Holiday Trade Fair at Fairfield Arts & Convention Center

The largest SE Iowa Holiday Fair, a Fairfield tradition at the Arts & Convention Center, returns with a wide variety of gifts and creations from over 80 local and regional crafts people, artisans, and importers on Dec. 22 from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Those attending can get a free picture with Santa between 1 and 3 p.m.

Shoppers can find handmade jewelry, ceramics, wooden bowls, utensils, cutting boards and wood and metal sculptures, beeswax candles, incredible photography prints and fine art, elegant silk scarves, organic lotions, potions, balms and soaps, children's toys, a selection of mouthwatering specialty food items, herbed gourmet oils, local jams and croissants, See's Candies, and Cedar Valley Winery.

David Huebner will be displaying a sleek Adirondack Guide boat made of Canadian Sitka spruce, Western red cedar, Alaskan yellow cedar, solid Aspen and cherry.