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Christmas in Boston 2026 — the Boston Common tree lit at night, skaters on Frog Pond and the city skyline behind

Christmas in Boston 2026: Tree Lightings, Snowport, Skating & Holiday Shows

Boston does Christmas the New England way: no single mega-market, but a whole city lighting up in stages, almost all of it free. The season opens in the Seaport in early November, when the Snowport holiday market fills the waterfront with stalls. Then comes a week of free tree lightings — Faneuil Hall, Christopher Columbus […]