Boston Police report a keen-eyed cadet working with C-6 officers "spreading holiday cheer" by delivering toys to deserving South Boston kids this morning spotted somebody who seemed to be a bit weighted down with packages - specifically, a woman who already had "notoriety among concerned locals" as a package thief. Read more.

Handmaid snapped both ends of the city's largest Christmas bow, on the Flour and Grain Exchange building on Milk Street downtown.

The city today announced the expansion of the Open Newbury street closing to two Sundays during the holiday season next month.

The street will be shut to motor vehicles on Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 in what had previously been just a summertime program to let pedestrians have free reign, if even just for part of a day, between Berkeley Street and Massachusetts Avenue, and between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

TheBostonLOL forwards this photo of a tiny tree in Franklin Park that somebody wrapped with a blue tree skirt and decorated with a single red ornament, just like Charlie Brown would do.

How many different ways can you decorate your yard for the holidays? You might opt for the classy, minimal look with classic winter colors. You might choose a whimsical aesthetic with bright and multicolored lights, or you might prefer an over-the-top look with giant inflatables. Or, if you're 61 Putnam St. in Somerville, you might decide to create a portal to a prehistoric hellscape featuring a T‑Rex nativity and elves being torn to shreds by the skeletons of demon hellhounds while a raptor skeleton in a Santa hat flies overhead. Read more.

A put out citizen files a 311 complaint about Boston's less than world-class public Christmas decorations: Read more.

A disgruntled citizen files a 311 complaint about the Christmas tree now towering over the Prado and Hanover Street in the North End: Read more.

Our own Cybah walked into the Dollar General in Chelsea yesterday and could only think: "Not yet Dollar General.. not yet."