Saturday, December 6, 2025
- 10:00 – 2:00 @ Cotuit Federated Church
Women’s Fellowship gift basket sale and sale of small works by local artists and photographers. - 10:00 – 3:00 @ Historical Society
Bring the kids to paint a wooden ornament for your tree (until noon), and enjoy s’mores and cider around the firepit (until 3:00). - 10:00 – 4:00 @ Freedom Hall
Artisan Craft Fair with shell crafts, hand-sewn, -woven, -knitted, and -crocheted gifts, wood crafts, jewelery, soaps, honey, pottery, and more. - 11:00 – 1:00 @ Lowell Field
Bring your holiday gift list to the Cotuit Kettleers Store and pick up some Kettleers merch. - 11:00 – 5:00 @ Cotuit Fresh Market
Main Street Tastings - 12:00 – 2:00 @ Cotuit Library
Bring the kids to decorate Christmas cookies, warm up with hot chocolate, go on a Harry Potter scavenger hunt, and play games. - 12:00 – 2:00 @ Cotuit Fire Station
Stop by the Open House for some chili and get the latest updates on the new firehouse project. - 3:00 – 5:00 @ Memorial Park
Hot chocolate, cider, and cookies courtesy of Cotuit Fresh Market. - 3:30 – 3:45 @ Town Dock
DJ Lisa Z and Zoe’s Pizza courtesy of the Cotuit-Santuit Civic Association and clam chowder courtesty of Courtside Café at Kings Grant. - 3:45 @ Town Dock
Santa arrives by boat followed by tree lighting (lights installed by Bartlett Tree), caroling, balloon animals by Zach courtesy of Curtis Automotive, and visits with Santa in Memorial Park. As you head to the park, swing by the Kettle Ho for a Christmas cookie goody bag! - 4:00 – 5:00 @ Cotuit Federated Church
Open House with cookies in Hamilton Hall. Enter from High Street or through the patio doors from Memorial Park.
When Santa Claus makes his annual grand entrance to the Village it’s in coordination with the Civic Association. Long ago, he designated the CSCA Events Committee as “ex officio Santa’s elves,” and ever since has depended on them to plan his visit and wondrous events around it.
On the first Saturday in December every year, the lovable old gent is greeted by hundreds of Villagers at the Town Dock who are entertained with CSCA-supplied music, pizza, and good cheer. He arrives courtesy of the Cotuit Fire Department in their rescue boat/floating sleigh (Santa’s route from Pole to boat remains a closely-guarded secret).
After hugging, handshaking and high five-ing his way through the crowd, Saint Nick leads the festive crowd up the hill to Cotuit Memorial Park where he offers his lap and ear to each youngster.
Santa presides over the lighting of the tree that continues to make the season bright throughout the holidays. With help from local landscapers, the Association provides the lights and Villagers pitch in with their own decorations to produce the Cape’s prettiest Christmas Tree (in our own estimation).
“At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,” said the gentleman, taking up a pen, “it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir.”
Mindful of Dickens’ wisdom, along with the holiday fun, the CSCA makes a donation and organizes a diaper and wipes drive. Each year donations can be dropped off at the Cotuit Fire Department or at the Cotuit Federated Church.
