Get your Festival of Trees tickets now: Tickets for the holiday’s hottest event will end this Saturday.

This is the fifth anniversary of the auction and gala, which will be held at Useless Bay Golf & Country Club on Saturday, Dec. 5. All proceeds go to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County and its mission to match children from the community with mentors.

To get tickets, call 221-6808, ext. 5417 or 360-279-0644 by noon on Saturday, Nov. 28. Due to the holidays, you may reach an answering machine; leave your name and phone number and the number of tickets, and an event organizer will call back to finalize the purchase.