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Your guide to holiday fun, Eastern Shore style! 

Christmas parades, wreath-making workshops, train garden, hanging out with Santa — there are a record number of holiday events happening this season in Dorchester County! So take in some of that Eastern Shore small town charm and enjoy! Our elves have rounded up more than 40 events and organized them by category so you can plan your holiday fun. See the roundup. You can also browse by date using our online calendar
2018 Holiday Events Guide

Crab Basket Tree draws attention, smiles

We were thrilled to see our very own Crab Basket Christmas Tree gracing the cover of the December issue of Chesapeake Bay magazine! The tree is a newer tradition for Dorchester, but the waterman heritage is celebrates goes back generations. Made up of 200 crab baskets, the tree draws people from all around to the heart of downtown Cambridge. See it and take your selfies at the corner of Race and Gay Streets, in the parking lot of Craig’s Drug Store. We'd like to give a big shout-out to Brandon Hesson, the man who had the vision and creativity and knowledge to create the tree — and who’s out there every Black Friday with a few other volunteers to build it! 

Tubman Tours hosts special event Dec. 22

Harriet Tubman Tours is hosting a special tour on Dec. 22 with a custom tour, storytelling, Harriet Tubman re-enactor, and home-cooked meal on Dec. 22. For details, contact tubmantours@gmail.com.

First Day Hikes in Tubman Country Jan. 1
Start 2019 off right with a hike in Tubman Country! Join one of two hikes on January 1 led by rangers at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park and Visitor Center (Site #13 on the Tubman Byway). The visitor center will be open on Jan. 1, too. Details

 

DECEMBER EVENTS
For holiday events happening in Dorchester in December, see our Dorchester Holiday Events Roundup or browse by date on our calendar
2018 Holiday Events Guide

For details, click on the event name below. 


Historic St. Mary Church Open for Visits - Dec. 1

Guided Birding at Blackwater Refuge - Dec. 2

Bloodys and a Movie - Dec. 2

Second Saturday Book Sale - Dec. 8

Wine Tasting at the Wine Bar - Dec. 8, 22

Second Saturday Art Walk in Downtown Cambridge - Dec. 8

Book Signing: The New Chesapeake Kitchen - Dec. 8

Beer Tasting at the Wine Bar - Dec. 15

Shoot for the Neck Goose Hunt - Dec. 29
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SUNRISE/SUNSET PHOTO CONTEST

Don't forget to submit your best sunrise/sunset photos to the Dorchester Photo Contest! REMINDER: It's time to submit your photo to our Sunrise/Sunset of the Month Contest! Post your photo — along with where you took it — on Facebook to the I Love Dorchester County page, or tag us on Instagram at @visitdorchester (BUT this will only work if your account is PUBLIC), or email to jill@visitdorchester.org. DEADLINE is 8pm, FRIDAY, DEC. 27! 

RULES: 1. Photo must be taken in Dorchester County, MD, in November or December 2018. 2. Only one photo submission per person. 3. If you've won in the past 4 months, you're not eligible for this month's contest. 4. After the submission deadline, we'll post a photo album with all the entries. The photo that gets the most votes is the winner. The winner gets a print up to 16" x 20" of their winning image, compliments of The Copy Shoppe. We'll announce the winner in our January newsletter. 

Shown here is the winning photo from our last Sunrise/Sunset Contest -- sunset on Taylors Island taken by Tyler Horton.
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