When it comes to Christmas trees, Oak Bluffs landscaper Mark Crossland might be the Martha’s Vineyard champion of good cheer. Each year he and his employees create a handsome light display in Ocean Park.

The First Congregational Church of West Tisbury puts on its annual pageant at 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The tradition dates at least to the 1950s.

The Chappy ferries come and go, In summer rush and winter snow, ’Twixt Chappy isle and Edgartown, Dukes County’s seat of great renown.

Christmas lights looked twice as pretty reflected in the snow. Houses looked twice as snug.

I have been a mother for 68 years and a Nana for 30 years, but for one short period of my life I was a Nanny.

Wrapping up their 49th year as the elite choral group at the regional high school, the Minnesingers drew packed houses for their winter concerts.

From the December 12, 1941 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: The Vineyard has put on its finest Christmas dress, despite the outbreak of war.

Oak Bluffs gets the decorations rolling with its annual tree lighting on Wednesday, Nov. 29 beginning at 6:30 p.m.