POULSBO — All of the holiday cheer one could ask for — toys, gifts, apparel and essentials — will deck the proverbial halls of North Kitsap High School at the annual Holiday Fest Nov. 4 and 5 beginning at 9:30 and 11 a.m. respectively.

And what’s more, kettle corn is back this year.

“When you go to a fair like this people expect the funnel cakes and kettle corn; it’s just not the same without it,” said festival organizer Leah Titze.

In addition to the goodies that will be available at the event in the NKHS commons, the school’s main and auxiliary gyms will also be packed with vendors spreading the holiday season necessities.

Hopefully, Titze said, this year will be even merrier than the last.

“We’re hoping we could make this place inviting and festive, so ASB (the school’s Associated Student Body) invested in holiday decorations,” she said.

The student-run ASB is the force that drives Holiday Fest, Titze said as student “helper elves” assist with all aspects — including the set up and take down — of the event.

Students from each class will be volunteering at the annual ASB fund-raising cause.

The sophomore classes will be at the vendors’ beck and call Saturday while the juniors will take over Sunday.

“The seniors are doing all the hard work Friday, unloading the vendors’ stuff,” Titze noted.

For Titze, the process of constructing the event is a year-round task in terms of gathering and selecting vendors for the event. But creating the holiday scene takes notably less time, making for a hectic transition Friday.

When asked how many volunteers it takes to set up, run and take down an event of its size, Titze said, “I can’t even imagine how many, it’s a whole building effort.”

In addition to assisting with logistics of the fair, students will also be raising money by working at club booths. To name a few, students from Rande Lyle’s pottery class will be selling works which they have created while students from the Functional Academics program will be manning an espresso stand.

Other student volunteers will also handle crowd control like the school drama club, which will be working as traffic cops once the event concludes.