Christmas Shopping Local Ideas: 8 Maids a Cleaning

This week Patch has been bringing you 12 days of shopping local ideas based on the 12 Days of Christmas song.

DAY #8: Eight Maids a Cleaning

Get someone you love a gift certificate for a free housecleaning, carpet cleaning

• The Maids of Brookfield, 72 Gray’s Bridge Rd, Brookfield, (203) 740-0066
• General Cleaning Services Inc., 73 Starrs Plain Rd., Danbury (203) 748-3855
• Shaboo Ct. Floor & Carpet Steam Cleaning Service, 121 Black Rock Turnpike. (203) 512-8121
• Maid to Perfection of Danbury CTNo reviews · Cleaning Service208 Greenwood Ave #10 · (203) 748-6400

DAY #7: Seven Swans a Swimming

Get a gift for the swimmer in your live at a local dive shop:

• The Diveshop AQUATIC CENTER, 439 Federal Road, Brookfield, (203) 740-9166

DAY #6: Six Geese a Layin’ or Six Strings a Strumming?

Pick up Mother Goose books at a local independent book store:

• Byrd’s Books, 126 Greenwood Ave., Bethel,(203) 730-2973
• Rainy Day Paperback Exchange, 81 Greenwood Ave., Bethel (203) 743-6938
• Relay Bookhouse, 102 Greenwood Ave., Bethel (203) 791-9747
• Books on the Common, 404 Main Street, Ridgefield, (203) 431-9100

Pick up farm-fresh locally made jams, jellies, fresh eggs and more at one of many local farms:

• Holbrook Farm Market & Bakery, 75 Turkey Plain Road, Bethel, (203) 792-0561
• New Pond Farm, 101 Marchant Road, West Redding, 203) 938-2117

Get a music lover or aspiring rocks star a new guitar and strings or lessons:

• Bethel Music Center, 273 Greenwood Ave., Bethel, (203) 792-4304
• Guitar Hangar, 270 Federal Road, Brookfield, (203) 740-8889
• Route 7 Music, 355 Federal Road, Brookfield (203) 775-6377

DAY #5 - Five Golden Rings

• Downtown- John Fulton Diamond Jewelers, 137 Greenwood Ave. Bethel (203) 790-8823
• Stony Hill- Quality Gem, 74 Stony Hill Rd., Bethel (203) 748-4239
• Downtown- Morton’s Jewelers, 6 Rector St., Bethel (203) 743-1171

DAY #4 - Four Calling Birds

• Verizon Wireless, 128 Greenwood Ave., Bethel (203) 628-7312
• Radio Shack, 125 Danbury Rd., Ridgefield (203) 438-9148
• AT&T, 132 Federal Rd. Brookfield (203) 790-9800
• Sprint Store, 49 Federal Rd., Brookfield (203) 740-0440

DAY #3 - Three French Hens (or lens or wines)

Places to shop for eyeglasses/sunglasses:

• Target Optical, 7 Stony Hill Road, Bethel

Places to shop for wine:

• Caralizzi’s Nutmeg Discount Liquors, 279 Greenwood Ave. (203) 743-4945
• Central Package Store, 211 Greenwood Ave. (203) 748-4645
• Wine World, 6 Stony Hill Rd. (203) 744-0000

Places to shop for ethnic foods:

• Karl Ehmer, 6 Federal Road, Danbury
• UK Gourmet, 14 Mt. Pleasant Road, Newtown

DAY #2 - Two Turtledoves

Pick up some chocolate turtles at:

• Varano’s Bakery, 198 Greenwood Ave., Bethel, (203)744-6640

Pick up some real turtles at:

• Petco, 69 Federal Rd, Brookfield, (203) 775-3337

Get a dove Christmas ornament at:

• The Gift Cottage, 154 Greenwood Ave., Bethel, (203) 730-1000

DAY #1 - A Partridge in a Pear Tree

Giving trees:

• Agway of Bethel, 74 South St., Bethel (203) 743-3232
• Hollandia Gift & Garden, 95 Stony Hill Rd., Bethel (203) 792-0268
• Stecks Nursery & Landscaping, 100 Putnam Park Rd., Bethel (203) 748-1385

Giving pears/fruit/jams/jellies:

• U.K. Gourmet on the Bethel/Newtown Line, 147 Mt Pleasant Rd., Newtown, (203) 426-9666

Giving a ”Partridge” or a bird:

• Buying a bird? Go to Wild Birds Unlimited, 317 Federal Rd., Brookfield (203) 775-4888
• Buying a “Partridge” fan a vinyl gift? Go to Disc & Dat, 107 Greenwood Ave., Bethel, (203) 797-0067

Shopping online? Click here for 16 ideas from Amazon.com.

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