Holiday Events In Salem And Nearby: Parade, Tree Lighting

SALEM, NH — There is no shortage of things to do in Salem to get the winter holiday season off to a rollicking good start.

Christmas and Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights, intersect this year, with Hanukkah running Dec. 18-26. Christmas, of course, is on Dec. 25, but you don’t have to wait to start taking in all the sights and sounds of the holidays.

The 51st Salem Holiday Parade will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday on Main Street. The best space to view the parade, according to officials, is anywhere from the Fisk School, 14 Main St., all the way down to the Kelley Library, 234 Main St.

The 69th Salem Lions Club Tree Lighting takes place at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Salem Town Common,

Santa and Mrs. Claus are scheduled to visit and there will be entertainment by the United Methodist Church Choir and the Saint Joseph's School Choir.

Refreshments will be served.

Among the other upcoming holiday parades in the area are:

• North Andover Santa Parade, North Andover, Massachusetts, Noon on Saturday
• Nutfield Holiday Parade, Derry, 1 p.m. on Saturday
• City of Lights Parade, Lowell, Massachusetts, 4:30 p.m. on Saturday
• Andover Santa Parade, Andover, Massachusetts, 1 p.m. on Sunday
• The 2022 Santa Parade & Tree Lighting, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 3 p.m. on Sunday
• Annual Holiday Parade and Santa Shuffle, Manchester, 4 p.m. on Dec. 3
• Merrimac Santa Parade, Merrimac, Massachusetts, 1 p.m. on Dec. 4