It’s official! Advent 1 and 2 have come and gone. We are prepping for Christmas! In some families, Christmas begins around Thanksgiving (sometimes after Halloween!)—the tree and twinkly lights go up, a shopping marathon starts, the thematic sweaters are pulled out of a back drawer. Others don’t celebrate Christmas until they observe and celebrate Advent. An advent may be …

We had a fun conversation about The Great Coat last session. Our next selection is The Essex Serpent, by Sarah Perry. We will meet on Wed., Nov. 28, at 7pm. The book is fairly long; start reading soon! About the book: “Set in Victorian London and an Essex village in the 1890s, and enlivened by the debates on …

St. James Episcopal Church Celebrates 131 Years! Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! Are you, a family member, or a friend a long-time Somerville resident? Is your family name (or that of a friend or relative) listed here? Booth, Fairweather, Felton, Flewelling, Johnson, Kenney, McElroy, Miles, Mitchell, Moncrief, Mosich, Mueller, Oberbeck, Pettus, Pillsbury, Rowsell, Shaffer, …