2025 Life Logs, Day 340: Holidays-by-the-Sea 2025
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, Some Rain; High Temp 43 Low 29 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Most of the day today was spent downtown Falmouth to enjoy Falmouth’s Holidays-by-the-Sea activities. The first activity was not associated with the holiday season. It was our weekly Standout for Democracy on the Green. It rained as I was driving there. But by the time I parked, the rain had stopped. I got home at 1:30, answered some emails, and then turned around and went back down to Main Street for the 3:30 pm Jingle Jog. Again, it rained as I was driving there, but miraculously the rain stopped and a little ray of sunshine came through. Jonah, his friend Jean Luc, and some other soccer friends I didn’t know, were running the 5 K ‘fun’ race.
And Heather and Ollie were also both running. Jed was working on getting the boat secured for the winter, but he arrived in time to watch the race. It is a fun race to watch as everyone is dressed in some sort of holiday fashion. The team of runners dressed as Santa’s reindeer won my prize for most festive this year.
Main Street was closed off for the race, the downtown Holiday Stroll (shopping) from 4-8 pm, and the Lighting of the Green at 6 pm. I headed home after the race and had just enough time to eat lunch/dinner before heading back to the Green for the annual lighting. Parking is always a challenge, but I thought I could drive halfway and park at Lawrence Middle School, then walk across the playing fields to the Green. But I was wrong. There was not a place to park anywhere. Every parking space and every patch of grass was taken. So I drove back home and walked as fast as I could to get there just in time to see the lights.
Then the caroling begins. I didn’t stay for all of that as I was meeting friends who had invited me to go see a Woods Hole Film Festival movie tonight. It was a fun-filled day. But the weekend is not over. Tomorrow is the parade and Holidays at Highfield.
