Christmas Eve Caroling at God’s Acre in New Canaan

Since 1919, the New Canaan community has gathered on God’s Acre at 6:30PM on Christmas Eve to sing carols around the town Christmas Tree – a tradition begin by John E. Hersam and other members of the Town Band.

“Two blocks up a steep hill on Park Street and clustered around an old burying ground called God’s Acre will be thousands of people waiting for the last commuter to join family, friends, and neighbors. The combined effect captures a small town in a Currier and Ives like-lithograph complete with wreaths in the windows, and thousands of well‐dressed, well‐scrubbed, bustling, cheerful, and red-cheeked residents gathered in front of the white‐steepled New England churches.” Bruce Taylor

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