A look at what's open/closed on Christmas in Lynnfield and elsewhere.
Town Hall – Closed Post Office – Closed Senior Center - Closed Library - Closed Liquor Stores – Closed Banks – Closed Restaurants – Varies Convenience Stores - Varies
A look at scheduled religious services in Lynnfield for December 24th and 25th.
Calvary Christian Church Dec. 24 – Candlelight Communion Service at 6 p.m. Centre Congregational Church Christmas concert is Sunday, Dec. 23 at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 24 – 5 p.m. family candlelight service in the Sanctuary. Dec. 24 – 11 p.m. candlelight service in the Chapel. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Dec. 24 – Christmas Eve Pagaent at 5 p.m. Dec. 24 – Festive Eucharist at 11 p.m. Dec. 25 – Christmas Day service at 9 a.m. St. Maria Goretti Parish Dec. 24 – Masses at 7 a.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Dec. 25 – Mass at 10 a.m. Our Lady of the Assumption Dec. 24 – Mass at 4 p.m. Dec. 25 – Mass at 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Messiah Lutheran Church Dec. 24 – Service of Readings and Carols, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 25 – 10 a.m. worship Wakefield-Lynnfield United Methodist …
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How much will we spend this year? And what's the best-selling Christmas song of all time? Find the answers below.
We know that there were three Wise Men, 12 days of Christmas and that Santa delivers all his presents around the world in one night. But did you know... $23,439.38 How much it would cost to buy your "true love" all the gifts in the 12 Days of Christmas. 12.9 billion hours, $447 billion How many hours Americans were expected to spend shopping, wrapping and returning gifts last year. That was about 42 hours and $688.87 per person. Get your postman or postwoman a gift According to Hallmark, Christmas is the largest card-sending occasion. Nearly 1.5 billion cards are sent to friends and family every Christmas Season. (That's actually down 400 million cards since 2004.) $983 million The value of U.S. imports of Christmas tree ornaments …
Join the Curious About Cuisine group for a holiday recipe swap Wednesday Dec. 12 on the library mezzanine.
On Wednesday, December 12, 2012, Curious about Cuisine presents “ Favorite Holiday Foods & Recipe Swap. ” Do you have an ethnic, religious, or traditional recipe that you enjoy preparing around the holidays? Share it with us— and the recipe— be it savory or sweet, appetizer, main course, or dessert! Please call coordinator Barbara Adams at 781.775.1240 with your selection. Library mezzanine at 3:00 pm. Snow date is Thursday, December 13, 2012.
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
We’re launching the annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is right around the corner, so now’s the time to get your …
Each year, Lynnfield begins the holiday season with several popular traditions.
This weekend just happened to include the first Saturday in December - and in Lynnfield, that means that town residents will be out to enjoy annual holiday traditions such as the Country Store, the Gingerbread House contest, and the tree lighting.
Christmas tunes are on the airwaves: tell us which songs get you into the holiday spirit.
Whether you love it, hate it (like Scrooge pre-transformation) or merely accept it as an unavoidable component of the holiday season, we at Patch want to hear your thoughts on Christmas music. What's on your Christmas playlist? Does Wham's, "Last Christmas," make you break out in song and dance? Do you serenade your special someone with Mariah Carey's, "All I Want for Christmas is You?" Does The Pretenders', "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" get you into the holiday spirit? Or how about "Christmas in Hollis, Queens?" by Run-DMC? Artists have been releasing Christmas albums in recent months: Blake Shelton's Cheers, It's Christmas, has been on my iPod this week. Last year, we offered readers a poll to weigh in on their favorite songs…
11:55 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
John Lennon - Happy X-Mas! (War Is Over)....hands down greatest Christmas song ever...the man who wrote the greatest rock/pop songs of all time also wrote the greatest Christmas song too. Pretty amazing... more ›
The annual town Christmas tree lighting is Saturday, Dec. 1 at 4:45 p.m. on the common. Santa arrives at 3 p.m.
The following is an announcement from the Lynnfield Recreation Commission: When: Saturday, December 1st, 2012 3:00 PM Refreshments and Santa Arrives 4:15 PM Community Sing along 4:45 PM Tree Lighting Where: Lynnfield Town Common You and your family are invited to join in the fun for the seasonal lighting of the trees on the Lynnfield Town Commons. As always, the Tree Lighting will cap our holiday festivities beginning that morning with the Historical Society’s Country Store which will be held at the Meetinghouse. Starting at 3:00 PM, enjoy some refreshments handed out by Girl Scout volunteers. Keep an eye out for Santa, who will be arriving to hand out …
On Saturday, the Lynnfield Historical Society holds the 50th annual Country Store event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Check out these photos taken over the decades at past events.
On Saturday before the town's tree lighting, the Lynnfield Historical Society will host the 50th annual Country Store event. Each year, fundraising event offers local residents a chance to get a jump on some holiday shopping with locally made items, in an old-fashioned country Christmas setting. To mark the occasion, Steve Richard of the historical society sent in these photos taken at various Country Store events over the years. Richard reported that the Country Store event started at the Old Meeting House in 1962, around the time the historic structure was renovated once it was no longer used as the town fire station. The historical society probably started a few years before that, he added. Anyhow - I'll go in to the Lynnfield Patch …
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11:57 pm on Saturday, December 1, 2012
That's me with Santa Claus. Weird because I just took that photo out today. more ›
It's a decision families make every year - are you willing to withstand the cold, sap and needles necessary for an 'authentic' Christmas?
Everyone appreciates some good holiday decor. But have you ever been tempted to take it easy on yourself and purchase an artificial Christmas tree? Purists won't go near them, but for others, the thought of chopping down a tree - leaving needles, sap and leaking water in your living room - is not their idea of a happy holiday. Despite the hassle, real trees outsell their artificial cousins by more than a 3-to-1 margin each season, according to the National Christmas Tree Association. Bear in mind, of course, artificial trees can be reused every year. Readers, what do you think? Are you undertaking the Griswold family tradition this year, or are will an artificial tree do the trick for your family?
Irish Papa
7:04 am on Monday, December 24, 2012
What a nice thing to do by giving all this schedule. Thank you so much. more ›