Home for the Holidays—Part I

There's so much happening as part of Home for the Holidays, we can't fit it all in one listing! Be sure to check out more Home for the Holiday events by .

Saturday, December 4th

Home for the Holidays Melrose Boot Camp to benefit Housing Families
8:00 am -9:00 am
Fred Green Track and Field on Tremont Street. Registration and additional information will be at www.melrosebootcamp.com.  Start your weekend of Melrose festivities right with a great work out knowing that every dollar raised will go to Housing Families Inc. www.housingfamilies.org.

Happenings at Melrose Wakefield Hospital Area (Lebanon Street)

Family Resource Network "Home for the Holidays" Pancake Breakfast at the MWH cafeteria. (.)

New This Year: Golden Living Center--Elmhurst
743 Main Street
11:00 am -2:00 pm
Come and join Golden Living Center—The Elmhurst Carolers and sample an array of holiday desserts and beverages.  Enter to win a Ginger Bread House.  We will also be accepting donations of winter coats for a local charity.

Happenings in Franklin Square (Franklin Street, Green Street and Main Street)

10:00 am – 12 noon
What has happened to Santa Claus?  He drives a sleek hay-filled wagon now, not a sleigh! Come and see what the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce Members have done!

Hillside Press
192 Green Street
10:00 am-2:00 pm
Hillside will greet visitors with a free snowman pad of paper and holiday candy.

Brad Hutchinson Realty
193 Green Street
10:00 am -2:00 pm
A Melrose tradition continues as Brad Hutchinson once again cultivates the artistic spirit in Melrose by offering Tee Shirt decorating.  Come by and show off your creativity.

Affairs to Remember
202 A Green Street
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Warm up with hot chocolate and cookies and start your holiday shopping with a 20% discount on all holiday purchases.

Melrose Oriental Rug
937 Main Street
10:00 am -2:00 pm
Visit us and sample some ethnic food.  Enter our free raffle to win the ultimate holiday gift—an oriental rug!

Gray's Appliances
945 Main Street
10:00 am -2:00 pm
Come in out of the cold and join us for hot chocolate and popcorn.

Family Resource Network
16 Franklin Street
9:30 am -11:00 am
Meet friends at the drop in play time at the Family Resource Network.

Faith Evangelical Church
200 Franklin Street
10:00 am -4:00 pm
The church invites all to join them for hot chocolate, cookie decorating and other holiday treats.

Happenings in the Highlands

Known on December 4th as The Land of the Nutcracker

Highlands Nursery School at the Melrose Highlands Congregational Church
355 Franklin Street
10:00 am -2:00 pm
Play Melrose's only indoor 9-hole mini golf course.  See if you can beat last year's score. Admission is free.

Peacuddys Café
506 Franklin Street
10:00 am -2:00 pm
Take a break from your shopping and visit us for cider and cookies.

Northern Bank and Trust
514-516 Franklin Street
10:00 am -12:00 noon
A local celebrity, Marianne Stanton, Melrose Children's Librarian, will be reading selections from holiday books.  Join us for stories, food and a raffle.

Salon Indulgence
525 Franklin Street
10:00 am -2:00 pm
Carrying on with the Nutcracker theme, come in and work on a nutcracker craft.

Studio 6
526 Franklin Street
Join us for holiday cheer!

Corinthian Hall
523 Franklin Street
11:00 am-3:00 pm
Join the staff of Corinthian Hall and Neighborhood Connections as they greet guests at the first Nutcracker Tea.

Happenings in Cedar Park (West Emerson St., Tremont St., and Essex Street)

Trinity Church
131 West Emerson Street
The Annual Festival of Trees continues…Join us for a day full of activities; a raffle for trees; donate a can of food for a local food pantry; children's stories and crafts; food, featuring cookies, cupcakes, candy and corn chowder; silent auction and collectibles including Melrose Marshmallow tins and items from local businesses and artists; unique, affordable crafts and gifts.

Reindeer Rides
Cedar Park
10:00 am -4:00 pm

Come to the only place in Melrose with "reindeer rides". (small fee)

Melrose Girl Scouts
10:00 am -3:00 pm
The Melrose Girl Scouts are doing cookie decorating.  Please come and join in the fun.

Santa Comes to Town!
11:45 am
Greet our special visitor from the North Pole—Santa Claus!

Tradewinds
169 West Emerson Street
10:00 am -5:00 pm
Start your holiday shopping and participate in a raffle for an original watercolor of the Gazebo from the Hagen collection.  All proceeds from the raffle will go to A Pantry of Hope food pantry.

Perella Jewelers
136 West Emerson Street
10:00 am -2:00 pm

Perella invites you to start your holiday shopping and enter the raffle for a $25 Gift Certificate and a DVD.  There will be two lucky winners.

Bohemian Coffee House
132 West Emerson Street
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Warm up with us and get in the holiday spirit! Come in and get a coffee coupon for a treat at a later date.  Enter our free raffle for a gift basket.

ZuZu's Healing Arts
122 West Emerson Street
ZuZu's Healing Arts will be offering complimentary 10 minute chair massage or reiki sessions.  Enjoy snacks, refreshments and a relaxing atmosphere for your holiday shopping of unique jewelry, crystals, books, candles, incense, statues and more.  Please visit  www.zuzusbeads.com.

Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church
70 West Emerson Street
10:00 am -3:00 pm
Celebrate a Melrose tradition. Come as the Unitarian Universalist Church hosts the annual Alternative Holiday Fair with "gifts with a conscious", featuring fair trade/equal exchange items, organic foods, kids craft table.

Melrose Public Library
69 West Emerson Street
The Library invites all children to bring their creativity and make a holiday craft.

Happenings on Main Street (Main St., Essex St.,West Foster St., Myrtle St.)

12:00 pm-2:00 pm
Enjoy carols with holiday Victorian carolers all around Main Street.

Melrose Youth Ballet's The Nutcracker
Memorial Hall
590 Main Street
2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Visit  www.melroseyouthballet.org.