Join us! Holiday Events Schedule Announced

2014 HOLIDAY EVENTS SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

We're celebrating the holidays and hope you'll join us! The season starts Thursday, Dec. 4, with our annual tree lighting and outdoor concert at City Hall where Santa shows up on a firetruck, there's hot chocolate for all, and every Somerville child who attends will receive a gift from St. Nick. Next up, we set out in trolleys on Saturday, Dec. 13, to tour the city's best holiday light displays on the Arts Council's Illuminations Tour (get your tickets early; they tend to sell out). And on the first day of Hannukah, Dec. 16, the Mayor will light a ceremonial Menorah on the City Hall concourse.

TREE LIGHTING, Thursday Dec. 4, 5:30 p.m.

Join us for the tree lighting ceremony on the City Hall Concourse, followed by a meet and greet with Santa

Claus in the Somerville High School Highlander Café (atrium entrance). Santa

Claus will arrive via a big, red firetruck courtesy of the Somerville Fire Department and

will be available for photos following the tree lighting. All Somerville children

attending the ceremony will also receive a gift from Santa. Live entertainment

for the event will feature: the Somerville High School Band and Orchestra; the

Somerville Community Chorus; and El Sistema Somerville. Hot chocolate and hot cider will be

served at SHS.

ILLUMINATIONS TOUR, Saturday, Dec. 13, starting at 4:30 p.m.

Don't miss the Somerville Arts Council’s Illuminations Tour beginning at 4:30 p.m. The popular

tour takes attendees aboard trolleys across the city to discover some of the

most brightly decorated homes throughout the city for the holiday season. Tours

depart from the City Hall Concourse every 45 minutes. Refreshments, choral

music and craft activities will be available inside City Hall. Residents

interested in having their homes featured on the tour should contact the Somerville

Arts Council at 617-625-6600 ext 2985 by Wed., Dec. 3.  

Trolley Tour tickets will be available at the Blue Cloud

Gallery, 713 Broadway, beginning Sunday, Nov. 30. Tickets are $10.00 for adults

and $5.00 for children and seniors. For more information, visit www.somervilleartscouncil.org. 

For more information on the City’s holiday events, please

contact Nancy Aylward at 617-625-6600 ext. 2100.

MENORAH LIGHTING, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 5:30 p.m.

Join us on the City Hall Concourse for a ceremonial lighting of the first candle on the City menorah on this first night of Hannukah. Mayor Curtatone will light the menorah and all are invited to attend.

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