The Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival, Inc. is an independent, non-profit organization with no paid staff, no office space, and whose sole purpose is to raise funds for local community projects. Since our founding in 1981, the Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival has touched the lives of tens of thousands of our neighbors by donating more than $2.5M to local charities (see Past Recipients).
Our 2011 recipient for this special year is the St. Vincent's Special Needs Servicesdetails and the theme for this year's Festival is "A Special Year...30 Years of Giving."
Fostering the physical, educational, spiritual, emotional, and social development of persons with complex disabilities so they may play, learn, work, and live in the community
Each year hundreds of dedicated volunteers magically transform the historic Burr Homestead in Fairfield, Connecticut into a celebration of the Christmas season. Local interior and floral designers donate their time, talent, and energy creating elegantly decorated rooms. Every space in the Burr Homestead is transformed into a Holiday Showcase highlights. Each holiday vignette is filled with beautiful handmade wreaths, trees, garlands, and holiday decorations that are available for you to purchase. Please clickhereto view our 2011 Designers and Retail Partners.
Our Holiday Boutique offers a splendid selection of unique gifts and ornaments to help you with your holiday shopping. Floral designers are available in the Live Wreath area to create fresh evergreen decorations in a variety of wreath sizes made especially for your home from an extensive selection of trimmings and festive designer ribbons.
For 30 years, Cecily Zerega, a longtime Fairfield Christmas Tree Festival Board Member, has designed and created beautiful quilts for our annualQuilt Raffledetails. The recipient of the 2011 Raffle's net proceeds will be the Bridgeport Hospital Auxiliary details.
Special events during the Festival weekend include aGala Preview Partydetails, our always popular Children's Event-"The Giving Tree"details, "It's A Good Year" Wine Tastingdetails, and "A Very Special Tea" Event details. Plus, there is an opportunity to buy Festival inspired Totes & Tiesmore info, our wonderful Cookbook-Festival Favoritesmore info, and of course, visits and photos for the little ones with Santa Claus details.
We hope you will join us as a volunteer, sponsor, or donor to kick-off this year's Holiday Season with another fabulousFairfield Christmas Tree Festival!
