FRAMINGHAM, MA – In past years a town-wide effort was made to bring people together to light the “Official” Christmas Tree in Downtown Framingham. At past tree lightings, school children would carol on the steps of the Memorial Building, Santa might have shown up riding atop a Framingham Fire Engine, and after the tree lighting children would be welcomed into Nevins Hall for hot chocolate, cookies, candy canes and a chance to spend some time with friends, neighbors and family and maybe have a photo taken with Santa.
In a press release today, The City of Framingham announced it will cancel this (more…)
Merry Christmas to all from Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Below is a list of Christmas services, masses and other events held at Framingham churches and houses of worship during the week of December 22nd through 26th, 2014.
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Armenian Church of the Holy Translators – American Christmas Eve Carole and Prayer Service, (in English), Wednesday, December 24th, 2014, Christmas Eve, 4:00pm. — 38 Franklin Street, Framingham, MA, 01702 — www.armenianchurchofmetrowest.org
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Edwards Church (UCC) – Wednesday, December 24th, 2014, Christmas Eve—5:00pm Pageant for all ages (come at 4:30 to choose a costume), 9:00pm Candlelight service of lessons, carols, and poetry — 39 Edwards Street, Framingham MA 01701 — www.edwardschurch.org
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First Baptist Church of Framingham – Christmas Eve Service – Wednesday, December 24th, 2014, 7:00 p.m., Rev. Jason Rutherford Preaching “What if God was One of Us”, Special Music, Candlelight. — 1013 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA 01701 — www.firstbaptistframingham.org
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First Parish Framingham – Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2014 at 5:00pm, Traditional Candlellight Service and Children’s Christmas Pageant, 8:00 pm Candlelight Service. — (Note: 5:00pm service is more ‘small-child’ friendly!) — A Unitarian Universalist Congregation — 24 Vernon Street, Framingham, MA 01701 — www.uuframingham.org/
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First United Methodist Church – Christmas Eve Service, Wednesday, December 24th, 7:00pm – 8:00pm at Wesley United Methodist Church, see church calendar at www.firstumcframingham.org for more info.
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Grace Congregational Church – Christmas Eve Service with Candles, Carols and Communion, Wednesday, December 24th, 2014, 7:00PM. — 76 Salem End Road, Framingham, MA 01702 — www.gracechurchucc.org
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Lutheran Church of Framingham -Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24, 2010, 1:45PM Service at Heritage, 7:00PM Candlelight Service with Lessons, Carols. — 720 Edgell Road, Framingham, MA, 01701 — www.lcfworships.org
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Plymouth Church of Framingham (UCC) – Christmas Eve Worship, Wednesday, December 24th, 2014, 5:00pm and 10:00pm service. Time to sing favorite Christmas hymns and share the beloved story of Jesus’ birth. — 7 Edgell Road, Framingham, MA 01701 — www.plymouthchurchframingham.org
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church – Christmas Eve Services, Wednesday, December 24th, 2014 — 4:00 PM Family Holy Eucharist — 10:00 PM Festival Holy Eucharist with Special Music — Thursday, December 25th, 11:00 AM Morning Prayer and Carols — www.standrewsframma.org
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St. Bridgets Church -Christmas Mass Schedule: Wednesday, December 24th, 2014 “The Vigil of Christmas”, 4:00 pm Upper & Lower Church — 6:00 pm Family Mass — Beginning at 11:30 pm: Christmas Music! St. Bridget’s Adult Choir will give a half-hour concert of Christmas Carols and Choir Motets before the Midnight Mass at 12:00 am — 830 Worcester Road (Rt. 9),
Framingham, MA 01702 — www.stbridgetparish.org
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St. George’s Church – CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE / HOLY DAY MASS SCHEDULE – Wednesday, December 24, 2014, Christmas Eve: 9:00AM Mass of the Day, 4:00PM Upper Church, 5:30PM Upper Church — Thursday, December 25, 2014, Christmas Day: 8:00AM Upper Church, 10:30AM Upper Church– Saint George Catholic Church, 74 School Street, Framingham, MA 01701 — www.churchofstgeorge.org
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Please contact us to have your house of worship’s Christmas 2014 services or other holiday events added to this page.
Santa & Mrs. Claus live “ON-AIR” taking calls from Framingham children Dec. 9th, from 7pm ’til 8pm
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Yes it is true! Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting the Access Framingham television studio on Sunday December 9th, 2012.
Tune in from 7:00-8:00pm on Sunday December 9th when Old Saint Nick will pay us a special visit on the air-LIVE. He and Mrs. Claus will be taking phone calls from all the good boys and girls in Framingham.
Do you have a special question for Santa? How do his Reindeer fly? How many toys do the elves make every year? How does Santa know who has been naughty or nice? …or just call in to wish Santa a Merry Christmas!
Now is your chance to talk to Santa, live on television!
The number to call is 508-875-5403.
Access Framingham can be seen in the Town of Framingham on Comcast Ch. 9, RCN Ch. 3, and Verizon Ch. 43.
For more information about Access Framingham programming, training, and services, you can also visit us online at www.accessfram.tv
FRAMINGHAM, MA – This year The Friends of Saxonville are partnering with Robinsons Hardware to create an expanded Discover Saxonville / Jingle Bell Day event on December 1st, 2012 from noon to 5:00pm.
