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Op-Ed: Christmas Caroling on God’s Acre

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[Bruce Taylor, a tuba player in the New Canaan Town Band who says he “lives in New Canaan, sleeps in Wilton,” is planning to attend his 39th Christmas caroling at God’s Acre on Dec. 24. This Op-Ed drew inspiration from two New York Times pieces, cited below.]

There must be someone – somewhere – with the responsibility to pinpoint events that reflect important milestones in American life; the person that notates – in some great book – the precise moment when an era begins, when a second chance is lost, or the minute love is born. If there is such a person, he or she knows beyond a doubt, that Christmas in New Canaan, Connecticut starts each December 24th:  amid snow-covered hills where images of picture book Christmas stories so often take place (with an ample amount of snow, of course). To be there at the exact moment when it happens, and to take part in one of the most unique Christmas celebrations in the New York metropolitan region, one need only ride the 5:07 PM train from Grand Central Terminal to New Canaan – or arrange to be there beforehand.