A merry crowd kicked off the holiday season with plenty of good cheer at the annual Oak Bluffs tree lighting Wednesday night.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day religious services around the Island.

Take 12: A Vineyard twist on the familiar Christmas classic.

A huge holiday crowd of kids wearing red antlers and parents sipping hot cocoa filled Post Office Square Wednesday evening for the annual Oak Bluffs tree lighting.

Ready to stuff stockings instead of turkeys, Edgartown has begun to prepare for the annual Christmas in Edgartown weekend. Events take place from Dec. 6 to Dec. 9.

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.