The Auxiliary’s holiday craft faire is back — and this is the part where we ask you for something. Booth applications are open, and so is the volunteer list.

For over forty years, the weekend before Thanksgiving has meant one thing in Felton. The engines roll out front, the bay doors open, and for two days the firehouse turns into a Christmas market run entirely by neighbors. Handmade gifts, a bake sale that sells out both days, raffle tickets measured against a firefighter’s height, and lunch in the station kitchen. Every dollar goes back to the volunteers who answer this valley’s calls.

If you make something

We’re putting together a mix of new local makers and the longtime favorites people come back for. If you make it by hand and you’re local to the valley, we’d like to see your work on our shelves. The application takes a few minutes — we’ll follow up with booth details and setup times. Space in the bay is limited and it fills, so don’t sit on it.

If you’d rather lend a hand

Santa’s Shelves runs on volunteers — Friday setup, the kitchen, the bake sale and raffle tables, the door, Sunday breakdown. Most shifts are two or three hours and no experience is needed for any of them. Bakers, donations for the raffle and silent auction, and every other way to help are all on the event page.