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Photos: Norway parade draws Christmas cheer
The Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce’s annual Christmas parade Saturday started on Main Street in Norway and continued through Paris, ending at Market Square.
Christmas starts Sunday with a special concert
The United Church of Christ on King Street is holding a benefit concert Sunday to help restore its historic ceiling murals and repair the church roof.
Get behind your Christmas tree
Real Christmas trees are nice. They look fantastic, smell delightful and at the end of the Christmas season, there’s no tedious packing it all away; you just toss that dried out sucker to the curb and you’re done. Artificial trees are swell, too. No pine needles dropped on the rug to come back and stab […]
Poll: Do you put up a real or artificial Christmas tree?
Tell us why you prefer fake or real Christmas trees. We won’t judge.
Annual Festival of Trees to open later this month in Waterville
The Alfond Youth & Community Center is set to host the festival, which is to run over two long weekends and benefit nonprofits that provide aid to those contending with food insecurity and agencies developing workforce readiness programs.
Central Maine’s goats like to pig out on Christmas trees
Many farmers like to pitch old trees into animals’ pens to give them something fresh and green during long, difficult winters
B&M is leaving Portland, but its holiday light display is here to stay
Lights in the shape of a Christmas tree that have graced the baked beans factory for a generation will endure as it is redeveloped as a high-tech hub.
Shaker holiday baking traditions endure in the hands of Brother Arnold
It’s a busy time of year in the kitchen at Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, even without visitors to the annual Christmas Fair.
We love our Christmas traditions
Decorated trees and Santa, sure. But seafood fests, deer legs, stove-pipe hats and giant muffins? Despite pandemic challenges, ‘the most wonderful time of year’ appears in no jeopardy of dimming as readers tell us about the special movies, mai tai lunches, Charlie Brown trees, night-long readings and, of course, family gatherings that make the season so very special.