n o v e m b e r 2 0 1 8 7 1 H o l i d a y G i f t s & E v e n t s G u i d e 2 0 1 8 Plan Ahead. These events are coming to town! Festival of Lights, Boothbay,Nov.15-Dec.31 MonumentSquareTree Lighting,Nov.23,5-6:30p.m. Downtown Portland Horse & Wagon Rides Nov. 23-Dec. 16 Friday (4- 8 p.m.), Saturday (2-6 p.m.) & Sundays (1-5 p.m.) only. Pick up and drop of every half hour in Monument Square. The Nutcracker, Maine State Ballet Theater, Fal- mouth, Nov. 23-Dec. 9 The Polar Express, Nov. 23-Dec. 23 Country Christmas in Bethel, Nov. 23-Dec. 24 Pat Colwell & the Soul Sensations Motown Christmas, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, Nov. 24. 7:30-9 p.m. Christmas Prelude, Ken- nebunkport, Nov. 29- Dec. 9 Christmas by the Sea, Camden, Nov 30-Dec 2, 2018 Days of Lights, Gardiner Main Street, Dec. 1-31 Còig Celtic Christmas, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath Dec. 2 Hanukkah, Dec. 2-10 Merry Madness, Dec. 6 Christmas by the Sea, Ogunquit, Dec. 7-9 Freeport Sparkle Week- end, Freeport, Dec. 7-9 North Pole Express at Boothbay Railway Village, Dec. 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23 Old 97’s Holiday Extrav- aganza, Port City Music Hall, Dec. 10 Victorian Christmas at Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Mu- seum, Dec.15 Parade of Lights, Casco Bay Lines, Portland, Dec. 15 The Fogcutters Super Fantastic Christmas Ex- travaganza!, State The- atre, Portland, Dec. 15 Sing! It’s Christmas, Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath Dec. 17 Magic of Christmas, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Dec. 14-23 Winter Solstice, Dec. 21 Christmas, Dec. 25 Kwanzaa, Dec. 26-Jan. 1, 2019 Polar Bear Dip & Dash, Back Cove and East End Beach, Portland, Dec. 31 Paul Revere Bell Ring- ing, Main Street, Bath, Dec. 31 New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2019 Epiphany, Jan. 6, 2019 Makar Sankranti, Jan. 15, 2019 Mahayana New Year, Jan. 21-23, 2019 Bodhi Day, Jan. 13, 2019 Chinese New Year, Feb. 5, 2019 Mardi Gras, Mar. 5, 2019 Persian New Year, Mar. 21, 2019 Learn tricks from the pros at Two Fat Cats Cookie Decorating class on December 9. courtesy gardens aglow, boothbay botanical gardens