Holly Day

The annual Holly Day Fair and Luncheon at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven is this Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event is packed with traditional Christmas bazaar treats, including baked goods, handmade crafts, ornaments, clothes, a White Elephant Table with gently used gifts and a silent auction. There is also a children’s shopping room so youngsters can take part in the giving season at bargain prices and have the gifts wrapped too.

Lisa Scannell Benefit

Martha’s Vineyard vacations aren’t just good for the soul; they can also help out a person in need.

On Sunday, Dec. 5 the Martha’s Vineyard Horse Council will raffle off two Island Dream Vacation packages at its annual awards event, held at 2 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. Proceeds from the raffles will benefit Lisa Ben David Scannell, who was injured in a horse riding accident in June and has had to undergo rehabilitation.

Kale Festival

On Sunday, Dec. 4, celebrate all things kale at a festival in its honor taking place at Mermaid Farm on Middle Road in Chilmark.

The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature kale cooking demonstrations, kale tastings, a potluck brunch, a kale cook-off and farm tours. No word yet on whether it’s time to break out the kale hats and mittens.

For anyone who has been to the Elves Faire, brought to the Island every year as a benefit for the Plum Hill Preschool, you know it is an event not to be missed. It can also get a bit crowded. You weren’t the only one to get the word.

Well, this year the Elves are headed to a new location to accommodate all the craft-loving kids and their attendant parents, not above making a holiday snowglobe or two themselves. Previously held at the Federated Church of Edgartown, the faire has moved to St. Andrew’s Church located on North Summer street in Edgartown.

Farms Story Hour

Moo or oink or cock-a-doodle-doo if you love story hour and farms because Morning Glory Farm is set to host a preschool story hour every Tuesday in December beginning at 11 a.m.

The stories take place in the farmstand loft and feature farm inspired stories and songs. Imagine that, parents do the boring shopping routine, although not really boring with all the fresh veggies at the stand, and kids get to get cozy in the loft, playing Heidi.

Go farms, go reading.

What are you worth? Tough to say, really, with all the intangibles out there and worth not being just about the fat or thin wallet. The stuff one accumulates is often subject to the same arbitrary, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, problem.

Little Susie’s homemade ashtray? Priceless and also worth nothing. A dusty painting of some fishermen fighting out a late summer squall done by great-grandpa Obediah, the one who lost an arm during a bull fighting exhibition? Again, tough to say.

Time to bring in the professionals.