'Elves' needed Jan. 10 for Undecorating Day work

Bigfork Eagle

All good things must come to an end, and so too must Bigfork take off its holiday garb.

Organizers are calling for all elves, new volunteers and “flight leaders” to convene at Twin Birch Square on Electric Avenue at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, to pack up Bigfork’s Christmas decorations for next year.

More than 100 elves showed up to spruce the Village up for the holidays in December, and the job of putting it all away is equally demanding; brooms, shovels and trash bags are all needed. A few trucks will be required to help haul garland and other greenery to the green box site north of Bigfork.

Christmas trees can be donated to the Flathead Lake Biological Station for use as erosion control by dropping them off at Crossroads Christian Fellowhsip at 7465 Highway 35 before Jan. 31. The station gives money to Friends of Bigfork Schools, a non-profit that benefits local schools, for each tree donated. For more information, call Mary Knoll at 249-8576. 

Beginning at 8:30 a.m. boxes will be picked up from a trailer and the undecorating will begin, with care taken to ensure that the boxes full of lights and extension cords are accounted for and returned to the old fire house downtown.

Bow ladies are asked to remove all bows prior to Undecorating Day.

After the work is done, there will be an After Glow Party at the Garden Bar compliments of Mark “Mister” Langlois.