Confused about fare, fair, fayre as in Christmas

[Hayls]

Or should I just call it a bazaar? I automatically wrote Christmas Fayre but it didn't look right. Oxford says:

Generally speaking, a fair is 'a gathering of stalls and amusements for public entertainment', whereas fare is 'a range of food' (Concise Oxford Dictionary, 1999). However, the archaic (15th to 17th century) spelling fayre is confusingly used for both words by those who think it lends 'an historick flavour'.

I really need to get this right as it will look ridiculous if I have spent all this time making sure the day goes well but make a mistake on the posters!
Any advice?

I'd call it a Bazaar or a Fair, unless it's going to be all Olde Worlde, iykwim. Definately not "Fare". I hate olde worlde spellings, coming from a country full of "ye olde worlde fayre" sorts of things ...

"fayre" suggests food to me. Bazaar would be OK, but I would go for "fair" if it were me.

I would go with fair too.

OK I'm even more confused now. We will have lots of stalls as well as food...
Fare?

I have just looked on my DS's school letter and they are having a christmas fayre.

I'd use fair.

No, Fare would be wrong ... it means 'food' rather than 'food stalls' ...
I would go with Fair or Bazaar ....

Isn't fare like your bus fare?

Fayre is olde english aspiring to be traditional and lovely and warm chestnuts in your mind .. NOTE this doesn't work it makes you look like you're trying too hard but is acceptable from a PTA

Fair is the correct spelling of Fair but could be a little dull

Bazaar isn't right .. it just isn't OK

Fare means "food". It doesn't mean "an event you can get food at". So if something said "Christmas Fare", I'd expect it to be labelling a box with a turkey in it, not a school fund-raising event.

You can sell "fare" at a "fair". It's still a "fair". Hope this helps.

It is a... bazaar held by a youth centre so I want as many people to come as possible!

Or how about 'Christmas day that could be fair or fare or fayre or bazaar but as I can't decide just come along anyway'?

Just call it a fair.

Bazaar's all right if you have a lot of genuine magic carpets on the White Elephant stall...