November 30th – December 31st

The Federated Church of Orleans
Thursday, December 19, 5:30pm,
162 Main St, East Orleans Quiet Advent Vespers. A
quiet service of music, reflection and prayer
Friends’ Marketplace
Friday and Saturday December 20 & 21, 2-5pm, 57
Main Street, Orleans. Please join us for a wine and
cheese tasting!
Week 4: Dec. 21-Dec. 31
By the Sea Driftwood Company
Saturday December 21 & Sunday
December 22, 11-5pm
94 West Road, Orleans
Open studio and gallery of handcrafted, coastal
inspired gifts for the home & garden created from
local materials. Mulled Cider & Cookies. For a
chance to win a gift basket full of seaside goodies
please bring a food item to be donated to the
Lower Cape Outreach Council. 508-240-5783,
[email protected],
bytheseadriftwood.com
Friends’ Marketplace
Friday and Saturday December 20 & 21, 2-5pm,
57 Main Street, Orleans
Please join us for a wine and cheese tasting!
Elements Theatre Company
A Christmas Carol by John Mortimer
Adapted from the story by Charles Dickens,
An Imaginative Retelling, in the Style of Readers
Theatre December 13-14 & 19-21, Dinner 6pm,
Performance 7:30pm December 15 & 22,
Matinee 3pm Church of the Transfiguration,
Rock Harbor, Orleans Tickets: 508-240-2400 or
elementstheatre.org
Orleans Yoga and Pilates
Annual Winter Solstice Yoga Ceremony
with Petra Friday, December 20, 6-8pm,
148 Route 6A, Orleans Celebrated across time
and cultures for thousands of years, the Winter
Solstice marks the return to light after the longest
night and shortest day of the year. Come together
to invite the light and stoke your inner fire with
an invigorating yoga flow followed by restorative
postures and meditation. $25, partial proceeds
to benefit the Lower Cape Outreach Council.
orelansyogaandpilates.com
The Federated Church of Orleans
Friday, December 20, 7pm,
162 Main St, East Orleans Deck the Halls! A Choral
Celebration and Community Sing for Christmas
with Chancel Choir, directed by Betty Kelly, and
Handbell Choir directed by Bonnie Brenner. Holiday
Refreshments to follow.
Salon Sillouette
To December 10th,
5 Old Colony Way, Orleans
Collecting toys, clothes, and gift cards for the
Homeless Prevention Coucil.
Savvy On Main
Saturday, December 21 12-5pm,
50 Main Street, Orleans Open House with wine
and cheese. Providing fabulous clothing and
accessories! Look for Our Special Weekend Sales
Surprises!
Addison Art Gallery
Celebrating the Harvests with Stephanie Foster
Saturday, December 21, 1-3pm, Old Firehouse, 44
Main Street, Orleans Photographer and author
Stephanie Foster will sign copies of her new book,
Farms of Cape Cod, and selections from her recent
photography exhibit at the Cape Cod Museum
of Art will be on display. Her book of humorous
essays, Snacks for the Brain, will be also available
along with handmade lavender products.
The books, museum quality photographs, and
soothing lavender goods make great locally
inspired and produced gifts for oneself and for
others. 508.255.6200, [email protected],
addisonart.com
A Town-Wide Celebration
Festive Decorations - A Holiday Destination
Nauset Model Railroad Club
Model Railroad Holiday Open House -1-4pm
Saturday, December 21
180 Route 6A, Orleans. NausetModelRRclub.com
Come see the model trains running through 2,000
square feet of urban and mountain scenery on five
different scale layouts. Fun for the whole family!
FREE Admission. Celebrating our 25th year!
November 30th – December 31st
Joe’s Beach Road Bar & Grill
Saturday, December 21, 10pm,
5 Beach Road, East Orleans
Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest with prizes and
dancing! Come for dinner and stay for dancing
party and prizes after!
Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans
Children’s Christmas Pageant and Nativity
Celebration, 204 Monument Rd., Orleans,
Tuesday, December 24, 4:30pm Children who join
the procession are given golden stars to place at
the crèche. The Nativity Program is renowned for
its exceptional costumes by noted designer Robin
McLaughlin, who creates for the Harwich Junior
Theater and Cape Repertory Theatre.
508-255-0433, holyspiritorleans.org
The Federated Church of Orleans
Wednesday, December 24, 7pm,
162 Main St, East Orleans Christmas Eve. A Festival
Service of Lessons & Carols and Pageant with live
Nativity beginning at 6pm.
Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans
Christmas Eve Service, Tuesday, December 24,
10pm. 508-255-0433, holyspiritorleans.org
Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans
Christmas Day Service, Wednesday, December 25,
10am. 508-255-0433, holyspiritorleans.org
Nauset Model Railroad Club
Model Railroad Holiday Open House – 1-4pm
Saturday, December 28
180 Route 6A, NausetModelRRclub.com
Come see the model trains running through 2,000
square feet of urban and mountain scenery on five
different scale layouts. Fun for the whole family!
FREE Admission. Celebrating our 25th year!
Contributing Sponsors
• Snow’s Home & Garden
• Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank
• The Farm • The Beacon Room
Supporting Sponsors
• The Church of the Transfiguration • Nauset Marine
Savvy on Main • Nauset Beach Club Restaurant
• The Cove Motel • WeNeedAVacation.com
Presented by the Orleans Chamber of Commerce
www.orleanscapecod.org
Addison Art Gallery
Celebrating the Season Reception,
Saturday, November 30, 5-7pm.
Join family and friends for a show of new works by
award-winning artists, artful ornaments, and a toast
to this glorious season. 43 South Orleans Road
(Route 28), Orleans, 508-255-6200
[email protected], addisonart.com
The Orleans Improvement Association
Holiday Decorating Contest
$900 in prizes will be awarded! Businesses and
residents are encouraged to brighten up the
Town with spirit and creativity. Applications
must be submitted by December 1, and found at
orleansimprovement.org or the Chamber Office.
Decorations must be twinkling by December 7,
and judging will be completed by December 13.
Winners are announced at Carols & Cocktails at the
Nauset Beach Club Restaurant on December 17, 5pm.
Salon Sillouette
To December 10th,
5 Old Colony Way, Orleans
Collecting toys, clothes, and gift cards for the
Homeless Prevention Coucil.
Hot Chocolate Sparrow
November 15 – December 15,
5 Old Colony Way, Orleans
YOU donate TUNA, BEEF STEW, CHILI, and/or
COOKING OIL (only these four items please). WE
DONATE TO YOU! YOU hand us your item, we
discount your drink 50%.
The Academy Playhouse, Orleans
“Broadway to Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays”
Opening November 22nd and running through December 22nd, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at
8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Tickets are $22 Reserved,
Box Office 508-255-1963
Deck the Walls – A Celebration of Orleans Art
Galleries
November 29 – January 1,
Old Firehouse 44 Main Street, Orleans
Join us for a multi-media art exhibition. Galleries
big and small will be featured in this first ever gathering of visual samplings from the Orleans cultural
community. Participating galleries include Addison
Art, Artworks, Gallery 31 Fine Art, Saltworks Fine
Art and the Upper Deck.
Blake & Co.
10-6pm, 47 Main Street, Orleans
Every Saturday between Thanksgiving and
Christmas Please mention this brochure and
receive 15% off any one item in the store
(excluding items already on sale and consigned
items). [email protected], blakeorleans.com,
508-255-2555
Ragg Time Ltd.
Shop local and shop us for your holiday gifts,
accessories and clothing. Free gift wrapping.
Different sales each week. Come register for our
$50 raffle drawn each Friday afternoon beginning
December 6-20. Visit and enjoy holiday cookies!
Week 1: Nov. 30-Dec. 6
Pancake Breakfast with Mrs. Claus,
8am-10am
Orleans Yacht Club, 39 Cove Rd. Orleans
Enjoy a pancake breakfast with Mrs. Claus while
awaiting the arrival of Santa by boat! Breakfast
spread by the Hole-In-One Restaurant. $7 adults,
$5 children. Part of the proceeds will be donated
to Habitat for Humanity. Santa will meet with the
children at Snow’s Home and Garden, 22 Main St.
Orleans, 10am-Noon.
Seaside Christmas Raffle Begins!
Begin your Christmas shopping in Orleans! Enter
the Chamber’s Seaside Christmas Raffle at local
stores throughout Seaside Christmas! No purchase
necessary to enter, raffle to be drawn Friday
December 20th, 5:00p.m. at 44 Main St.,
Orleans, MA 02653.
