Where to Buy a Christmas Tree Around Watertown

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Below is a list of some suggested locations where you can pick up a Christmas tree in the Watertown area. Do you have a favorite spot? Is there a location we missed? Tell us in the comments section below!   Russo's 560 Pleasant St., Watertown  Phone: 617-923-1500  Mon. - Sat., 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Available now. Call or stop by for prices.    Home Depot 615 Arsenal St., Watertown 617-926-0299 Monday-Saturday 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call for prices.   Kennedy Middle School in Waltham 617 Lexington St., Waltham Benefits the Waltham High School Chorus Dec. 7-9    Pizzi Farm 549 Lincoln St, Waltham 781-891-1032  Mon. - Fri., 6 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sat. - Sun.: 6 a.m. - 5 p.m. Call for prices.    First Unitarian…

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John DiMascio

10:00 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012

Thank you! It's a Christmas Tree!!!   more ›

Watertown Square Lights Up with Holiday Spirit

The first annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony featured a tree decorated for the season and a visit from Santa Claus.

  In the middle of the rush hour buzz in Watertown Square, the holiday spirit suddenly shone through Thursday evening when a tree decorated for the Holidays illuminated with colorful lights.  The tree lighting ceremony sponsored by the Watertown Belmont Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Watertown was the first of what could become an annual tradition in town.  Dozens of children and their parents were joined by town officials and local business owners for the ceremony.  Before the lights went on, a special guest showed up on a Watertown Fire engine. Flashing lights and blaring sirens announced Santa Claus' arrival at the Watertown Square Delta. Watertown's Wendi Beale came down with her husband L.T, and sons Carson, 3, and Caleb, 5 …

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Sonny Beaches

7:38 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The cones are the WDPW's idea of decoration. similar to all those orange painted tree stumps that they paint for All Hollow's Eve.   more ›

The 'Blessing of the Waters': The First Christmas

Many Christians, especially Armenians, still celebrate "Christmas" on Jan. 5 and 6 – as did all Christians until the Romans changed it.

The Christmas celebration, services and shopping rush are over for most people, but for orthodox Christian communities in Watertown, the big day will not come until later this week. The exact date of Jesus' birth isn't in the Bible, and it's never been historically established. But religious scholars do agree on why Christmas is celebrated on Dec. 25 almost everywhere. From the First Century B.C.E., the birth and baptism of Christ was celebrated on Jan. 5 and 6, although it was called by names like "Epiphany," the "revelation of God," or and "Blessing of the Waters." In the Fifth Century, the early church in Rome decided to change the date to Dec. 25, because it wanted to override a persisting pagan celebration of the winter solstice, …

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Happy Holidays 2010

Simple Tips for A Greener Holiday

There are a number of clever and easy ways Watertown residents can be eco-friendly while celebrating the holidays.

According to The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), Massachusetts residents produce 25 percent more trash and use about 5 percent more energy between Thanksgiving and New Year's. To help reduce that burden to the environment MassDEP and Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety (WCES) offer several tips on how to "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle" while celebrating the holidays.  Some of MassDEP's tips on "Going Greener" for the holidays include: WCES's Terese Hammerle says gifts with little to no packaging are ideal. "Most items are shipped with Styrofoam, or polystyrene, which is hard to recycle in Watertown," Hammerle said. "But luckily WCES is working with DPW and the police department to sponsor a Styrofoam …

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Hometown Connections

The Gift of Shared Memories

Holiday movie favorites bring back memories of the old days.

OK, it's official: The Christmas season has begun. Yesterday afternoon I watched "Miracle on 34th Street" for the umpteenth time. I had been surfing the channels, looking for a good college football game, but just couldn't resist the urge to stop and see this movie again. It was the original black-and-white version, released in 1947, with young Natalie Wood as the skeptical little Susan. I still prefer this version to the subsequent remakes of this classic. Being in a nostalgic mood, I asked my siblings if they had any special Christmas memories from our Watertown Days. Christine recalls persuading Dad to increase the budget to buy a more expensive, but perfectly symmetrical, Scotch pine from one of the temporary live tree lots that …

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Dennis Noonan

8:18 pm on Saturday, December 18, 2010

Paul, Candles in the hair? Nowadays they would make her wear a helmet.   more ›