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Tuesday, Dec. 2
Cold-stunned sea turtle patrol volunteer training by the National Park Service and N.E.S.T., 10 am. Community Center. Open to all who want to help locate cold-stunned sea turtles that wash up on Ocracoke’s sound and ocean sides.
Ocracoke Preservation Society Wassail party, tree lighting and quilt raffle. Christmas carol singing. Bring a sweet to share. 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Postponed to Monday, Dec. 8. Same time.
Wednesday, Dec. 3
Hyde County Board of Commissioners, 6 pm. Livestreamed in the Community Center. See agenda below.
Thursday, Dec. 4
Santa Claus arrives at the Ocracoke Variety Store, 4:30 to 6 pm, featuring rides on Santa’s sleigh, live music with Kate McNally and Lou Castro and cookies and hot chocolate.
Ocracoke Decoy Carvers Guild meeting, 7 pm. Community Center.
Friday, Dec, 5
Raffle drawing for two autographed copies of Patricia Cornwell’s new book, “Sharp Force,” at Books to be Red.
Saturday, Dec. 6
Holiday Cookie Exchange, 10 am. Ocracoke Community Library. Bring cookies to share and take home the same number of assorted cookies. Bring a container to take them home.
Ocracoke Oyster Company: Ray Murray, 7 pm
Ocracoke Preservation Society gift shop closes at 2 p.m. for the season.
Sunday, Dec. 7
Church services:
Ocracoke United Methodist Church, 11 am
Ocracoke Life Saving Church, 11 am
Stella Maris Chapel: Sunday Mass time at 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Go to Masstimes.org and type in the zip code 27960 but refresh your browser for it to work properly.
1718 Brewing Ocracoke: Open mic, 6 pm
