-The premier juried craft show in Upper Bucks County
Kringle Christmas Shoppe
December 5, 6, 7, 2025
Kringle Christmas Shoppe
December 5, 6, 7, 2025
Venue change for 2025!
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Haycock Township Community Center's main hall will not be available our annual fundraiser, Kringle Christmas Shoppe in 2025.
For this year, Kringle will be held at Benner Hall, located at
1260 East Cherry Road, Quakertown.
Nothing has changed but the location.
We will offer the same magical atmosphere, fabulous talent, ambiance, and hospitality that our guests have come to expect. The beautiful, spacious Benner Hall offers plenty of parking and is handicapped accessible.
Featured Artist Anne Landis
A Nature Artist
Featured artist of the 2025 Kringle Christmas Shoppe, Anne will present her floral and nature watercolor creations in a display titled "Endless Summer".
For Anne, painting is a passion which creates lasting scenes of nature to be enjoyed throughout the year, not just in winter! As an artist, Anne is energized by images that reflect her concern for the preservation of the health and beauty of our natural surroundings.
Being best known for her detailed floral watercolors, especially the popular, award-winning zinnias, Anne has reproduced these in note card sets and matted prints.
These paintings reflect Anne’s artistic beginnings during summers spent on her grandparents’ Connecticut farm where her grandmother taught her the names of weeds and flowers and inspired her fascination with color.
Beginning with pastels, Anne later transitioned to water colors, capturing stunning landscapes, flowers and still-life treasures that can be enjoyed year-round.
In her watercolors, Anne applies multiples layers of transparent paint to capture the desired intensity of color. She carefully designs each image to save spots for the white of the paper to show through creating contrasts of light and shadow.
Miniatures are one of Anne's specialties. These are tiny originals which must measure 25 square inches or less and depict one-sixth of actual size. The Snow Goose Gallery in Bethlehem is one of her favorite shops and framers. During May-June annually, the gallery produces one of the largest international miniature exhibits in the country, including close to 100 artists, by invitation only, and some 400 miniature works of art. Anne is proud to be included as an exhibitor for the past six years.
Anne participates in numerous juried art shows throughout the year, including Haycock Historical Society's Kringle Christmas Shoppe, where these miniature paintings of wetlands and rain-gardens can be found and enjoyed year-round. Anne offers a wide selection of note cards and prints displaying these scenes of preservation that she has discovered during her travels.
Also displayed are a variety of note cards and prints based on Anne’s signature watercolor “Weeping Sunflower-Midnight in Ukraine”. The painting was inspired by the Ukranians' passion for freedom and self-governance following the brutal invasions they have suffered.
Colorful varieties of sunflowers, their national flower, are also represented with a series of oil paintings on miniature canvasses.
The monarch butterfly is a symbol of rebirth during its life cycle, and perseverance through a most challenging annual migration. Anne captures the monarchs in original watercolor paintings as well as note cards and prints available in many sizes.
Now retired, after a 31-year career teaching special education in the Quakertown School District, Anne continues her love for teaching by leading an art therapy volunteer program at the Good Shepherd Home in Allentown. She also works as a hospice volunteer for St. Luke’s Grandview Hospital in Sellersville, building on her life-long love of caring for a special-needs daughter. Her other varied interests include enjoyment of walking and photographing outdoors, watching favorite sports and mysteries on TV, reading, writing, word puzzles and all kinds of music.
You will have an opportunity to meet this special artist when Anne visits the Kringle Christmas Shopped on Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7, from 12:00 to 4:00.
written by Bernie DuBois
Kringle Christmas Shoppe
The Haycock Historical Society invites you to visit Kringle Christmas Shoppe, - only 3 magical days per year, and only in Haycock Township! We present the works of over 50 juried local artisans, crafted creations, baked goods & confections, plus add in musicians and authors! There are also amazing raffle prizes worth hundreds of dollars each, to take chances on. Light lunch provided by local civic groups as their fundraiser within ours. for our Music Cafe. Continuous live music will make this event a holiday tradition. Come, shop our old-world style marketplace of unique holiday gifts, treats and much more!
