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Many thanks to Eric Lothrop for taking photographs of so many family and friends at the Rockery in Santa’s new house on the 4th.
Use the button below to see Eric’s web photo gallery.
Saturday 7:00-10:00 pm
The Queset House
51 North Main Street, North Easton, MA
We are happy to welcome back Matt Kelly and his jazz quartet to the Queset House. Matt Kelly is a Boston area trumpet player, composer, and educator. Matt blends many genres from his diverse array of musical experience into a uniquely modern soundscape. Food catered by Rosemary Fresh.
Sponsored by:
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By the generosity of our sponsors, families can enjoy our S’mores station at Queset Gardens … ride the train … warm up by the fire pits … hop a hay ride … enjoy the Holiday Parade … partake in the Gingerbread Scavenger Hunt … Ames Free Library Penguin Hunt … have a professional photo taken with Santa … all at no cost!
Find the perfect gift from one of our 23 juried crafter’s in the Marketplace in Oakes Ames Memorial Hall. Marketplace open from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Check-out the 18 beautiful baskets to be raffled-off Saturday afternoon at 3:30 pm! Raffle tickets will be sold inside Oakes Ames Memorial Hall in the Marketplace. Tickets are $10 for 1 sheet of 25 tickets or $20 for 3 sheets (total of 75 tickets).
All parade and Reindog participants will meet at the Natural Resources Trust of Easton (NRT) entrance at 307 Main Street. Many thanks go out to the NRT team for allowing the use of their space to stage the parade line-up!
For additional details, please email the festival chair at HolidayFestival@EastonLions.org.
11:30 am – Reindog registration
12:00 pm – Reindog judging
12:00 pm – Parade line-up begins
12:30 pm – Parade begins
Watch Santa arrive with the Easton Fire Department to light up the Rockery!
Enjoy the lighted displays at the Rockery all through December and be sure to join in the fun at the Family Show at 1:30 – immediately after the Parade.
Come by day or night to peek into Santa’s House… you may just catch a glimpse of the jolly ol’ man himself!
Please support all our sponsors – select their logo
Ken McAuliffe, McAuliffe Electric
Maguire’s Pub & Grill
Mike Looney, Looney Transportation
Pop’s Fine Wines
Thermal Fluids, Inc.
Old Colony YMCA of Easton
Boy Scout Troop 193
Stonehill College
Garden Club
C.E.R.T.
Dept. of Public Works
Fire Department
Police officers
Select Board
Oliver Ames High School
Leos Club
Boys Soccer
Cross Country
Make a Wish Club
Marching Band & Color Guard
Football
Swim team
Wrestling team
Dec 2020 – Santa House opening with Avery Lee Williams talking festival history with Lynne Payne and Gregg Murphy
Since 1986, at the Rockery and Oakes Ames Memorial Hall in North Easton, Massachusetts, Easton townfolks celebrate the holiday season with the annual Easton Holiday Festival coordinated by the Easton Lions Club and supported by many local businesses and families in Easton. This event happens the first full weekend in December each year with the Easton Lions cooking up burgers, dogs and fried dough; bouncy houses, train and hay rides, carnival games for the kids. It also highlights local artisans in a special marketplace inside the historic Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, free musical entertainment on the Rockery, the walk of the reindogs in the holiday parade down main street to the festivities area, and visits by Santa throughout the events.
In 1988 the Easton Businessman’s Association passed along the baton for the Festival to the Easton Lion’s Club. The Lions took up the task and committed the resources to take over the management of the Festival of Lights, a Holiday-season event. We jumped in with our usual determination, growing it into the festive event it is today.
The Lions manage the Holiday Festival as a town Holiday party put on for our townspeople and encourage all to participate in planning the events. We work to make changes from time-to-time, and hope to keep the event interesting and appealing to people of all ages.
Significant changes have taken place over the years, most notably was in the mid-2000’s when the Rockery was restored to its 1882 appearance (necessitating the removal of its trees). This moved the lighting in a new direction, with music-syncopated light-and-sound show. In 2018, we moved the festival to one-day event on the first Saturday in December.
In 2020, due to Covid, we had to cancel our usual events, and instead updated the holiday displays at the Rockery and Oakes Ames Memorial Hall for all to enjoy. This included a mailbox for letters to Santa and a brand new Santa House that will be used by our guest in 2021. The house was made possible by a generous donation from the Avery Lee Williams Family Trust. Avery was a Lion member for over 40 years and passed away in 2021.
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