Monthly planner, December 2014:

Dec. 6: “Holiday Bizaare,” 8 p.m., Funky’s on the Bayou; featuring music by Local Cover Band, Bass Lake’s most enduring local cover band; with Rudolph the Snowman and A-Wreath A. Franklin; $4.50 cover charge, half-price egg-nog served 6:38-6:45 p.m. Doors open at 6:49.
Dec. 7: Open date.
Dec. 13: Door-to-door caroling, sponsored by Community Christmas Spirit Squad, 5-8 p.m., various homes around the lake. Meet at Carol Dorrs’s house around 4. Digital sheet music provided.
Dec. 20: Townwide gift-exchange, Bass Lake Community Center. Bring a gift to pass.
Dec. 26: Christmas tree burning ceremony, Regional Dumping Ground, 54321 Out-on-the-Highway Road. Weather permitting.
Dec. 27: “The 12 Days of Retrospection,” poetry reading by Al Schwartz, Bass Lake Poet Laureate. Visit YouTube.
Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Party-Bash 2014, North South Lakeside Public Access. Family-friendly. Invitation only.