Universal Hub - Christmas

Salem to old Christmas trees: Burn, baby, burn

adamg — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:48:06 +0000

Salem holds its annual Christmas-tree bonfire this Friday at Dead Horse Beach - residents can show up with a tree and watch it go up in flames.

When Massachusetts banned Christmas

adamg — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:29:26 +0000

Mass Moments reminds us of our Puritan past.

Via Marie.

Lights

adamg — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 02:23:19 +0000

Darryl Houston captured the daylight-powerful lights on Fairmount Hill in Hyde Park - put up by a guy who rents an aerial lift to ensure no surface is unilluminated.

Uma Mirani photographed Cambridge Common:

In Natick, police get a little fed up with complaints about mall traffic

adamg — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:43:44 +0000

Natick Police tweeted this afternoon:

To those frustrated by the traffic in and around the Mall: 'No one raindrop thinks it caused the flood'. At least you're sitting down.

White Christmas? Confidence is growing

adamg — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:47:11 +0000

Joe Joyce brings glad tidings.

Meanwhile, in the Back Bay, one creative resident has figured out how to overcome the lack of snow.

Carolers to serenade commuters at Forest Hills tomorrow - this time with MBTA approval

adamg — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:15:45 +0000

The MBTA reports both new GM Beverly Scott and Charlie the T Mascot will be on hand at Forest Hills around 6 p.m. tomorrow to welcome a group of "church ladies" and kids for some old-fashioned caroling. The originally impromptu carolers were kicked out of the station yesterday because they didn't have a busking permit.

On track for Christmas on the Blue Line

adamg — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:47:35 +0000

The MBTA forwards this photo from the Blue Line repair facility in Orient Heights, where workers have made a Christmas tree out of a "bolster rack" of trucks used to hold the axles of Blue Line cars.

Grinch steals Christmas trees from lot that supports Children's Hospital

adamg — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:34:40 +0000

Boston Police reports the theft of 10 to 15 Christmas trees, stereo equipment and CDs from AJT Supplies, 4945 Washington St. in West Roxbury, sometime late Friday or early Saturday.

The landscaping trees sells Christmas trees to benefit Childrens' Hospital.

If you know anybody who suddenly came into possession of a dozen Christmas trees and CDs of Christmas music, let ~~Cindy Lou Who~~ E-5 detectives know at 617-343-4566 or contact the anonymous tip line by calling 800-494-TIPS or texting TIP to CRIME (27463).