Harvard Neighbors 'office and meeting room will be closed during the University’s winter recess, be-tween December 24, 2018 and Janu-ary 1, 2019. Classes will resume on the second week of January. Please, check our website for the most updat-ed information. For all of you who, plan to spend the holidays in Boston area, we have gathered information about a bunch of interesting places and events that are worth visiting. From all of us at Harvard Neighbors Have a fantastic Holidays and a very Happy New Year!

Mayor’s Holliday Special Mayor’s Holiday Special is the Bos-ton’s premier seasonal promotion which celebrates the wonder and joy of the holiday season by providing affordable access to over 150 of the region’s best and beloved holiday

shows and perfor-mances, with ticket deals up to 50% off of dining and many free festivities. Mayor’s Holiday Special is produced by Arts Boston in partnership with the City of Boston, the City of Cam-bridge, and the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau. To check all the offerings and for tickets click here.

Ice Sculpture Stroll Over a dozen businesses and cultural institutions from Bos-ton’s waterfront neighborhoods have come together to partici-pate at the Waterfront 2019 holiday event. On New Year’s Eve, Boston Harbor Now is organ-

izing several free fun activities across the waterfront, to ring in the New Year. Be-tween 1:00pm to 4:00pm on December 31, 2018 you can follow the Ice Sculpture Stroll to over a dozen sites, join the Harbor Map Tour at the Boston Harbor Hotel, bring the kids to Touch-a-Truck with First Responders at the Envoy Hotel, or enjoy a Walking Tour of the Wharf District with the Friends of the Boston Harbor walk. Countdown to the New Year with the return of New Year’s Eve Midnight Harbor Fireworks. For all of the enthusiasts, who want to start the New Year off right, is the annual First Day Hike from the Old North Church to the Bunker Hill Monument.

Harvard Neighbors’ Winter Appeal

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We couldn't be Harvard Neighbors without your support! Your contributions support our mission: “to enrich the lives of members of the Harvard community through cultural programs and events.” Thanks to generous gifts from our mem-bers, we are able to bring to you varied events and activities with no charge for participation. This fall alone our members enjoyed Ice Cream, Social, Apple Social, Cranberry Social, Thanksgiving Demo and Cele-bration, Spring Celebration, Celtic Night, Tea and Talk at Harvard Faculty Club and a an awesome Holiday Party! To our longer-term members, thanks for all you have done to make Harvard Neighbors a vibrant and welcoming community. To help sustain and

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Newport, Rhode Island Candlelight Tour Don’t miss this one evening only opportunity to join the 48th Annual Christmas in Newport Candlelight Tour of Historic Pri-vate Homes on Saturday, December 29, 2018.The tour is from 4pm to 7pm and costs $3 per home. Homes are located on Historic Hill, payable at the door of each home. No advance reservations are necessary. Neighborhood parking is very lim-ited, recommend parking at the Mary Street Parking Lot and a short walk up Church St. to the homes.

Holiday Events at Springfield, MA Springfield Museums are offering interesting programs and exhibits for the whole family! This year the popular Gingerbread Wonderland competition and exhibit theme is Gingerbread: Pop Culture Edition. Pop! Icons of American Culture from the Smithsonian is another special exhibit that includes a variety of

artifacts on loan from the exten-sive collections of the National Museum of American History, National Portrait Gallery, Na-tional Air and Space Museum, and National Museum of African American History and Culture. The Superman and Lois Lane costumes worn by Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder take center stage in this exhibition.

These pieces will be in good company alongside Marilyn Monroe’s fashion-able white gloves, a soccer jersey worn by Mia Hamm at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Eddie Van Halen’s guitar, Julius Erving’s sneakers, the

Star Trek tribbles and an original drawing of the Peanuts cartoon by Charles Schulz.

Winter Recess Travel Ideas

Best Holiday Lights in Somerville The season for holiday magic is upon us and one of the best ways to share the wonder of winter with your family is by touring local lights’ displays in Somerville. Residents take the phrase “deck the halls” to heart by creating fabulous displays that include homemade wooden characters, lights link-ing multiple houses and life-sized nativity scenes. The City of Somerville goes all out too, decorating the major squares and City Hall Plaza with lights and trees. One of the best displays is at Somerville’s City Hall, where the building itself gets a big, beautiful wreath. On the lawn in front of City Hall is Somerville’s Christmas Tree and Menorah, which cast a warming glow all season long. Follow the twinkly white lights down Highland Ave-nue away from City Hall toward the library’s Central Branch for a cozy winter stroll. While the City of Somerville makes sure each square and major road has wreaths and kissing balls adorning it light poles, the best displays can be found in Davis Square, Union Square and Assembly Row. Twinkly lights, trees decked out from top to bottom and a special art

display at Assem-bly light up the night. You can pick up a copy of the map the popular Illumina-tions Tour fol-lows for both its West and East Somerville tours so you can see the lights on your own. The maps can be purchased for $3 at Blue Cloud Gallery in Ball Square or at Magpie in Davis Square. Should you decide to drive around greater Boston in search for more creative Holiday Lights’ displays, WBUR has a list of wonderful suggestions!

First Night Celebration First Night Boston welcomes 2019 with a huge New Year's Eve celebration and fireworks - the city's biggest New Year's Eve party! The festivities include bedtime-friendly (for those with young children) fireworks over Boston Common at 7pm, spectacular fireworks over Boston Harbor launched across from the North End Wa-terfront and Seaport at midnight, a dramatic pyrotechnic show at midnight in Copley Square, a huge People's Pro-cession parade down Boylston Street, lots of family-friendly activities, live musical performances, and spec-tacular ice sculptures by renowned artists. First Night Boston is the oldest New Year's Eve event of this type in the U.S. and is celebrating its 41st anniversary this year. It has inspired dozens of similar events across the country. The celebration kicks off at Noon on December

31st with live performances in Copley Square, the Prudential Center and Cop-ley Place. In the afternoon and evening, the ice sculptures light up and a large procession makes its way to Boston Common for the first fireworks show. Live music performances rock the hours until midnight when the countdown begins. The first day of the New Year will be celebrated on Copley Square from Noon to 4pm with activities for families and children. You can find details and schedule of all activities and free events by clicking here.