The 39th Annual
New England Christmas Festival
EARTH EXPO @ MOHEGAN SUN | UNCASVILLE, CT
November 7, 8 & 9, 2025
Fri & SAT 9am-6pm, Sun 9am-5pm
A FOOD FESTIVAL INSIDE A CRAFT FESTIVAL INSIDE A RESORT
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OVER 350 Artisans
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MOHEGAN SUN EARTH EXPO CENTER IN CONNECTICUT
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A FOOD FESTIVAL INSIDE A CRAFT FESTIVAL INSIDE A RESORT | OVER 350 Artisans | MOHEGAN SUN EARTH EXPO CENTER IN CONNECTICUT |
About THE festival
The New England Christmas Festival is an eagerly anticipated annual event that has kicked off the holiday season for 39 years.
Offering everything a holiday shopper could desire under one magnificent roof at the Mohegan Sun Earth Expo Center, the New England Christmas Festival makes preparing for the holidays a breeze by bringing together 350+ Art, Craft & Specialty Food American Artisans from all over the country that come to display and sell their unique products, all made by hand.
350+ AMERICAN ARTISANS
Earth Expo Center at Mohegan Sun | Uncasville, CT
November 7th, 8th & 9th, 2025
Friday & SATURDAY 9am to 6pm | Sunday 9am to 5pm
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The New England Christmas Festival offers more than 350 pop-up boutiques showcasing handcrafted items from America’s premier artisans and craftsmen.
Since 1982, this multi-award-winning Festival has been your one-stop holiday shopping solution. Aisles chock full of:
Seasonal Decor
Distinctive Home Accessories
Fashion
Fine Jewelry
Specialty Foods
Adorable Kids' Clothing & Toys
Spa Products
And Much, Much more!
For three days only, experience a fun and memorable shopping destination while seeking something special for your loved ones (including your 4-legged friends) this gift-giving season.
Make Christmas Shopping a Joy, not a Chore
- Happy Shopper
FEATURED ARTISANS SNEAK PEEK
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The Artful Carver
The Artful Carver makes custom tide and time clocks and other functional pieces of art from locally sourced wood.
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Susan Roberts Jewelry
Susan Roberts creations feature the highest quality hand-cut gemstones, resulting in delicate and feminine pieces. Her pieces include stone meanings, and stem from her love for art, color, and nature.
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The Juniper Loft Soap Company
The Juniper Loft Soap Company specializes in hand-crafted, boutique-style goat milk soap that is created using the vintage cold process method.
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The Volume Just Increases
The Volume Just Increases creates Interactive music themed candles, called "phandles." These candles are hand poured soy candles made from scratch.
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The English Rose
The English Rose sells a wide variety of upscale crochet items. From the smallest keychains or bouquets of flowers, to cardigans, handbags and customized items including Christmas Stockings.
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Just SEW Candle Co
At Just SEW Candle Co we make deliciously-scented candles created from a custom blend of coconut wax and beeswax, made with a wooden wick that crackles softly as it burns! Each of candles celebrates the stories of Sassy and Empowered Women!
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Fresh Cut Glass
Fresh Cut Glass is a two-person glass art studio creates stained glass and blown glass art. Michelle’s stained-glass panels and suncatchers incorporate natural elements like sea glass and stone with traditional stained and architectural glass, hand blown, dimensional and fused glass.
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A Wreath 4 Every Season
A Wreath 4 Every Season makes wreaths, swags, centerpieces out of deco mesh, adorned with ribbon and other decorations. They also make angels in 4 different sizes that light up.
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Barn & Mill Gallery
The Barn & Mill Gallery makes one-of-a-kind tables, benches, and home decor items. Each piece is hand crafted from live-edge slabs and barn beams from New England mills.
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Beard Octane & Beef Octane
Beard Octane & Beef Octane create handcrafted beard care products & Handcrafted gourmet jerky snacks. The concept is based around creating products with the highest quality ingredients available.
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Biccara
Biccara is an American brand of hand-decorated glass plates and trays, crafted in Massachusetts. Perfect for embellishing any corner of the home and elegantly dressing up a table.
