Danvers FalconFest To Host Annual Dowtown Christmas Tree Lighting

DANVERS, MA —Danvers FalconFest will host this year's annual downtown tree lighting and afternoon of holiday events on Dec. 7.

The Maple Street event is free and open to the public from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

This year's event will include festive music, caroling, tasty snacks and fun children's activities.

Santa Claus will be there for the big day and will ride into downtown on a fire truck to help light the tree.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)