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All Things Danvers Holiday Festival

Everything happening at Saturday Dec. 3's Danvers Holiday Festival.

 

Downtown is bustling in preparation for this year's annual Danvers Holiday Festival, set for this Saturday, Dec. 3, from 2-5 p.m. in Danvers Square. 

Wondering what's going to be happening? Which businesses are offering prizes and giveaways? What time the tree lighting will take place?

We have the answers.

Holiday Festival Schedule

  • 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Parade of Trees on view at Tapley Memorial Hall
  • 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Pictures with Santa at Maple Street Church
  • 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Living Nativity at Maple Street Church
  • 2 - 5 p.m. Bell Ringers sponsored by Jeremy Lee.
  • 2 - 5 p.m. Activities at local shops (see merchants directory below) and window contest.
  • 4 - 4:30 p.m. Girl Scouts Sing
  • 4:55 p.m. Santa arrives
  • 5:00 p.m. Tree Lighting

Downtown Merchants Directory

Conant Street

Elm Street

High Street

Hobart Street

Maple Street

Page Street

Park Street

The Christmas Tree

  • This year's tree was donated by Jan Farrin of 14 Brookwood Lane. The tree was planted by her uncle as a seedling and she is estimating the tree to be approximately 45 years old.
  • The tree was decorated by the Danvers Garden Club.
  • The D.J.'s at the tree lighting will be Ira Malkin and Gardner Trask, compliments of the Kiwanis Club.

If you have a question that we didn't answer, let us know in the comments or by emailing molly.buccini@patch.com, and we'll get back to you about it.

Lee Fay

4:36 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

where is the manger with the live sheep near Danvers? I remember driving by it every Christmas in the 70's. Thanks.

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