Church of the Holy Spirit
36th Annual Church of the Holy Spirit Holiday
Antiques Show and Sale:
Friday, November 29 10-4pm and Saturday,
November 30 10-3pm. $5 Admission, 204
Monument Rd., Orleans
Featuring dealers from New England. Wide range
of choice antiques; 18th and 19th century furniture,
nautical items, quilts, Staffordshire china, ironstone,
early American pattern glass, jewelry, Americana,
brass candlesticks, vintage post cards, chocolate
and ice cream molds, primitives, textiles, folk and
fine art. 508-255-0433, holyspiritorleans.org
Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans
Giving Tree Program,
204 Monument Rd., Orleans
Sunday, December 1, 10am service
All are welcome! Join the Giving Tree Program
and attend the Children’s Giving Tree Play. Giving
campaign fulfills requests from children in need
for distribution by Lower Cape social service
organizations. 508-255-0433, holyspiritorleans.org
Friends’ Marketplace
Friday and Saturday November 29 & 30 2-5pm,
57 Main Street, Orleans
Please join us for a wine and cheese tasting!
Community of Jesus, Rock Harbor, Orleans
Advent Events at The Church of the Transfiguration
Friday, November 29-Sunday, December 1
Elegant Afternoon Teas 3pm ~ Reservations:
508-240-2400 Service of Advent Lessons & Carols
(all three dates above) with Gloriae Dei Cantores
4:30pm (no reservations needed), Organ Prelude
3:30pm, Dec. 1 Tours of the Church of the
Transfiguration Priory Book and Gifts - Homemade
Baked Goods and Gifts of the Season
churchofthetransfiguration.org
Blake & Co.
Saturday, November 30 10-6pm,
47 Main Street, Orleans. A Day of Giving
A percentage of all sales will be donated to Wild
Care where injured, ill, and orphaned wildlife on
Cape Cod is cared for. Please join us in helping this
most deserving organization! info@blakeorleans.
com, blakeorleans.com, 508-255-2555
The Farm
Saturday, November 30,
40 Rock Harbor Road, Orleans
508-240-1222, thefarmcapecod.com, acebook.
com/flowersforsale Enjoy Holiday Cheer at The
Farm! Gorgeous Live and Fresh Cut Christmas
trees, wreaths and more! Studio K Photography will
take reservations for Holiday Mini-Sessions, 11-2pm.
Email [email protected] or call
508-255-1934 for photos. Come celebrate
our Holiday Open House at 4:30pm.
By the Sea Driftwood Company
Saturday November 30, 11-5pm,
94 West Road Orleans
Open studio and gallery of handcrafted, coastal
inspired gifts for the home & garden created from
local materials. Mulled Cider & Cookies. For a
chance to win a gift basket full of seaside goodies
please bring a food item to be donated to the
Lower Cape Outreach Council. 508-240-5783,
[email protected],
bytheseadriftwood.com
Savvy On Main
Saturday, November 30, 12-5pm,
50 Main Street, Orleans Open House with wine
and cheese. Providing fabulous clothing and
accessories! Look for Our Special Weekend
Sales Surprises!
Nauset Model Railroad Club
Model Railroad Holiday Open House, 1-4pm.
Saturday, November 30, 180 Route 6A, Orleans.
Come see the model trains running through 2,000
square feet of urban and mountain scenery on five
different scale layouts. Fun for the whole family!
FREE Admission. Celebrating our 25th year!
Deck the Walls – A Celebration of Orleans
Art Galleries
Saturday, November 30, 1-3pm, Old Firehouse
44 Main Street Opening Reception with
entertainment by guitarist Alan Clinger
Snow’s Home and Garden
Wednesday, December 4, 11-2pm,
22 Main Street, Orleans
Gourmet DuVillage with Donna Woodward
Friends’ Marketplace
Friday and Saturday December 6 & 7, 2-5pm,
57 Main Street, Orleans
Please join us for a wine and cheese tasting!
Orleans Yoga and Pilates
Local + Natural Holiday Shop @ Orleans Yoga +
Pilates Friday, December 6th 6-9pm, 148 Route 6A,
Orleans, orleansyogaandpilates.com
Featuring environmentally sustainable holiday gifts
from local artisans and craftspeople including Lucia
Moon Designs and ARTichoke Designs, holiday
discounts on retail items including organic cotton
yoga clothes, yoga mats, accessories and OYP class
gift cards, and complimentary healthy bites and
festive libations!
Gloriae Dei Cantores
25th Anniversary Gala Concert, December 6 & 7
Pre-concert lecture 6:45pm, Concert 7:30pm
Formal Reception to Follow Church of the
Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans
Tickets: 508-240-2400 or gdcchoir.org
Week 2: Dec. 7-Dec. 13
Santa Stampede 5k and Family Fun Run,
December 7th Registration 10a.m., Race Start:
11a.m. Register online at orleanscapecod.org, Entry
Fee: $20 Pre-Register, $25 Race Day
Get your Santa suit, elf costume, antlers, and lights!
