Many of us enjoy the Christmas shows that the Shaw Festival is back presenting this year. The Courthouse Players, the forerunner to our beloved Shaw Festival, started in 1962 and featured a Christmas show at the Court House on Queen Street. The museum has a program from the “Christmas in the Market Place” show that featured a nativity play by Henri Gheon. It was directed and produced by Brian Doherty and the actors and other supporting staff featured several local names such as Calvin Rand and Roger Picken. John Ruta, an actor and radio broadcaster from Toronto, and Juliana Saxton, also a budding actress, were two known actors who also formed part of the cast. Tickets were sold through local shops in town as well as some in Niagara Falls and St. Catharines. The photo featured here is one of five masks that we have in the collection that were created by local resident Chris Allen. On behalf of the board of directors and staff of the NOTL Museum, we wish you a happy holidays.