12/10/2025
๐๐๐Happening December 20th, 2025!๐๐๐
The 20th Annual Cookies & Carols will take place on Saturday, December 20th, 2025.
To help get children and families into the holiday spirit, the Falstaff Family Centre (FFC) is inviting the community to its annual Cookies & Carols event Saturday, December 20. For the first time, the presentation will be offered twice, with an afternoon event starting at 3:30 p.m. and remounted that same evening at 6:30 p.m. (doors open 30 minutes prior)
Once again, the event will be hosted by Michael Fox, with carols, music and readings by Loreena McKennitt, as well as Gemini Award-winning actor Cedric Smith, who will narrate a portion of A Childโs Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas. Santa Claus himself will appear at 4:15 and 7:15 p.m. and there will be lots of carol singing in between with everyone invited to join in. Cookies and beverages will also be on offer.
โThis is a cherished tradition we love hosting for the community,โ says McKennitt, owner and director of the FFC. โWe look forward to seeing people again in person and enjoying the spirit of the season.โ
The event is free but donations will be gratefully accepted for Wellspring Stratford.
โWellspring Stratford is honoured to be the beneficiary of this yearโs Cookies & Carols event,โ said Lisa Stacey, House Manager of Wellspring Stratford. โAs a community-funded organization that receives no government support, events like this help ensure we can continue offering our programs at no cost to anyone affected by cancer. Weโre deeply grateful for this generosity.โ
The FFC has been hosting the Cookies & Carols event for twenty years, since McKennitt bought the former school in 2000.