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Join us for the Annual Tree Lighting on the Common

The Stoneham Chamber of Commerce & Dr. Mickey's Pediatric & Orthodontic Specialists will host the Tree Lighting on Sun., Nov. 25, from 3-5PM

Tree Lighting on the Stoneham Common is Next Sunday, Nov. 25 from 3-5PM!

Dr. Mickey’s Pediatric & Orthodontic Specialists will once

again title sponsor the Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Tree Lighting

Festival on the Stoneham Town Common, Sunday, November 25, from 3 to 5

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PM.

Activities will include, visits with Santa, a train ride for

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kids on the Common, craft making and activities, hot chocolate, popcorn

and cookies, Harrow’s Pot Pie sampling, the MelroseWakefield Healthcare

Memory Tree, holiday DJ music and caroling with the Stoneham Girl

Scouts. The event will culminate with the official tree lighting by Dr.

Mickey’s Pediatric & Orthodontic Specialists at 4:45 PM.

The Stoneham Business & Community Educational Foundation (SBCEF)

will have their Trolley Ride with Frosty from the Town Hall to the Stone

Zoo for those families who wish to attend opening night of ZooLights at

the Stone Zoo. Tickets for the trolley can be purchased at the Tree

Lighting and are $6 for an adult and $3 for a child. All proceeds will

go to the SBCEF to support the wonderful community initiatives they lead

throughout the year.

Also returning is the Stoneham Firefighters’ Toy Collection.

Unwrapped, new toys will be collected on the Common during the Tree

Lighting and gifted to area families in need. Residents are encouraged

to bring unwrapped gifts on Sunday and will be automatically entered to

win tickets to ZooLights at the Stone Zoo. For further information,

please call the Fire Department at (781) 438-5296.

New this year will be train rides around the Common provided by Stoneham Recreation.

The Tree Lighting Festival is offered at no cost and made possible through the generosity of the following sponsors:

Title sponsor: Dr. Mickey’s Pediatric & Orthodontic Specialists

Gold sponsors: Premier Homes Real Estate, StonehamBank, Courtyard by Marriott Woburn.

Silver sponsors: MelroseWakefield Healthcare, Salem Five Bank,

Eastern Bank, Stoneham Ford, ZooLights at the Stone Zoo, Harrow’s,

Doucet Remodeling & Design.

Friends of the Tree Lighting: Jennifer Gray. Ameriprise Financial,

Representative Michael Day, Selectman Anthony Wilson, Dolly Wilson and

The Arbors of Stoneham.

For questions or for more information, please contact the Stoneham Chamber of Commerce at (781) 438-0001 or info@stonehamchamber.org.

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