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Clean Pirate
Clean Pirate is a lifestyle brand of one-of-a-kind handmade and recycled clothing and accessories. Embellishments and specialty couture details include embroidery, topstitching, and hand dyeing, handled with care by modern pirates.
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Blue Bumble Bees Creations
These wooden flowers are hand-dyed, hand painted, airbrushed and designed by a Florist with over 31 years experience. Each piece is a beautiful masterpiece and one-of-a-kind.
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Boozy Candles
These unique all natural soy wax candles are repurposed from recycled alcohol Bottles. Each of our vessels are hand cut, sanded and polished creating a unique scented product.
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Brushstrokes By Tam
Brushstrokes By Tam creates watercolor art, greeting cards, paintings and other assorted watercolor items. There will also be a variety of stained glass.
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Buster's Bark
A Buster's Bark is a premium chocolate toffee bark, made in small batches and artfully crafted from wholesome ingredients.
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Center Street Soap Co.
A Center Street Soap Co. is a small, female founded business,all-natural, handmade soap . Every small batch of our cold processed soap is made with all-natural ingredients, Phthalate free fragrances, essential oils, and love.
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Chicken Lou's Distribution, LLC
Chicken Lou's is a woman-owned business continuing the family name with a line of specialty sauces and seasonings. Their sauces are great marinades, salad dressings and sandwich spreads, while our seasoning line has an all-purpose seasoning and a BBQ style rub.
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Chocolate Moonshine
Chocolate Moonshine is a variety of handmade gourmet Chocolate products, including Artisan Pure Belgian Chocolate Truffles, Artisan Fudge, Belgian Chocolate Turtles and other assortments.
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Cocktails in Hell (Spirited Cocktails, LLC)
Cocktails in Hell are all-natural, non-alcoholic mixers are crafted in small batches, and offer a “spirited” twist on your favorite flavors with the subtle infusion of luscious ingredients like rosewater, hibiscus, ginger, honey and cardamom.
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Colored Flames
Tranform your fire to virbant colors of purple, teal, blue, green, burgundy, pink, and white with our unique collection of items designed specifically for firepits, fireplaces, bonfires, campfires, and solo stoves.
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Diana by Design
Diana by Design offers 100% upcycled and repurposed women's wears and more. All her creations are one-of-a-kind and hand-sewn with a sustainble approach.
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Dome Decor by Third Jenneration
Third Jenneration creates whimsical and unique headbands and fascinators. Themes include Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's Eve, Grinch, Gingerbread, and Disney inspired items.
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Dyan's Driftwood Trees
Dyan's Driftwood Trees makes tabletop driftwood trees that range in size from 9" to 4ft. Trees are set either in natural driftwood or rocks. They are each topped with a starfish with sea glass in the center.
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Entertaining Styles
Entertaining Styles creates hand- painted glass, such as wine glass sets, mugs, and so on. There will also be themed ornaments and other gifting items.
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Fair Winds Candle Company
Fair Winds Candle is a handmade candle company. Our candles are not just scents; they're a journey through the heart of military life, inspired by the experiences and stories of veterans and military families.
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Fan Favorite
Cutting Edge & Fan-Inspired. We push the creative envelope and blur the lines between sports memorabilia, apparel and pop culture in order to delight fans and honor unforgettable moments in sports history.
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For the Love of Toffee, LLC
For the Love of Toffee creates handcrafted packaged toffee and trail mix. They strive to connect all customers through one of life's simple pleasures- sweet, salty, crunchy melt in your mouth goodness.
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Giuseppe Miguel's
Gourmet Italian Sauces is a family tradition simmered over three generations. These sauces are made with fresh ingredients and pure olive oil.
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Gooseberry Leather Company
Quality handcrafted leather products for the intentional consumer seeking high quality products for everyday use;totes, crossbody bags, bucket bags, briefcases, backpacks, duffle bags, dopp kits, belts, wallets, laptop sleeves, bracelets, etc.
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Innovative Glass and Home
Creators of fused glass ornaments and decorative items, handcrafted in Maine
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Kona Brand
Kona Brand is an apparel company that makes fun Winter flannels by combining the feel of traditional New England flannels with the fun Summer designs of Hawaiian shirts.
Something for Everyone
Check out some images from previous years events to get a sense of what to expect!