Create a festive costume and enter our Holiday
Costume Contest! Participants are encouraged
to run in costume. Professionally timed 5k by
Spitler Race Systems. Meet Mrs. Claus at the
Santa Stampede! Walkers welcome! Kids Only
“Mini Claus” Run Too! Post Race Party and Award
Ceremony held at Joe’s Beach Road Bar and Grille
at The Barley Neck Inn! Prizes! 1st, 2nd, & 3rd for
fastest Santa’s, Mrs. Claus’, Mini Claus and most
creative Holiday Costumes! First 200 Registrants
get a free t-shirt.
Annual Christmas Stroll and Tree Lighting at
Village Green
Sponsored by the Orleans Improvement
Association and the Orleans Chamber of Commerce
Meet with Mrs. Claus at Snow’s Home and Garden
at 4:45pm. Stroll with caroling begins at 5:00pm,
Tree Lighting immediately after stroll
Annual Christmas Stroll and Tree Lighting at
Village Green
Sponsored by the Orleans Improvement
Association and the Orleans Chamber of Commerce
Meet with Mrs. Claus at Snow’s Home and Garden
at 4:45pm. Stroll with caroling begins at 5:00pm,
Tree Lighting immediately after stroll
Friends’ Marketplace
Friday and Saturday December 6 & 7, 2-5pm,
57 Main Street, Orleans Please join us for a wine
and cheese tasting!
Gloriae Dei Cantores
25th Anniversary Gala Concert, December 6 & 7
Pre-concert lecture 6:45pm, Concert 7:30pm
Formal Reception to Follow Church of the
Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans
Tickets: 508-240-2400 or gdcchoir.org
Nauset Model Railroad Club
Model Railroad Holiday Open House – 1-4pm.
Saturday, December 7 180 Route 6A, Orleans.
NausetModelRRclub.com Come see the model
trains running through 2,000 square feet of urban
and mountain scenery on five different scale
layouts. Fun for the whole family! FREE Admission.
Celebrating our 25th year!
The Orleans Improvement Association
Winter Wonderland Lighting December 7, 5pm.
Lighting of the Orleans Improvement Association
“Winter Wonderland” of beautifully illuminated
“SNOWFLAKES” and twinkling lights on the
Orleans Village Green and Academy Place at the
culmination of the Annual Orleans Christmas Stroll.
The Farm
Saturday, December 7,
40 Rock Harbor Road, Orleans
508-240-1222, thefarmcapecod.com, facebook.
com/flowersforsale Enjoy Holiday Cheer at The
Farm! Gorgeous Live and Fresh Cut Christmas
trees, wreaths and more! Celebrate our Holiday
Open house at 4:30pm in your BEST UGLY
SWEATER! Prizes will be awarded. Studio K
Photography will take reservations all day for
Holiday Mini-Sessions. Email kimreilly40@gmail.
com or call 508-255-1934 for photos.
Orleans United Methodist Church
Saturday, December 7. After the stroll and tree
lighting, warm up with complimentary clam
chowder, hot chocolate and cookies!
By the Sea Driftwood Company
Saturday December 7 & Sunday
December 8, 11-5pm, 94 West Road Orleans
Open studio and gallery of handcrafted, coastal
inspired gifts for the home & garden created from
locally sourced materials. Mulled Cider & Cookies.
For a chance to win a gift basket full of seaside
goodies please bring a food item to be donated to
the Lower Cape Outreach Council. 508-240-5783,
[email protected],
bytheseadriftwood.com
Friends’ Marketplace
Friday and Saturday December 13 & 14, 2-5pm, 57
Main Street, Orleans Please join us for a wine and
cheese tasting!
Agway of Orleans
Saturday, December 7, 11-2pm,
20 Lots Hollow Road, Orleans Bring your dog and
the family for a photo with Santa! $10 donation
to the Animal Rescue League of Boston, Cape
Cod Branch includes a special gift for Fido and an
emailed digital copy of your photo for your holiday
greeting card! Agway has a beautiful selection of
live and cut Christmas trees, wreaths, and hand
crafted holiday decorations. Enjoy warm mulled
cider, fresh popcorn, and treats while you visit with
Santa and pick out your tree!
