Our town will celebrate the beginning of the holiday season on Friday evening, Dec. 5, in Chester Center. A tree, donated by Ric Kellogg of Hale Hill Farm, will be set up in the median at Main and Maple Streets, and Chester Rotary will put on the lights. Our schoolchildren are making snowflakes to decorate the tree, and Chesterfields and Aaron Manor are making more decorations. Main Street will be lined with luminaries (thanks to the Boy Scouts) and Saint Lucia Girls will stroll around with treats. Beginning around 5:45, the United Church of Chester choir will start caroling around town and our Chester children and their families are invited to meet at the tree to sing in a community sing-along, led by Meg Gister. The town tree lighting will be at 6 p.m. Shops and galleries will be open for the evening, offering beverages and light refreshments along with special happenings. Free parking is available at the Water Street and the Maple Street parking lots.

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Chester Elementary School students sing a variety of holiday songs. Words to songs will be provided on-line through the weekly update from Lynne Jacques, Town Hall.
Chester Boy Scouts will be putting out the luminaries.
Saint Lucia Girls will be handing out cookies.
Put on by the Chester Rotary and Chester Merchants.

Holiday Market - This year’s annual Holiday Market begins this Sunday, Nov. 30, in Chester Center at 11 a.m. Until 2 p.m. hours you can shop for your locally grown/produced breads, baked goods, jams, honey, produce, meat, poultry, seafood and more from your favorite Sunday Market vendors. A complete list of Holiday Market vendors is at https://www.facebook.com/visitchesterct.