Literally Waltham: 31 Things To Do In December

Waltham is LIT, and December has barely touched us! Our community excels at beautifying our city all year round, but in the darkest days of the Winter Solstice, Waltham still shines.

This month's "Literally Waltham" incorporates a couple of events that are not bookish, yet retain ideals of artistic literacy. As always, I try to find fun festive features for free, but some events may require tickets. Please feel welcome to suggest events for 2019 by emailing me. Happy holidays!

Dec 1 Girl Scouts CookieFest 10am-3pm Girl Scouts 175 Forest St.

Holiday Happenings Fair 9AM-2PM Breakaway in Danvers (with Jessica Lucci)

Dec 2 Temple Beth Israel 1-4pm Hankus Netsy's Hebrew National Savage

Dec 3 Arts at the Armory in Somerville 7-8:30PM Cervena Barva Press Reading Series $5

Dec 4 Hilton Garden Inn Waltham 5-7:30PM Author Entrepreneur (with Jessica Lucci) $45

Dec 5 Waltham Public Library 1-2:30PM an introduction to virtual reality with Google cardboard

Dec 6 New England Mobile Book Fair 6PM Annual Mystery Night featuring mystery books including those by Waltham author Joanna Schaffhausen

Dec 7 Waltham Public Library 1:30-4:30 annual holiday party Childrens Room

Dec 8 Waltham Public Library 10-11:30AM Saturday morning book club "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Dec 9 Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation 10AM-4PM Dickens Holiday Festival

Dec 10 Waltham Public Library 7:15-8:45 scifi/fantasy book club "Hogfather" by Terry Pratchett

Dec 11 Hilton Garden Inn Waltham 5:30-7:30 Holiday Networking Event $20

Dec 12 New England Mobile Book Fair at 241 Needham St Newton Upper Falls 12-1PM Brown Bag Lunch with an Author: Jessica Lucci.

Dec 13 Waltham High School 7PM Holiday Festival of the Arts

Dec 14 Hancock United Church of Christ, Lexington 2-3PM Holiday Handbell Concert

Dec 15 Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation 12-4 Waltham Film Factory Shorts Fest

Dec 16 Cary Hall, 1605 Mass Ave., Lexington 7-9PM Massachusetts Youth Symphony Winter Concert

Dec 17 Newton Free Library 7-8:30PM Bare-Bones Genealogy for Beginners-Starting From Scratch

Dec 18 Neighbors Who Care Thrift Shop Volunteer for the Holidays!

Dec 19 Waltham Public Library lecture hall 7-8:30PM Wonderful and Weird Global Traditions of the Yuletide Season

Dec 20 Newton Free Library 7:15-8:30PM Mindfulness Meditation Group

Dec 21 Harvard Square 31 Brattle St. Everyone Loves Latkes Party

Dec 22 Game Underground 11AM-11PM Mass Madness 25 Smash Bros Melee Tournament

Dec 23 Porter Square Books 2-8PM Holiday Pop Up Market Featuring local artists and games and puzzles for grown ups each day through Dec 24

Dec 24 Cambridgeside Galleria Mall 10AM-7PM Volunteer to Wrap Gifts with Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless

Dec 25 Faneuil Hall Marketplace 4:30-10PM Blink! Light and Sound Show runs daily throughout December

Dec 26 Celebrate Thank You Note Day!

Dec 27 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum 10:30-11:30AM National Marionette Theater-Peter and the Wolf

Dec. 28 Celebrate Spiritual Literacy Month by choosing a book from the library! Lucci's List can start you off with ideas.

Dec. 29 Read Lucci's List: Top 10 of 2018

Dec. 30 Joyous Kwanzaa! Dedicate today to Kuumba/Creativity. You could recite a poem to someone or share a book with a stranger!

Dec. 31 Read Lucci's List: New Year New Reads 2019

Thank you for sharing this literal year with me!