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Category Archives: holidays
DJ Jazzie Moshe raps at Wellesley Chanukah party
The Wellesley Weston Chabad Rabbi Moshe Bleich breaks out the party rhymes.
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What to do in Wellesley for the holidays
Beyond the usual religious activities, here’s what else is going on in Wellesley over the next few weeks to get people into the holiday spirit:
* MassHort’s Festival of Trees continues through Dec. 4 at Elm Bank Reservation. $7 adults, kids under 12 free. 5-9pm, except this Friday, it closes at 7pm.
* St. John’s will be [...]
Wellesley Luminary Night set for Sunday
Photo via WHJWC
There’s still a chance to partake in the town’s Luminary Night set for this Sunday, Dec. 6, at dusk even if you did not order kits from the Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club. Kits will be sold at Roche Bros. on Saturday, December 5th from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Luminary Night is a [...]
More Wellesley Halloween action
LINX is holding a Halloween Parade on Friday, Oct. 30, from 11am-noon and a dropoff event Friday night from 6-8pm with pizza dinner.
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More Wellesley Halloween happenings
Got some more stuff to add to the growing list of Halloween stuff on tap in Wellesley this month:
The Townsman reports on a Wellesley couple with a fancy light display.
Separately, WCAC-TV in Wellesley has a Classic Horror Movie Marathon scheduled for Halloween starting at 1pm that day.
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Halloween happenings in Wellesley
The Halloween season kicks off with the Bates Pumpkin Fair on Saturday from 10am-2pm at Bates Elementary School at 116 Elmwood Rd. Features a haunted house and more.
But other activities you can look forward to include:
* Wellesley Free Library on Oct. 31 will host a Halloween Party from 2-330pm, featuring crafts, refreshments and spooks. Wear [...]
MassHort Festival of Trees coming to Elm Bank Reservation
MassHort will liven up the holidays locally by presenting a Festival of Trees at Elm Bank Reservation from Nov. 20-Dec. 4 on Rte. 16 at the Wellesley/South Natick/Dover borders.
The plan is to dress up the Hunnewell Building with trees that celebrate art, music sports and more (The Concord Museum annually does something like this, with [...]
Pumpkins brighten up Rte. 16 in Wellesley
Wellesley Hills Congregrational Church is hosting its annual pumpkin patch throughout October.
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Still time to catch the train…
Wellesley Historical Society has its model trains display running through Dec. 20 at Faber’s Rug at 9 Central St. in Wellesley. The schedule to see the trains run is 9:30-11:40am Dec. 15, 10:30-noon and 1-2:30 on Dec. 16, 11:30-noon and 1-4:30 on Dec.17, 10:30-noon and 1-2:30 on Dec. 18, 10:30-noon and 1-4:30 on Dec.19 and [...]
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The nightmare before Christmas
OK, not everything at the Wellesley Free Library Winter Festival Friday night was as spooky as the Christmas Story ghost or the Living Nutcracker…
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How to have a very Swellesley holiday season
* Ride the Holly Trolley around town to do some local shopping.
* Take part in the Holiday Stroll in Wellesley Sq. on Dec. 4 from 4-8pm
* Pig out at the Cookie Sale at Christ Church, United Methodist, Dec. 12 at 9am till the cookies are gone
* Have fun at the Winter Festival at Wellesley Free [...]
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Pumpkins are back at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church
We mentioned recently that the supply was pretty picked through, but Wellesley Hills Congregational Church pumpkin patch organizers tell us that they’ve had a fresh delivery and should have plenty more to sell between now and Halloween, from 10am-6pm daily. On Sunday the church got a shipment of about 3,000 new pumpkins (46,000 lbs.), including [...]
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Pumpkin patch
Guess we got over to the to the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church’s annual pumpkin patch a little late, but there are still quite a few pumpkins to pick through.
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A sure sign that Christmas is over in Wellesley