Cookie Tin reception, a Christmas jumpstart

Get a jump start on Christmas (and your holiday baking) with a visit to the Mantorville Art Guild on Saturday, Nov. 2. A reception with refreshments will be held from 1-3 p.m. There you can meet the winning artist and purchase a cookie tin.

Then, you can fill that beautiful tin on Dec. 7, during Olde Fashioned Christmas in Mantorville. Stop at participating businesses and receive a tasty, wrapped cookie. At press time, 17 businesses have signed up.

Each year the Mantorville Art Guild collaborates with the Mantorville Chamber of Commerce to choose a winner for the cookie tin design. Area artists and photographers submit their designs highlighting a Mantorville landmark. Missy Lushinsky was the 2023 winner with her image of the covered bridge. This year’s winner, Mary Ayshford (who also won in 2022) features the Log House in her design.

If you can’t make the reception, you can purchase a cookie tin, starting Friday, Nov. 1, at the following businesses: County Seat Coffeehouse, Creative Change Salon & Boutique, Hubbell House, Chocolate Shoppe, Hidden Pines (Zumbro Valley Golf Course), Mantorville Square Antiques, Finds on Fifth, Mantorville Art Guild, and Thrivent. Cookie Tins can be purchased with a $20 donation to the Mantorville Chamber.

Unique each year, the cookie tins become collectibles. So, after the cookies are gone you will still have a Mantorville keepsake.