CHILDERSBURG, Ala. – The annual Holiday Bazaar to benefit the historic Butler-Harris-Rainwater House was a big hit over the weekend, helping raise funds for 2025 projects from the Childersburg Historic Preservation Commission.
“We gathered the best-ever group of vendors,” said Dianne Lester Newman, “and we had a steady flow of shoppers all day. I want to emphasize that they were buying from our vendors like never before!”
Newman said that 2024 saw the Commission complete landscaping around the historic landmark, along with automatic irrigation.
“It looks better than we even imagined it would,” Newman remarked. “Thanks to help from Gina Hudson of Gina’s Greenhouse. This coming year, we’re looking to re-do our brick sidewalk, make it look better, and be a safer walkway.”
December means several other annual holiday season traditions for the B-H-R House in downtown Childersburg.
On Tuesday, Dec. 3, it will host the 6:00 p.m. start of the downtown Christmas Tree Lighting festivities. One week later on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 8:30 a.m., it will also host the December Coffee from the Greater Coosa Valley Chamber of Commerce.
“We get so much help throughout the year from the Childersburg Street Department to make our downtown area clean and attractively decorated,” explained Newman. “We’ll be serving the entire crew a holiday dinner as our way of showing our thanks for all they do, and, yes, we’ll literally be ‘serving’ them. They’ll just come in, sit down, and enjoy the meal. They make such a difference. It’s important for them to know how much we appreciate the many ways they volunteer to help.”
