1, and items include Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater concert tickets, home heating oil and service, a Garden Catering lunch and an igloo experience at Aquila's Nest Winery.
- Tuesday, November 10. Mailed order forms for the Easton Garden Club's wreath and poinsettia sale must arrive by this date.
- Friday, November 13. Last day to drop off holiday care-package donations for troops overseas at Town Hall. The collection is run with Helen Keller Middle School and Joel Barlow High School.
- Tuesday, November 17. Online ordering for the Garden Club sale closes.
- Saturday, November 21. The Holiday Fair at the Congregational Church of Easton runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Monday, November 30. Garden Club orders are ready for pickup in the Easton Library Community Room.
- Sunday, December 6. The Friends of the Easton Public Library hold their Holiday Market and Tree Lighting, 3 to 6 p.m.
Six of these seven dates fall in November. The auction is already open, and it is the first window to close.
What the Garden Club is selling, and why it has to be ordered early
The Easton Garden Club's wreath and poinsettia sale works on preorders. Orders are taken through mid-November, then filled for a single pickup day. You can order online, or pick up a paper form at Town Hall or the Easton Library.
This year's list includes:
- Double-sided evergreen wreaths, small through large, plus 36-inch barn wreaths
- White-pine roping
- Poinsettias in red, white and pink, as single, double or triple plants
- Live 18- to 24-inch Magnolia and Colorado Blue Spruce gift trees
- Native seed gift kits, fresh herbs and nature-themed gift sets for kids
New this year, the club has an expanded line of fresh and dried wreaths and garlands handmade for it by The Magnolia Company, along with swags and centerpieces.
Pickup is November 30 in the Library Community Room at 691 Morehouse Road. The club plans hot cider and treats and will have some items for sale that day. Because the Garden Club is a 501(c)(3), purchases are tax free, and proceeds go to club projects that protect the environment and improve quality of life in Easton. A wreath ordered in mid-November helps pay for the club's community projects the following year.
A Fairfield hardware store's last stock, now at 650 Morehouse Road
The Easton Senior Center's Holiday Boutique has the most unusual inventory of the season. The Town of Easton's October 30 message from First Selectman Dan Lent says the boutique is "bigger and better than ever," thanks to "a wonderful donation from retiring Posters Hardware." That donation filled the shelves with Christmas lights, trees, ornaments and decorations, alongside donated new items such as designer handbags, jewelry and kitchenware.
Poster Hardware was at 2155 Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield. Patch reported in August that it had closed the weekend before August 24, 2026, as its owners retired. Patch also traced the store to Joe Poster, who opened it after the building went up in 1949. Some of that store's holiday stock is now on sale a few miles away in Easton.
The boutique is at the Senior Center, 650 Morehouse Road, and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds support the center's classes and programs. Children are welcome, and the town's notice says sales have been strong and encourages shopping early. Volunteers to help staff the boutique can call the Senior Center desk at 203-268-1145.
Center Road on the 21st, Sport Hill Road all month
Once the order windows have closed, the season moves to places you shop in person.
The Holiday Fair on Saturday, November 21, is free and runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Easton Courier's event listing promises vendor tables, crafts, home-baked goods, "attic treasures" and Swedish ornaments handmade for the fair, with plenty of parking. The organizer is listed as the Congregational Church of Easton, whose sanctuary is at 290 Center Road. The church traces its roots to the North Fairfield Parish, founded in 1762. That parish became the town of Easton in 1845.
On Sport Hill Road, Silverman's Farm at 451 Sport Hill Road keeps a longer schedule. Its farm market and animal farm are open seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., through December 31, 2026. It keeps partial hours on Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve and closes on Christmas Day. The farm takes Thanksgiving pie orders ahead of time, and its seasonal calendar says Christmas trees are ready the week before Thanksgiving. This year Thanksgiving falls on November 26. In December it stocks fresh-cut Fraser fir, Douglas fir and Concolor fir trees from 4 to 12 feet. Staff give each tree a fresh cut and tie it to the car, and the farm also sells handmade wreaths, mantel arrangements and centerpieces.
For cut-your-own trees, Maple Row Farm at 229 Stepney Road advertises cut-your-own and precut trees, wreaths and roping, with free weekend hayrides and refreshments. Its Christmas tree page has season details.
Morehouse Road, where the season ends
On a map, most of this calendar sits on one road. The library, the Senior Center and Notre Dame of Easton are within a few doors of each other on Morehouse Road, and several of the season's events happen there.
| Address on Morehouse Road | Place | November and December dates |
|---|---|---|
| 650 | Easton Senior Center | Holiday Boutique, weekdays 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| 655 | Notre Dame of Easton, Deacon Sabol Hall | Handbag Bingo, Friday, Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m. |
| 691 | Easton Public Library | Burial ground talk Nov. 7; Mahjong & Mocktails Nov. 12; Garden Club pickup Nov. 30; Holiday Market and Tree Lighting Dec. 6 |
The library has the busiest November. On Saturday, November 7, at 7 p.m., Easton resident and archaeologist Michael Pappalardo will speak in the Community Room about the Historic Harlem African Burial Ground Project. That cemetery was established in the 1690s for free and enslaved people of African descent, and excavations there found evidence of an earlier Indigenous site. The Easton Town Cemetery Committee is presenting the talk, with a suggested donation of $15. On Thursday, November 12, the Joel Barlow High School PTO holds Mahjong & Mocktails in the same room, 6 to 9 p.m. The next night, ladies 18 and older can attend Handbag Bingo in Deacon Sabol Hall at Notre Dame of Easton, 655 Morehouse Road. Admission is $60, and it's cash or check only. The library is also showing The Carved Wisdom of Harvey Paris through November 30.
The Friends of the Easton Public Library Holiday Market and Tree Lighting closes out the calendar on Sunday, December 6, from 3 to 6 p.m. The Friends list returning and new vendors, a new decoration theme and a raffle of crafts and other items. Santa and Mrs. Claus visit from 3:30 to 5 p.m., and the Joel Barlow Chamber Singers perform from 4:30 to 5:15. At 5:15, the tree beside the library will be lit with more than 1,200 new lights added this year. Vendors can still register for tables through the Friends' site.
The Garden Club picks up its wreaths in that same building six days earlier. That leaves just enough time to have the front door decorated before the tree is lit.
If you're thinking about how your own home will look and feel through the season, or how it might show next spring, I'm always glad to talk it through. Maura Gilson-O'Donnell is here when you're ready. Let's Start a Conversation.
