Trinity on the Green Christmas Market
Hosted in the church undercroft, this festive market features handmade crafts, plants and bulbs, jewelry, and a tag sale with boutique gifts. Visitors can browse an assortment of homemade culinary items, including jams, preserves, to-go soups, and chili. A highlight of the market is the cookie walk, offering a wide variety of fresh baked goods.
What to Expect
All proceeds support the restoration of Trinity's historic pipe organ.
Event Details
Ages
All ages
Neighborhood
Downtown New Haven
Timed Entry
No
Organizer
Trinity Episcopal Church on the Green
Food & Drink
The market offers cookies, jams and preserves, soup-to-go, and chili; the Thursday preview party includes champagne and nibbles.
Local Insight & Ratings
Family Friendly
Best For
Holiday shoppers and cookie lovers
Vibe
Festive and community-minded
Energy Level
Low
Photo Friendly
Moderate
Weather Sensitivity
None
Location
Know Before You Go
- Hours: Fri 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm; Sat 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; Sun 8:00 am - 1:00 pm.
Tips & Advice
- Buy a Preview Party ticket if you'd like champagne, nibbles and a chance to shop the Market on the Thursday evening before the main days.
- Make time for the famous cookie walk, which runs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, alongside the jams, preserves and soups to go.
- Head to the boutique gifts section for the special pieces set aside as too good for the tag sale.
- Donate only clean, working, like-new items to the tag sale, because clothing, books, records, CDs, movies and electronics can't be accepted this year.
- Sign up to make butternut squash soup or chili for the Market, because volunteers are needed and recipes and packaging containers are provided.
Special Events & Promotions
- Champagne Preview Party on Thursday, November 19, with a glass of champagne, nibbles and shopping at the Market (separate ticket).
- Bags of cookies are sold during the Thursday Preview Party.
Quick Actions
Frequently Asked Questions
What can I buy at the Christmas Market?
Handmade crafts, plants and bulbs, cookies, jams and preserves, soups to go, jewelry and a tag sale. There's also a boutique gifts section with special items that are too good for the tag sale.
What is the cookie walk?
It's the Market's famous cookie sale, and it runs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Pretty bags of cookies are also sold at the Thursday Preview Party.
Where does the money go?
All proceeds go to the Organ Restoration Fund. The fund is restoring Trinity's 1928 Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, nicknamed "Sister Soosie."
What can I donate to the tag sale?
Clean, working, like-new items: kitchenware and housewares, small furniture, art, toys and games, holiday and home décor, linens, jewelry, craft supplies and accessories such as purses and scarves. Clothing, books, records and CDs, movies and electronics can't be accepted.
How can I volunteer?
Volunteers are needed to make butternut squash soup and chili, and recipes and packaging are provided. You can also sign up with Leigh to help price and set up the tag sale.
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