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.

Santa can’t do it all alone. Christmas wouldn’t happen without all of those elves.

Main street Edgartown looked like the height of summer on Saturday, with sidewalks overflowing with bundled-up people for the annual Christmas parade.

For the last 38 years, Robert and Lynn Gatchell have turned their yard on County Road in Oak Bluffs into a holiday extravaganza, lighting up every night to celebrate the season.

Christmas in Edgartown is from Dec. 8 through 11, and the town will be packed with holiday activities.