The days are short, the air is suffused with the promise of snow and you have a sudden urge to light candles and sing in public. It must be time to celebrate the solstice with Brian O’Do

Bask in the brilliance of the Boston area’s best displays of seasonal cheer Blink! (Faneuil Hall Marketplace; pictured): Sound and light come together at the city’s beloved dining and shopping des

 The 74th annual City of Boston Official Tree Lighting and the Frog Pond Skating Spectacular add a holiday glow to Boston Common How do you spice up a grand holiday tradition that has been in pla

 It’s never too early to get in the yuletide spirit. Find that warm holiday glow at one of these seasonal spectaculars.  Boston Ballet’s The NutcrackerArtistic Director Mikko Nissinen’

Heartwarming holiday tales don’t often begin with tragic explosions, but in the instance of how the official City of Boston Christmas tree came to us from Nova Scotia, that is exactly the case.The s

 Kick off the yuletide season by heading over to Faneuil Hall Marketplace (refer to listing, page 26) for the annual Blink! music and light spectacular. Following a sensational tree lighting cere

Boston’s official Christmas tree is pretty special—and not just because you can follow it on Twitter (@treeforboston). The nearly 50-foot, 40-year-old white spruce traveled all the way from Nova Scotia to Boston Common, accompanied by a police escort on the last leg of its journey.