The Billerica Holiday Festival continues to delight people of all ages from surrounding towns during the season of enchantment and celebration.  Since last spring, Committee members have been busy with preparations for this year’s festival. According to Tony Lucacio, Chairman of the Holiday Festival Committee, “We keep trying to build upon the previous year’s success and Committee members really get excited seeing the joy this brings to the kids.”

Since it began in 1997 as an event to raise the needed funds for the lighting display on the Town Common, The Festival has grown into a popular annual event not only in Billerica but the entire Merrimack Valley! Running from mid-November to mid-December, a seasonal collection of holiday items (trees, baskets, etc), donated by the businesses, organizations, schools and families who make up the Billerica community, are on display in the Billerica Public Library. One can stroll through the library to view the breathtaking displays and, at designated times, raffle chances for all the items are available for purchase. New this year is a decorated tree with a limited number of raffle tickets for a 42” plasma TV!

Traditionally, at the public tree lighting ceremony, Santa and many of his friends, such as Rudolph and Frosty-The-Snowman,  arrive on a Billerica Fire Truck with blaring sirens and flashing lights! Following the ceremony, Santa is available to greet the youngsters. This is always a favorite event!

Again this year, when purchasing a sheet of raffle tickets ($5.00 for 21 raffle tickets) AAA members, showing their valid membership card at the time of purchase, can receive a bonus benefit of five additional raffle tickets at no charge.

Get into the spirit of the season and visit the creative displays at the Billerica Public Library.  Take a chance and you might even win a holiday treasure or a plasma TV! And for a fun family activity, take in the Billerica Town Common Tree Lighting Ceremony on Saturday, December 1^st.

The Holiday Display runs from November 17^th, 2006 through December 10^th, 2006 at the Billerica Public Library (Concord Road, Billerica, MA – conveniently located in the Historic Town Center of Billerica). Raffles will be sold, at the library,  during the following times:

Tree Viewing and Raffle Ticket Sales