Savvy On Main
Saturday, December 7 12-5pm,
50 Main Street, Orleans Open House with wine
and cheese. Providing fabulous clothing and
accessories! Look for Our Special Weekend
Sales Surprises!
Snow’s Home and Garden
Saturday December 7, Noon-3pm,
22 Main Street, Orleans Shirley Vogel Book Signing;
Shirley Vogel books: “Faith, Favorites, Fun, and
Fotos of Cape Cod” and “Whispers”
Snow’s Home and Garden
Wednesday, December 11, 11-2pm,
22 Main Street, Orleans
My Cape/My Town bead design event
with Shari Aussant
The Sparrow Store
Friday, December 13, 4-7pm, 26 Main Street,
Orleans 2nd Annual Holiday Open House & Local
Artisan Showcase Fun and festive, with a chance to
meet many of the local artisans who create the fine
works in our store - jewelry, doll clothes, mosaics,
shell art, photography, prints and cards, and much
more! Refreshments and music of the season.
508-255-9400
Elements Theatre Company
A Christmas Carol by John Mortimer
Adapted from the story by Charles Dickens,
An Imaginative Retelling, in the Style of Readers
Theatre December 13-14 & 19-21, Dinner 6:00pm,
Performance 7:30pm December 15 & 22,
Matinee 3:00pm Church of the Transfiguration,
Rock Harbor, Orleans Tickets: 508-240-2400 or
www.elementstheatre.org
Week 3: Dec. 14-Dec. 20
Friends’ Marketplace
Friday and Saturday December 13 & 14, 2-5pm, 57
Main Street, Orleans Please join us for a wine and
cheese tasting!
The Farm
Saturday, December 14,
40 Rock Harbor Road, Orleans 508-2401222, thefarmcapecod.com, facebook.com/
flowersforsale At 6:00pm, sit under the twinkly
lights for a unique reading by a magical and special
guest. Be inspired by the laughter and magic in
every child. Details and Reservations: 508-7374605. Reservations are a MUST and space is
limited. Donation please of an unwrapped gift for
the Offices of Homeless Prevention.
William F. Pomeroy, Pomeroy PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHICS
Snow’s Home and Garden
Saturday, December 14, 11-2pm,
22 Main Street, Orleans Book signing “The Keeper”
with John Ives
By the Sea Driftwood Company
Saturday December 14 & Sunday December 15, 115pm, 94 West Road Orleans
Open studio and gallery of handcrafted, coastal
inspired gifts for the home & garden created from
local materials. Mulled Cider & Cookies. For a
chance to win a gift basket full of seaside goodies
please bring a food item to be donated to the
Lower Cape Outreach Council. 508-240-5783,
[email protected],
bytheseadriftwood.com
Savvy On Main
Saturday, December 14, 12-5pm,
50 Main Street, Orleans
Open House with wine and cheese.
Providing fabulous clothing and accessories! Look
for Our Special Weekend Sales Surprises!
Nauset Model Railroad Club
Model Railroad Holiday Open House – 1-4pm.
Saturday, December 14 180 Route 6A, Orleans.
NausetModelRRclub.com Come see the model
trains running through 2,000 square feet of urban
and mountain scenery on five different scale
layouts. Fun for the whole family! FREE Admission.
Celebrating our 25th year!
Addison Art Gallery
The Collectors’ Holiday Party Saturday, December
14, 5-7pm Entertainment by Cerise Bynoe with
Charlie Jamieson on piano and Nick Rice on
bass. Catering by Land Ho! Catering. New works
by gallery and invited artists. RSVP helen@
addisonart.com 43 South Orleans Road (Route 28),
Orleans,508-255-6200
[email protected], addisonart.com
Elements Theatre Company
A Christmas Carol by John Mortimer
Adapted from the story by Charles Dickens, An
Imaginative Retelling, in the Style of Readers
Theatre December 13-14 & 19-21, Dinner 6pm,
Performance 7:30pm
December 15 & 22, Matinee 3pm
Church of the Transfiguration,
Rock Harbor, Orleans
Tickets: 508-240-2400 or
www.elementstheatre.org
The Academy Playhouse
Academy School Holiday Production
“Winter Dance Concert”
Saturday, December 14 at
Chatham High School
Tickets $14, $12, $10 General Admission,
Reservations 508-255-5510
Nauset Beach Club Restaurant
Tuesday, December 17, 5-7pm,
222 Main St, East Orleans
Complimentary Canapés, Cash Bar
25% discount on dinner.
Reservations Required 508-255-8547