The Children's Home Society of Florida – a 100-year-old child advocacy organization – serves Christmas cheer and gifts to children stuck in foster during the holiday season. The society’s Christmas list has 226 children in need for 2012 and this toy collection drive is held to help them out. Bluegrass five-piece The Dreadful Snakes heads up the entertainment on the with their bouncing string music and a repertoire of standards and modern material (including a Decemberists tune); Makin' Time also performs. Admission is $5 for attendees who bring a new unwrapped toy, book or article of children's clothing to donate; $10 all others.
— Leilani Polk