New Hampshire and Maine Homes and Condos

Homeowners in Portsmouth NH - get ready for the Portsmouth Citywide Annual Holiday Decorating Contest!

Our annual Holiday Decorating Contest began several years ago, and it's a fun way to help celebrate this beautiful holiday season, and to show off our pride in our neighborhoods and in our wonderful seaside city.

Whatever your holiday celebration includes - Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year's - show your spirit and good will in your home's outside decorations!  The more, the merrier, and what fun it is to get together with family and/or friends and tour around town to see all the decorated homes.  You just can't help but smile, inside and out!


We already have some beautifully decorated homes around town - if yours isn't done yet, hurry up so you can be part of this fun citywide contest!

Neighborhoods around the town will be participating in this contest, with each neighborhood submitting their 'top 3' picks from their respective neighborhoods by Saturday morning, the 15th.  These picks will then be given to the Citywide Neighborhood Committee for juding, which will take place on Monday, December 17th.

The final citywide winners will be announced on Wednesday, December 19th, by Portsmouth Mayor Steve Marchand and our incoming Mayor Tom Ferrini.  The announcements will be made via radio, Portsmouth Community Radio Channel 106.1, and in the Portsmouth Herald the next morning.

To see if your neighborhood is participating, check the list below:

• Atlantic Heights
• Broad Street
• Cass Street
• Christian Shore Area
• Elwyn Park
• Frank Jones Farm
• Islington Street Area
• Lafayette Road
• Maple Haven
• Ocean Road
• Osprey Landing
• Richards Avenue
• Rogers Street
• Sherburne Area
• Tuckers Cove
• Wibird Street Area
• Woodlands

If your area isn't listed here, contact the Decorating Contest Committe at 205-4594.