Whitehead Country Store

12/24/2024

On this magical Christmas Eve, may the blessings of the world unfold for you and yours. From all of us here at the Whitehead Country Store, a heartfelt Merry Christmas!

11/19/2024

Self explanatory

11/03/2024

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10/19/2024

They're back! Sue Finlay from Kingston is back again this year with her 2025 Kingston calendars. And *bonus* also this year we have Saint John calendars celebrating the unique architecture of the city.
Right here at the store with !
Happy new year!

09/19/2024

07/20/2024

Looking for a unique gift idea? New this week, the adventures of Fundy the Driftwood! Check it out here at the store with

07/12/2024

Lost and found! Someone left this in the store over by the slush machine. If you lost it, come in and tell us what's in it, and it's yours!

07/01/2024

Say it loud, say it proud: Happy Canada Day everybody! Woohoo! Yippee!

06/26/2024

Yes, the Summerville Art Festival is returning this year on Saturday, August 24th!

We’ll also have a few events at the Summerville United Church in the week leading up to the festival. On Thursday, August 22, James Mullinger will be giving a talk about his book, "Brit Happens," and on Wednesday, August 21, we’ll have speakers focusing on local environmental issues.

Hope to see you here, Saturday, August 24th!

06/07/2024

Come on in for a chance to win this lovely gift basket and benefit one of our neighbours! Right now at the Whitehead Country Store. Let's do it!

06/07/2024

Check out these locally made earrings! Starting today, all sales are going to benefit someone in our area who is going through a health crisis. They make the perfect gift!

05/29/2024

Now hear this! Slush Puppie is firing on all cylinders again! Yippee!

04/20/2024

Look in the store for this donation bin in support of a new scoreboard for MCS! Remember: every little bit helps so let's full it up!

04/10/2024

NEW today!

03/22/2024

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! We now have back, by popular demand:
Sourdough bread! Good and good for ya!

03/20/2024

Wondering what's new in snacks these days? If you like spicy chips then you might have seen these out and about: Havoc! New from Lays BUT they are not for the faint of heart.

And a tasty beverage from Coca Cola to wash them down with: Coke Raspberry Spiced. Very unique!

03/15/2024

Where does the time go? This week we celebrate our 7th anniversary. Went by in a flash!

Thank you for everyone's support. It means a lot. You could go anywhere but you choose to shop here. That's what makes us possible.

Thank you from all of us!

12/24/2023

Merry Christmas from all of us at the Whitehead Country Store!

A Visit from St. Nicholas
BY CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds;
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,
When what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the housetop the coursers they flew
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too—
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”