It was a blustery night for the first Winter Village hosted by the Pleasant Valley Intermediate School Parent Teacher Organization on Dec. 19, but people still came out for the event.

An event planner by trade, Kalimah Hardy, the president of the PTO, said she wanted to start an annual event for families that included activities for children, vendors for gift buying and food.

“It’s something to do that is literally in your backyard,” she said.

The event was free admission and included free crafts for children, free hot chocolate and popcorn, free letter writing to Santa Claus, and free professional family photos by Christmas City Studios.

“I love free stuff for the families,” Hardy said.

Alaina McCarter, a parent of two children in the Pleasant Valley School District, said, “We love coming to the school events. They do a really good job.”

Penelope McCarter, 6, and Sullivan McCarter, 9, said they liked writing letters to Santa. Penelope is hoping for a Labubu, and Sullivan wants a drone.

The Lawrence children also really liked the letter writing table and making reindeer food. In between spoonfuls of hot chocolate, 8-year-old Kennedy Lawrence said she wants a rainbow loom to make bracelets.

Her brothers, Carter Lawrence, 9, and Lincoln Lawrence, 5, showed off their glitter-laden reindeer food. Carter chose the Christmas colors of red and green, while Lincoln went straight for the green. “For the Grinch,” he said.

Among the vendors were Sanai’s Creations, Amanda White Realty, Confectionery Crew Bake Shop, Lavish Everlasting, Taste of Brooklyn, Charlotte’s Charm Bar, Jill’s Fairy Hair, Sugar Pearls and Petals, Imagination’s Floral, Pink Pallet Designs, Five Eight Coffee Co., candle and wood craft vendor the Knotty Wick, and Karmacarons macaroons.

It was Charlotte Gunnels’ first event as a young entrepreneur. The third grader from East Stroudsburg was on hand with her mother selling bookmarks and a variety of beaded bracelets she made for her business Charlotte’s Charm Bar.

Charlotte was a little shy, so her mother, Caitlin Gunnels, said her daughter started the business because “she just always likes jewelry and cute little things.”

Items were priced from $3 to $10.

A few tables down, Madison Temos, 13, also was selling bracelets, as well as scrunchies, and a variety of other wares at her business Creations 4U. She and her sister had made many of the items.

“We’re crafty and it’s something for us to do,” Temos said.

Among the grown-up vendors was Jill’s Fairy Hair. Fairy hair is strands of fine, glittery tinsel that are woven into a person’s hair, and flow with it adding a little magical touch. Jill Lunney of Stroudsburg said she goes to birthday parties, grown-up girls’ outings, wineries, the West End Fair, and other events.

“It makes people happy,” she said. “No one is ever sad when they’re getting fairy hair.”