Many of the businesses in the Saxonville Village Center, from the Pinefield Shopping Center on Nicholas Road to the Walgreen Shopping Center on School Street will participate. Plus, organizations who call Saxonville their home — schools, churches, VFW Post 929, Studio Artists’ in the Mill, and the Scouts — will make a distinct contribution to this unique community experience.
Begin your experience by signing in at the Pinefield Shopping Center. At that time you will receive a detailed program of the day’s events and your own Jingle Bell. Between Noon and 2 PM, the entire family is welcome to take a free Horse (more…)
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Children’s most popular question during the month of December; “How much longer ’til Christmas?” can be answered down to the day, hour, minute and second thanks to NORAD, (The North American Aerospace Defense Command).
For the past couple years the NORAD Santa Tracker website has provided real-time, up to the minute reporting of where Santa is, how many presents he’s delivered, and when he may be at your house — and this year they’ve added links to see real time video of Santa’s delivery route, a virtual “cookie counter”, (to see how many snacks St. Nick eats during his (more…)
FRAMINGHAM, MA – The Town of Framingham’s automated emergency phone system dialed town residents twice today.
The first call was to announce that the National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for today — from noon on Sunday, December 26, 2010 until Monday, December 27 at 6:00pm, and the town could expect 15″ to 20″ snow.
Residents were advised that there would be no parking on all artierial roads, (which are posted with red and white signs). Also, the call advised that although standard odd/even parking was in effect for all non-arterial roads, that residents were advised to seek off street parking as vehicles will be towed if they interfere with plowing operations.
A second call came advising residents that no trash pickup would occur on Monday December 27, 2010, and reminding residents not to place trash or recycling recepticles on the curb (as snow cleanup will likely still be taking place).
Monday would have been a heavy trash day as it will be the first scheduled trash pickup day after Christmas. In past years, before the phone alert system was in place and used for such notices some residents would put trash out that would not get picked up, and it would either hinder snow plowing — or barrels were hit by plows causing a mess, (needless to say, the barrels did not fare well).
Trash and recycle schedules are moved up by one day, (e.g.- if your trash was to go out Monday, it should be put out Tuesday instead — if your regular day is Tuesday, put it out Wednesday, etc).
If you have questions or problems regarding either snow removal or trash pickup, contact the Framingham Department of Public Works, (Highway Division or Solid Waste Division), at (508) 532-6030.
For (non-emergency) issues related to parking during the storm, (vehicle blocking a street, parking questions, etc), contact the Framingham Police at (508) 872-1212.
FRAMINGHAM, MA – It will probably be several hours before Santa makes it to Framingham, or even to the New England coast.
Luckily with the help of NORAD, (The North American Aerospace Defense Command), you can track Santa’s progress and see him fly in and out of suburban cities, country towns and rural villages as he makes his way around the world for Christmas 2010.
When we last checked he was in Bignona, Senegal and headed for Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands.
We zoomed in on the map to see how many stops Santa had to make and saw (more…)
FRAMINGHAM, MA – Be sure to make your way down to Saxonville on December 4, 2010 from 11:00am – 4:00pm for the 6th Annual “Jingle Bell Days“.
For the past five years, Jeff Underwood of Robinson’s Hardware has pulled together the other merchants at Pinefield Shopping Plaza, (along with a few 2-legged and 4-legged special guests) for “Jingle Bell Days”.
This year Toys for Tots are being collected for the Marine Corps., Please Bring a Toy to Donate!
Here’s some of what’s scheduled for this year: (more…)
Guarded by a giant wooden soldier, Framingham children gather at the Memorial Building waiting for Santa and the town tree lighting (2007)
FRAMINGHAM, MA – On Friday, December 3, 2010 the Town of Framingham will hold its 19th ANNUAL HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING outside of the Memorial Building, (Framigham Town Hall), which is located at 150 Concord St., in Downtown Framingham.
Events start at 6:15pm as people gather in front of Town Hall for holiday music in eager anticipation of Santa’s arrival and the lighting of the Town Tree.
Each year Santa Claus flies into an undisclosed Framingham location where he is met by Framingham Fire Fighters. This year they’ll help Santa avoid all the road construction and downtown traffic and see that he safely arrives at the Memorial Building by 6:45pm, in time for the tree lighting.
At 7:00 p.m., everyone is invited to come inside Nevins Hall for music by the Framingham Public Schools Elementary and Middle School Band, photos with Santa, hot cocoa, cookies and candy canes.
Video above is from 2007 Framingham Holiday Tree Lighting
The evenings events are sponsored by Town of Framingham, Downtown Solutions, Framingham Rotary Club and The Metrowest Daily News.
FRAMINGHAM, MA — On Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 at 7:30 pm the University of Notre Dame Chorale, the official concert choir of ND will give the fourth performance of its Winter Tour at St Bridget’s Church.
The program features traditional Christmas carols, choral works by BYRD, Haydn, Verdi, Wagner, Handel & Debussy and school songs including the Notre Dame Victory March. It’s free and open to the public. The Chorale is a mixed, 60 voice choir composed of (more…)
FRAMINGHAM, MA – In past years a town-wide effort was made to bring people together to light the “Official” Christmas Tree in Downtown Framingham. At past tree lightings, school children would carol on the steps of the Memorial Building, Santa might have shown up riding atop a Framingham Fire Engine, and after the tree lighting children would be welcomed into Nevins Hall for hot chocolate, cookies, candy canes and a chance to spend some time with friends, neighbors and family and maybe have a photo taken with Santa.
