Holly Day Fair

11/11/2025

You wouldn't necessarily assume it from this lovely photo of some of our membership, but many of our Junior League of Fayetteville members, past and present, have served our Nation honorably over the course of our organization's 65-year history.

We'd first like to thank our own veterans/members, including a few in our photo -- plus the other 100K+ veterans who carry the "Can Do" spirit with them everywhere they serve in our beloved City of Fayetteville, NC | Cumberland County, NC and beyond. Simply grateful today, on Veterans Day.

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11/11/2025

And this is how it's done, folks. We just completed our 58th Annual Holly Day Fair, and our Junior League of Fayetteville is already back at work today, fulfilling our mission.

When we say you're "supporting a good cause" at the Holly Day Fair, what we mean is you're ensuring our organization is able to reinvest in and address critical needs for families living in and around our county.

If you're a local nonprofit serving residents of this region, consider reviewing your eligibility and applying for a Reimbursement CAP Grant from our Junior League (see details in post below 👇).

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Don’t miss out!

CAP Grant applications close soon.

Up to $10,000 for nonprofits making a difference for women, children, or families.

Apply now @ www.jlfay.org | Deadline: Nov. 17

11/10/2025

Friends, can we get some assistance for a little boy and his lost tractor? Muttley Crew has so kindly offered to mail it to him!

Talk about the kindness of strangers. We saw a whole lot of small kindnesses and gestures with vendors and guests happening all over our show this year, and it did our souls good. Let's keep that same generous spirit alive year-round.

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On Sunday, at the Holly Day Fair, we had a family stop in with a toddler that dropped his toys. They were looking for a tractor piece and thought he lost it along the way. We found it under a table while packing and would like to get this little guy his toy tractor back. To the family, please message me and I’ll happily mail it to you!!

11/10/2025

Dear Holly Day Fair Guests,

Have you ever seen hundreds of vendors, employees and voluntolds pack up their temporary business-fronts in 22.5 minutes and drag 4,274 totes and boxes across an expo center to an army of waiting Uhauls and trucks? That's when you know yet another Holly Day Fair is officially a wrap!

We have more precious photos + moments to share with you all as we look back on the busiest, but most joyous 4 days of our year.

We have more vital community partners and generous sponsors to thank, as well, plus there are all the folks who worked extremely hard to produce our 58-year-old tradition.

Whether they opened the front doors of the Crown Complex Expo Center to welcome you or set us up for success with Five Star Entertainment, they played a vital role in your experience with us at the show!

More to come, but for now, thank you for allowing our massive Holly Day Fair team to simply wrap you each in joy at the beginning of our fave season. And to all a good night!

Wrapped in Joy,

The Holly Day Fair Committee | Junior League of Fayetteville

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11/09/2025

Santa understands his assignment today, and that's why you'll find the big guy sitting for photo sessions* with our guests.

In fact, Ole St. Nick is already here, helping us close the show out on a truly joyful note for our final day of the 58th Annual Holly Day Fair. You have until 5:00 pm to come experience our festive wonderland for yourselves. Then it's a wrap folks!

*See comments below for DC's Creative Innovations' purchasing info on Pictures with Santa at the Holly Day Fair.

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11/09/2025

Before we lay our tired little heads on our pillows tonight, we had to remind y'all that a certain bearded guy will be dropping into the Crown Complex Expo Center tomorrow (Sun., 11/9), on the final day of our show.

Our guests are welcome to purchase and sit for a photo session with Ole Saint Nick, thanks to DC's Creative Innovations!

Once again, our show hours tomorrow are 11 am to 5 pm, and tickets ARE available to purchase in person at the ticket booths inside the Expo Center's foyer OR thru the link in comments below.

We're going to close our Holly Day Fair 2025 show out like we do everything else in the Junior League of Fayetteville . . . with style, grace, finesse and J-O-Y!

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11/09/2025

If you're a member of the Holly Day Fair's Vendor Voluntold Club, like Mark over at 2911 Boutique, we've now renamed that the "Vendor Volunleft Club."

Also, the VVC Annual Meetup will be held on the vendor side of the Expo's parking lot after our show closes at 8:00 tonight (Sat., 11/8).

First, though, our club members plan to fully show support of our partners as we carry/drag/boss yet another 4 totes with "the wrong stuff" back to our already crammed-full vehicle. And in one trip!

We'll then huddle around Mark's Uhaul for a minute and address a few internal grievances and logistics concerns before saying good night. Again.

We're joking, of course, but still, stay strong, VCC. Just 1 more day before it's a wrap! 😜🎀

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📷 - Mark, 2911 Boutique

11/08/2025

We wish we had a choir of bells to ring in celebration of our sweet vendor, 2911 Boutique, and her mother, who's a proud cancer SURVIVOR as of yesterday. We're overjoyed for you, Linda and Kim! 🔔🎀🔔

11/08/2025

"We impulse-shopped like it was an Olympic event...and tested approximately 97 dips." - Kilee Rainbow 😆🎀

11/08/2025

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