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Concord, NH

DECEMBER
2020
SERVING THE TOWNS OF BRISTOL • BRIDGEWATER • ALEXANDRIA • HEBRON
VOL. 1. NO. 1

Saying
Santa’s Village at the TTCC Will Go On
Goodbye
Just a bit altered due to Covid-19
to a
By Donna rhoDes

BRISTOL – Most people Small-Town
have heard the story of How
the Grinch Stole Christmas Staple
and while it seems the Co-
rona virus is trying to play the By Brittany amalfi
role of “Grinch” this year, the
joy of Santa’s Village at Tap- After sixty-two wonderful
ply-Thompson Community years, the town of Bristol, NH,
Center will still go on, just a is saying goodbye to Skip’s Sport
bit altered due to the unusual Shop. What started as a hobby
circumstances of 2020. soon became a family-centered
Santa’s Village is celebrat- business with authentic rela-
ing its 75th anniversary of tionships that will last a lifetime.
bringing holiday cheer to the Harold Rielly (Skip) began his
Newfound Region and beyond gunsmithing on the first floor
this year. Typically families of The White Birch Inn, and
flock to the community center little did he know that his hobby
to enjoy the North Pole Post would become such a staple in
Office, Santa’s Toy Shop, Mrs. the small town of Bristol, New
Claus’s kitchen, the Sweet Hampshire.
Shop and more, ending with a Skip’s Sport Shop went from
personal visit with Santa. Tapply-Thompson Community Center will host a drive-through visit with Santa this year and each child a typical gun store to an “outfit-
As the number of peo- who comes to see him will receive one of three special holiday ornaments. PHOTO BY DONNA RHODES ter for the town,” says Sue Wil-
ple testing positive for the liamson, Skip’s daughter. They
COVID-19 virus begin to rise the indoor village would not mas be stolen, no matter how ‘How the Grinch Stole Christ- started out by just selling guns
once more, both Santa and the be safe this year. However, they hard the Grinch may try. to selling accessories, magazines,
committee felt that opening will not let the spirit of Christ- “The theme this year is SANTA'S VILLAGE
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