Holiday Lights on Boston Common
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Boston Common, 139 Tremont St., Boston, Massachusetts
When: December
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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The Common hosts Boston's official Christmas tree, lit each year at a mayoral ceremony, and stays illuminated through December. The nearby Commonwealth Avenue Mall's trees and shrubs are also strung with lights, making a one-mile lit walking route.