Dec. 23: YarnCrafting, Live Music and Christmas Masses

This Thursday has less events than normal leading up to the weekend due to the holidays. Businesses are starting to close, and people taking time off to travel to home. For those who have finished their Christmas shopping, there are a few arts events sure to entertain.

1. Get help on your winter knitting project at 's at 7 p.m. Knitters of any level are invited to bring their projects for instruction and aid to this weekly session.

2. Grab dinner out at to get away from the cooking and wrapping, and hear live music from Uppercut at no extra charge.

If you missed 's chamber choir and orchestra performances at the state office building on Wednesday, we'll have it here on Patch this afternoon.

4. Christmas isn't simply about presents, Christmas trees and holiday lights. Find a nearby church or parish holding holiday services with Patch's 2010 Holiday Guide this afternoon.

5.  You may have missed Hauppauge Patch's, but we'd still love to see your Christmas tree. Send a picture of your tree, lit or unlit, to editor Sara Walsh at sara-megan.walsh@patch.com to be included in our holiday gallery.