The Twelve Days of Christmas is a celebratory display of the unique spirit, character and offerings of the Old Port and Arts District.

Every weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from November 25 through December 18 (12 DAYS) participating merchants and businesses located within Portland’s Downtown District offer activities, holiday music and raffles for gifts bags full of local items.

From our three drawings so far, we have had winners from Bar Harbor, South Portland, Portland, Cape Elizabeth and Campton, NH to shop at Something’s Fishy, Port Boutique, Life is good, Serendipity, Porte 4, Company C and d. Cole Jewelers.  Congratulations!

Participating Stores:

604 Thrift
Adorn Salon
Central Yarn Shop
Cobblestones
Coffee by Design
Company C
Cool Jewels
Country Noel
Cross Jewelers
D. Cole Jewelers
Designs by CC
Edgecomb Potters
Emerald City
Fetch
Guitar Grave
Heron Point Gallery
Joseph’s
Life is Good
Lisa Marie’s Made in Maine
Longfellow Books
Lovell Designs
Lovely Things
Maine’s Pantry
Mensroom Salon
Mexicali Blues
Nomads
Others! Fair Trade Coffee
Port Boutique
Porte 4
Renys
Serendipity
Something’s Fishy
Springer’s Jewelers
Stonewall Kitchen
Swiss Time
Tavecchia
The Leather Exchange
The Merchant Company
Victoria Mansion
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Where: First Parish UU Church
425 Congress Street
When: Thursday, February 23 2012
Time: Noon
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Noonday Concert: Classical Performance by Chiharu Naruse

Noonday Concert at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church

Sonatina in G Major Op. 100, Antonin Dvorak

Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major Op. 120, Johannes Brahms


Where: Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine
142 Free Street
When: Thursday, February 23 2012
Time: 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
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Wiley and the Hairy Man

Deep in the swamps of Appalachia, young Wiley must face down his nemesis, the magical, mischievous Hairy Man. How can one little boy defeat the Hairy Man? He can't out-fight him, he can't out-run him... but with bravery and wit, he just might be able to out-fox him. Join Wiley, his hound dog and his conjurin' Mammy on this wild and rhythmic adventure based on a traditional southern folktale.
The 2011-2012 Theatre Season is presented by IDEXX.

By Susan Zeder. Produced by special arrangement with Anchorage Press Plays, Inc. of Louisville, Kentucky.


Where: Longfellow Books
One Monument Way
When: Thursday, February 23 2012
Time: 07:00pm
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Maine Author, Morgan Callan Rogers

When her mother disappears during a weekend trip, Florine Gilham's idyllic childhood is turned upside down. Until then she'd been blissfully insulated by the rhythms of family life in small town Maine. But with her mother gone, the heart falls out of Florine's life and she and her father are isolated as they struggle to manage their loss.

Come meet Maine author, Morgan Callan Rogers, for a reading from her debut novel Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea on Thursday, February 23rd at 7:00 pm at Longfellow Books. Call or e-mail to let us know if you'd like a book signed for you!

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Where: Coffee by Design
67 India Street
When: Friday, February 24 2012
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Out of the Blue

YES Art Works presents a group show at both Coffee by Design Portland locations. YES Art Works encompasses all the arts at Creative Work Systems, a non-profit dedicated to supporting and inspiring people with disabilities

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