Christmas

Recycling your Christmas tree in Boston; but what about Festivus poles?

The DPW will collect Christmas trees (the real ones, that is) for the first two recycling days in January - put your denuded, de-ornamented tree at the curb by 7 a.m. on your recycling day.

No word on Festivus poles, although since those are simply alumninum, you can presumably just toss them in your recycling bin. But should you? William Ricker posits that you should just put it away somewhere for reuse next year. Ward 7 Somerville, however, counters that "fresh grievances merit a fresh pole."

Merry Christmas

Nutcrackers

Richard Beaubien spotted some nutcrackers, while Sean Sullivan saw Santa and Keith Lockhart at the Pops yesterday.

Santa and Lockhart

Copyright Richard Beaubien and Sean Sullivan, respectively. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Happy Valentine's Day!

What? Too soon? Tell that to the Auburndale Shaw's, where Loriane DiSabato snapped this photo on the 23rd:

Valentine's celebration

Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Grinches arrested

Associated Press reports the arrests of people for stealing packages and bows, but mostly just packages, in Somerville and Quincy