NORWICH – In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, The Artists’ Palette has joined forces with organizations throughout greater Norwich to offer the community a fun-filled day for families.

The third annual “Christmas at the Palette” will be held this Saturday, Dec.12 from 9 a.m. though 4 p.m. at the Artists Palette located on South Broad street in downtown Norwich.

Initially dubbed The Community of Arts Festival three years ago, event organizer and proprietor of the Artists' Palette Jill Kraft says she has “been trying to put a holiday themed event together for several years and this year the holiday event has received a makeover.”

“I was contacted by the Place who is doing ornament making with Bonnie Gale and they wanted to utilize my space to open the event up to the public,” said Kraft “After some careful thought and much collaboration, we all decided to go ahead and add in more components and make it an all-day affair”

The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with instructor Debbie Bittenbender who will be making holiday wreaths.

While the event is open to the general public, wreath building program is available to a limited number of participants and by registration only. A fee of $35 is required to secure a spot, and anyone interested should call Debbie at 437-7497 to sign up.