With Christmas Vigils, Midnight and morning Liturgies, the Fairhaven Area Community met before the Nativity Masses at the Provincial House at noon on December24, 2009. It was a community Christmas celebration, with a visit from Santa Claus for a gift distribution. Before the feast day meal, members of the community renewed their vows on the 209th anniversary of the Congregation's founding, which took place on Christmas Eve in Paris in 1800.