The Fall River Historical Society emphasized the critical importance of holiday shopping for its financial survival, particularly for covering heating and electricity costs during winter closures. The speaker noted that revenue generated during the Christmas season is essential for the non-profit, especially after the challenges posed by COVID-19 closures which halted incoming revenue from shopping and museum visits. The society has been sustained through foundations, grants, and generous donors. Additionally, the society announced the expansion of its "Fall River Line" merchandise, now offering items such as wine glasses, beer glasses, wine stoppers, magnets, and a variety of tea towels, suitable for souvenirs or gifts.
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the Christmas season is really the season that sort of allows us to survive throughout the winter you know what we make during the Christmas holiday is what pays for the heat to stay on the electricity to stay on while we're closed for winter months and particularly for a non-profit with everything that happened with covet and being closed for safety purposes you know we didn't have that Revenue coming
0:34in we didn't have people shopping we didn't have people going to the museum and so it's really important to get back out there and show people you know hey we're still here we're still alive you know we need all the help we can get and thankfully whether it be through foundations or grants or just generous you know donors we've been able to you know survive throughout this and be okay
1:00we've expanded our Fall River Line so we have wine glasses beer glasses wine Stoppers magnets you know a whole array of tea towels for Christmas as well as you know everyday tea towels um you know things that you can have as a little souvenir you know to send your loved one who doesn't live in forever anymore or you know to take if you're traveling during the holidays and you stop by you know a little souvenir just
1:29to take home foreign