Holiday event listings

BANGOR – Seventh annual creche exhibit, noon-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1; 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2; noon-8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3; 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, corner of Grandview Avenue and Essex Street. Free.

BANGOR – St. John’s Episcopal Church, sixth annual Home for the Holidays tour, noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, four local historic homes: 72 Broadway, 33 Grove St., 36 Grove St. and 75 South Park St. Caroling by parish choir, light refreshments. Tickets at Rebekah’s, Hampden Floral, Patrick’s Hallmark, St. John’s Parish Office and from vestry members. For information, call Heather Souweine, 947-2325, or the parish office, 947-0156.

BANGOR – Festival of Lights Parade sponsored by the Rotary Club, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2. This year’s theme is “Embrace the Magic.” The Bangor Christmas tree also will be lighted. The Bangor Band, a brass ensemble, will play Christmas carols in the square 3:15-4:30 p.m. To participate, call 973-6168.

BANGOR – Service of Advent Lessons and Carols with Parish Choir, 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, St. John’s Episcopal Church, 225 French St. Advent tea afterward. Free admission, wheelchair accessible, child care provided.

BANGOR – New Renaissance Singers 15th anniversary concert, Our Favorite Things, 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, Union Street Brick Church, corner of Main and Union streets. Donations accepted.

BANGOR – Bangor Community Chorus annual holiday concert, 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, First United Methodist Church, 703 Essex St. Joshua Schmersal, conductor, Naomi Hall, accompanist. Free. Donations accepted.

BANGOR – Public invited to sing Christmas carols, 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, Grace United Methodist Church, 193 Union St. Refreshments. 942-8320.

BANGOR – Sullivan Tire, 72 Target Industrial Circle, participating in the Toys for Tots program by collecting new, unwrapped toys. Customers and employees may drop off toys through Dec. 15. Toys distributed to children in need by U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.

BANGOR – Bangor Band annual Christmas concert, 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, Bangor Civic Center. Free.

BANGOR – Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross seeks volunteers to help out at holiday gift-wrapping booth at Bangor Mall. Volunteers needed daily until Dec. 24. To schedule a gift-wrapping shift, call Hillary Roberts at 941-2903.

BREWER – Exhibit of Lois Springer’s miniature Christmas village, Springheirville, sponsored by the Brewer Historical Society, 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9; 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, Clewley Museum, 199 Wilson St.

BREWER – Brewer Hometown Band, Christmas concert, 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, Brewer Auditorium.

BUCKSPORT – Mount View Chamber Singers performing Carols in the Round, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, Franklin Street United Methodist Church, 71 Franklin St.

CARMEL – Tree-lighting ceremony, 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, Simpson Memorial Library. Caroling and refreshments.

ETNA – Etna-Dixmont PTF fifth annual Santa’s Breakfast 8-11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at the school. Crafts, face-painting, games and pictures taken with Santa. May make donations to Giving Tree. Craft table rentals available by calling Rose at 234-2260.

HAMPDEN – Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, 4:30-6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, town office, Western Avenue. Caroling, Santa Claus, refreshments. Sponsored by the Hampden Kiwanis Club.

HAMPDEN – Santa’s breakfast, 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, Reeds Brook Middle School cafeteria. $2.50, $10 family. Photos with Santa, $2. Holly Jolly bake sale. Benefits Hampden Academy Dollars for Scholars.

OLD TOWN – Friends of Old Town Public Library seeks donations of homemade cookies for annual Christmas cookie sale, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, in the meeting rooms of the library. Drop off cookies Friday afternoon, Dec. 8, at the library. At the sale, River Coalition will serve as host for photos with Santa, a children’s shopping room and a tin can auction the day of the cookie sale. Christmas tree-lighting ceremony, 5 p.m. Dec. 9, in the park.

ORONO – Old-fashioned holiday party, 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, Page Farm and Home Museum, University of Maine. Trim the tree, make ornaments, decorate gingerbread cookies, caroling, refreshments. Free. Museum holiday shop open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. through Saturday, Dec. 2. 581-4100 or www.umaine.edu/pagefarm.

SEARSPORT – Victorian Christmas sponsored by the Penobscot Marine Museum on Friday, Dec. 8. Festival of lights, museum tours 5-7:30 p.m. Arts and crafts for children. PenBay Singers 7:30 p.m. at the First Congregational Church near museum.

ORONO – Holiday walking tour of homes and churches as part of bicentennial celebration noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16. Tickets are $15 each or two for $25 and are available at DeGrasse Jewelers, Orono Pharmacy, The Pretty Woman, The Store Ampersand, Judy’s Scrappin’ & Stampin’, the Orono Public Library and the town office. On the day of the tour, tickets and brochures will be available at the Church of the Universal Fellowship at 82 Main St.

WINTERPORT – 39th annual outdoor nativity pageant, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 22-23, Union Meeting House, Main Street. Pageant length 15 minutes. To participate, call Lynda Casteris-El-Hajj at 947-4511.