Due to the construction in Copley Square Park, Chabad of Downtown Boston, Back Bay, Beacon Hill & the South End will be lighting the 9′ tall Menorah for Hanukkah in the Seaport for 2023 on Sunday, December 10 from 6 – 7:30. Address is One Seaport, 60 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA 02210.
Holiday wreaths are not just for Christmas – each year we produce a few blue and silver styles to celebrate the Festival of Lights. Sometimes people just ask for blue and silver because of its dramatic effect. In any event, here are examples dating from 2011 – 2017. Happy Hanukkah, everyone!
A big thank you goes out to today’s Wreath of the Day sponsor Dale Coxe.
We love celebrating all the winter holidays, and we do many “non-specific” wreaths with a winter theme, or a gilded look, but some of our most successful stress the blue and silver of Hanukkah. The work below symbolizes the holiday of lights very well.
The Garden Club of the Back Bay’s annual Wreath Week has wrapped up, and Co-Presidents Jackie Blombach and Jolinda Taylor, along with Wreath Project Co-Chairs Margaret Pokorny, Francine Crawford, Catherine Bordon, and Elisabeth Lay thank all the volunteers who made this project such a success. From now through January 1, we will post a picture of the Wreath of the Day, along with a brief description of the wreath and the process, from initial ordering to the last sweeping of the floor. Since Hanukkah is beginning, we’ll start off with a wreath specially designed to celebrate the season, designed by a first time decorator and new club member. The sophistication of the wreath proves that a multi-year design apprenticeship is not necessarily a prerequisite.
Our 2010 Holiday Wreath Sale is now over. Club members spent four and a half days setting up, decorating, delivering, and cleaning up, creating over 400 wreaths (246 of them fully decorated) and raising money for our beloved street trees. Know that every last dime of proceeds will go to betterment projects in our neighborhood, in our City, and even a bit beyond. Wreath Chairs Francine Crawford, Margaret Pokorny, and Elisabeth Lay, and Co-Presidents Jackie Blombach and Jolinda Taylor wish to thank all the Garden Club of the Back Bay volunteers, neighborhood guest volunteers, and most of all our loyal customers, for everything they have done this week.
Last year we featured a “Wreath of the Day” each day in December following the end of Wreath Week through New Year’s Day, and the postings were a big success. Every wreath has a story, and we think these stories should be shared. Hanukkah is now over, but our first showcased wreath pays tribute to the eight day holiday commemorating the re-dedication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.
Starting Friday, December 11, join Rabbi Chaim Prus at the Brewer Fountain at Boston Common, between Tremont and West Streets, from 2:30 pm – 7:00 pm for the lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah, The Brewer Street Fountain is half a block down from Park Street Station. For more information, call 617-424-1190.
