5 Things That Say Christmas in Swampscott

1. The Juliet Santa: Where Burrill and New Ocean and Paradise intersect look up. A big inflatable Santa stands on a tight third-floor balcony looking all the world like he's about to read a proclamation.

2.: Neatly wrapped sailboats look like gigantic gifts, and rope-strung buoys at their keels look like oversize bulbs fallen from a tree.

3. The: Yes we have no snow and temperatures are balmy but Fish House windows and their electric candle lights say Christmas.

4. The Tree: The high evergreen alone on the lawn is draped in lights blue, green and white.

5.: Traditional Christmas tree lights outline the building. Red lanterns hang below. Blue precinct globes light the next door. Together the cast of colors give this section of Burrill Street a festive feel.