Many towns put up a large Christmas tree somewhere central and have a tree lighting to mark the start of the Christmas season. Some towns in New England have a tree lighting, but the tree may not be pine or spruce. These trees are made of lobster traps in homage to the local fishermen.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth started their lobster trap tree tradition in 2013. This one is on the town wharf.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Some say Gloucester started the lobster trap Christmas tree tradition. They have the oldest tradition in New England. Their tree is stacked with 350 lobster traps. The tree has buoys hand painted by local youth.
Newport, Rhode Island
This tree is next to the harbor. It had buoys, lights and garland.
More New England towns are starting to put these up instead of traditional Christmas trees. There are others in Maine and elsewhere. If you are in New England in December, see which towns nearby have one. These towns put a local flair to Christmas.
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They’re beautiful! I’ve never seen them before. Your photos came out really well.
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Thanks! I actually saw one up in Newfoundland in July maybe 5-10 years ago. One village left theirs up all year. That’s when I started to see they were a thing. If I’m lucky I will catch some more in the future.
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These are beautiful, Sharon. On the Chesapeake Bay Eastern Shore Maryland we make our small fishing town trees with crab baskets. 🙂 I love these concepts!
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That’s lovely! Which towns do that? I love it when they bring local culture into it.
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Here’s one of my posts from Cambridge, MD https://bayphotosbydonna.com/2018/12/24/merry-christmas/
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Looks beautiful at night!
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People are so creative and use unlikely materials to make such beautiful things.
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I also like that that make it fit local culture.
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