Dolores Christmas events include bazaar, open house, Santa

Fourth Street Girls host open house
A large crowd filled the Dolores Community Center for the annual Christmas Bazaar last year. This year, the event is Dec. 2, and features 50 vendors.

The Dolores Christmas Bazaar will be held Saturday, Dec. 2, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dolores Community Center.

“I’ve been putting on the bazaar for 26 years. It’s a really friendly, festive local tradition,” said organizer Ruby Gonzales.

Fifty vendors from local towns and Telluride, Monticello and Pagosa Springs will be selling goods. The bazaar offers a dizzying array of gift items, including crafts, artwork, pies, candy, knitted goods, leatherworks, metal art and ornaments.

Also on Dec. 2, the Fourth Street Girls — Terris Hair, Ginger Jar and Flying Pig — will host an open house Christmas party from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wear your favorite ugly Christmas sweater, hat or shoes, and there will be a drawing for $100.

On Dec. 9, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Christmas with Santa will take place at the Galloping Goose museum in downtown Dolores. Santa will arrive on a firetruck, carols will be sung, and the Dolores Library staff will be reading holiday stories. Every kid will receive a Christmas gift bag.

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