LOWLINC Holiday Dinner, Thursday, December 6, 5:30 p.m. Clubhouse Dining Room.

Kick off the holidays with a festive dinner at the Clubhouse, which will be beautifully decorated for the season. This year, we’ll have a cash bar and buffet, and all dinners will be prepaid.  On the menu: garden salad, carved beef au jus, carved turkey, corn bread, garlic mashed potatoes, vegetable medley and pumpkin pie.  Cash bar.  Cost per person is $20, prepaid by mailing your check to LOWLINC, P.O. Box 518, Locust Grove, VA 22508.  Deadline for receiving your check: November 26.

Christmas Carols at Fareways, Tuesday, December 11, 5:30 p.m. 

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without beautiful carols.  We’ll gather at Fareways for Open MIC night when Chris Forzano and Mark Tarallo (the popular Chris and Mark Duo) will sing some of the season’s favorites. You can order from the regular Fareways menu if you wish, including a beverage from the bar.  Chris and Mark usually play until 8:30. The entertainment is free but Chris and Mark accept free-will donations to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Free Holiday Gift Wrapping, Monday, December 17, Location TBD, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Do you have gifts you need to wrap or do you simply hate wrapping? Volunteers will have tape, wrapping paper and ribbon to assist you in creating the most beautifully wrapped gifts ever!  If you have a particular wrapping paper you like, please bring it. This event is open to your friends and neighbors, too. There is no charge, but donations of ribbons and paper are gladly accepted.