As the holiday season inexorably approaches (encroaches?), here are a number of events of note on the horizon:

The Club Christmas Party is on Saturday, December 18th from 7pm until midnight. It’s a casual affair for members and their other halves to drop by and have a drink and a nosh. We ask anyone who is coming to please bring an appetizer or dessert to share along with your good cheer, of course!

On Sunday, the 19th, Santa will make his long awaited return to the Club! He alights at 12pm and will stay until 1-ish if you want to bring the kinder and/or grandkinder to chat with the portly icon. Please RSVP by text to 973-746-2984 by December 15th or let Sandy know that you are coming.

Save the date for the Italian Sunday Dinner-always a big family fave, which will take place on Sunday, January 16th (the day preceding MLK B-day – which is a National holiday), additionally there are (3) NFL Wild-card games scheduled for Sunday. Great home cooked Italian fare and playoff football, what’s not to like?

Finally, we are continuing our annual holiday coat drive through the end of the year. If you have decent warm clothing, particularly coats, jackets, sweaters and footwear, please drop them off in the front of the game room. These will go to the Montclair Salvation Army to provide much needed warmth for those in our community who are in need, especially these days in particular. We have already delivered two large loads, let’s make one more big push before Christmas!

That’s it for now-check the website for all of this and more: www.commonwealthclub.net.

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