Friday, November 21st, 2008 thru January 1st, 2009!
L.L.Bean Northern Lights Celebration
Celebrate the holidays with a traditional tree lighting ceremony and see an incredible display of lights all around the L.L.Bean campus. Throughout the season, enjoy activity and product demonstrations, crafts and fun for kids, remarkable ice carving, gingerbread characters, carolers and entertainment, and much more. There's something to see and do every day, right through to the New Year.
Friday, November 27th starting at 12:01am!
Moonlight Madness Shopping Celebration
We are excited to announce that this year Freeport will feature a Moonlight Madness event as part of the month-long Holiday in Freeport happenings.
Moonlight Madness features events, activities and shopping beginning at various times from 12:01 am on Friday, November 27th. The event is a fun shopping celebration, and a new way to go back to a familiar tradition - where you can enjoy a bit of madness that won't make you crazy.
With our beautiful Christmas-card-like setting, unique gift ideas, excellent values, quality brand names, and flagship location of one of the world's best retailers, Freeport is able to provide you and yours a singular holiday experience!
Friday, Saturday and Sunday Dec 4,5,6th –all day!
16th Anniversary...
Freeport’s Famous Sparkle Weekend!
Sparkle Main Street Parade of Lighrts Friday at 6:00 pm!, Free Hot Cocoa, Carolers, Carriage rides, visits with Santa, more… For a detailed schedule of the many weekend activities, see the Sparkle events listings!
Saturday, December 5th
Sparkle Breakfast and Craft Fair at Freeport Community Center
8 am - 3 pm Freeport Community Center is celebrating Sparkle Saturday with a fabulous lineup of food and crafts!
The day starts with a Pancake Breakfast from 8 – 10 a.m. Freeport Elders Association will serve pancakes with sausage, orange juice and coffee, all for $3.50/$3.00 for seniors/$2.50 children.
The Third Annual Craft Fair will open at 10:00 am until 3 pm. Over 25 vendors will be selling jewelry, metalwork, woodworking, baskets, photography, watercolors and other arts and crafts to celebrate the coming Holiday Season. There will also be food available – chili, hot dogs and yummy treats. Freeport Community Center
Saturday, December 5th
Historic Bed and Breakfast Open House Tour 2 - 4 pm
Six of Freeports most welcoming Bed and Breakfasts will be hosting open house receptions and tours on Sparkle Weekend Saturday, December 6th. All open houses are from 2 to 4 pm.
Participating establishments are; Brewster House, Captain Briggs House, James Place Inn, Kendall Tavern, Royalsborough Inn at the Bagley House and The White Cedar Inn.
Saturday and Sunday, December 5th and 6th
Sparkle Weekend Events...
Free Hot Cocoa, The Talking Christmas Tree, Tuba Christmas Concert, Visits with Santa, FCP's Old Time Radio Show, Jingle Bell Fun Run/Walk for Arthritis, and more!!!
Saturday and Sunday, December 5th and 6th
L.L.Bean Winter Sports Expo
L.L.Bean’s Winter Sports Expo, December 6-7, 2008 featuring a weekend full of family and kids’ activities, interactive demonstrations, presentations, great promotions, snowshoe and product testing and much more. Highlights include a snowshoe demo track made of real snow and a sledding hill for kids.
Saturday and Sunday, December 5th and 6th
Holidays at Harrington House
1 pm to 4 pm - both days
Freeport Historical Society and Freeport Community Players invites visitors and residents to a magical Holiday skit where you’ll be transported back to a late 1800’s Freeport Christmas. The audience is invited to help the Harrington children decorate the newly-cut Christmas tree, enjoy a holiday song, and eagerly await word of the arrival of the children’s seafaring father, Captain Harrington. Skits are presented on the half-hour beginning at 1pm and last approximately 20-minutes. Seasonal sweets and refreshments are available. Suggested donation of $5.00 adults, children free.
Also - Silhouette Artist at Harrington House
Back by popular demand, Maine’s only professional silhouette artist, Ruth Monsell, will be creating nostalgic cut-paper profiles of children and adults alike from live, five-minute sittings at Harrington House, headquarters of Freeport Historical Society, as part of our historic holiday celebrations. Reservations urged. Various prices. Please call 865-3170
