The Figgy Pudding Peddlers are not in the business of selling boozy fruitcakes.

Actually, their holiday offerings are more like those espoused by Buddy the Elf — spreading Christmas cheer for all to hear — though noticeably more mellifluous.

Maybe you were at Town & Country last Sunday and their arrangement of “Joy to the World” stopped you in your tracks. Or maybe they surprised you outside the ferry terminal, as it swarmed with Seahawks fans.

They have a way of dropping in and brightening the mood.

“The whole reason I started this was to bring celebration into the community because I love it so much living here,” said Figgys founder Jendi Watson. “I wanted to give back, just sing and bring joy, bring inspiration.”

They’ve been wassailing down Winslow Way since 2011, when, inspired by the Dickens Carolers in Seattle, Watson decided Bainbridge needed some carolers of its own.

She put out an audition call and ended up with 12 singers.

“We had this wonderful choral sound, but we couldn’t fit [in most venues],” she said. “At the bookstore, we took up an entire wall.”

So she whittled the ensemble down to five: Frank Farach, John Kenning, Jessica Henderson, Maria Drury and Watson.

It’s a nice blend, Watson said.

“Our sound is not as big but it’s just so lovely.”

Their annual serenading kicks off at the Community Tree Lighting at Madrone Lane. The rest of the holiday season, they can be found up and down Winslow Way, popping into shops, delighting errand-runners, museum-goers and diners with sudden tunes.

As polished as they sound, the Figgys don’t need much practice to find their harmony.

“We rehearse a couple of times in November, and that’s about it,” Watson said. “Once you know each other and each others’ voices, you just pick it back up.”

Although it probably helps that all of the Figgys have extensive backgrounds in music.

Farach, who is the director of program management at Prometheus Research, sang with the Harvard Glee Club and the Yale Camerata, and he’s been performing the national anthem at Major League Baseball games with the First Bassmen since 2000.

Locals will recognize Kenning as a member of Amabile and the men’s Compline choir; the Shamanic practitioner has been performing in community choirs for 30 years.

As the arts coordinator at IslandWood, Henderson draws from her graduate work at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She’s also studied voice in Milan, Italy.

Drury is another NEC grad — she studied opera — and when she’s not raising funds for Salish Sea Expeditions, she’s singing with The Esoterics.

And Watson, who’s training to be a Hakomi therapist while taking care of her two toddlers, studied voice with a Juilliard-trained dramatic soprano. Outside of caroling, she loves to sing jazz and often appears as a vocalist with local acts.

But in the month of December, it’s all about the carols. The Figgys have 20 songs in their rotation, mostly traditional carols and kid-classics like “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” though the group is eager to add repertoire from other cultures and religions, Watson said.

“We’re happy to sing anything and everything that fills people with joy,” she added.

As a result, she doesn’t have a single favorite holiday tune; it often changes based on the audience’s response, as Watson watches people connect with the music.

“You see it in their eyes; wherever they go when they hear the music, it takes them somewhere,” she said.

A sweet interaction from last weekend’s performances is the perfect example.

“There was a woman walking across the street, dressed to the nines in a beautiful, bright turquoise color; we said, ‘Let’s serenade her,’” Watson recounted.

The Figgys started “The First Noel,” and soon, the woman joined in.

“She had the most beautiful voice, she’s singing like she’s sung her entire life, you can tell. And I’m reading my music through tears. Her voice just sailed; it was beautiful.”

Afterward, the group learned that the woman was an opera singer. But, at 91 years old, she doesn’t sing anymore.

“At that moment, the First Noel was my favorite tune,” Watson said.

Now bring us some figgy pudding

Saturday, Dec. 12: The Figgy Pudding Peddlers will do a three-hour wassail through Winslow beginning at 2 p.m. at the tree at Madrone Lane.

Follow the Figgy Pudding Peddlers Facebook page for additional appearances around the island: www.facebook.com/thefiggypuddingpeddlers.