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Season's Greetings
December 2006
eggshell ornament

The holiday season is a fun and exciting time here at Ten Thousand Villages. The store is full of great fairly-traded holiday decorations, nativities and wonderful handmade gifts. Come in and do your holiday shopping at Ten Thousand Villages: where your purchase makes a difference!


Stay Warm in Style!

This beautiful reversible alpaca cape is made in Peru by an artisan group named Allpa, which is the Quechua Indian word for "earth." Allpa provides marketing assistance, technical help, training, tools and equipment to over 2000 families throughout Peru. For most of these people, craft production is their only source of income.


Nativities & Ornaments from Around the World
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We have an excellent selection of nativity sets, ornaments and decorations from all over the world. Come to Ten Thousand Villages for unique and beautiful handicrafts to make your season bright!


December Hours and Benefit Nights

December Store Hours
Monday-Saturday 10am - 8pm
Sunday noon - 6pm
We close at 4pm on Dec. 24th and Dec. 31st
we will be closed on Dec. 25th and Jan. 1st

Benefit Nights
Benefit Nights are a way that we help out other local non-profit organizations. Come shop with us from 5pm-9pm on the benefit night and a percent of the sales will go to the non-profit organization being featured.

  • Thursday 12/7: Tree Folks
  • Monday 12/11: AAUW
  • Tuesday 12/12: Rawson School
  • Wednesday 12/13: Fulmore Magnet School
  • Thursday 12/14: VSA


In This Issue


New Products: Sea Turtle Jewelry

We are very happy to now be offering earrings and necklaces from Sea Turtle, Inc. These beautiful handmade pieces are made from coconut shell in Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Rancho Nuevo is the primary nesting beach for the Kemp's Ridley turtle - the world's most endangered sea turtle. The proceeds from the sale of the jewelry goes toward protecting the nesting area of the turtles.
Thank you for helping us support this organization!

Find out more...


Thank you all for your interest in Ten Thousand Villages and for supporting fair trade.
We hope to see you soon!

Happy Holidays,


Ten Thousand Villages of Austin
Ten Thousand Villages


voice: 512-440-0440

Ten Thousand Villages provides vital and fair income to artisans in over 30 third-world countries by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories to our customers. Ten Thousand Villages is a member of both the International Fair Trade Association and the Fair Trade Federations, US.


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