What says Christmas in Boothbay Harbor better than a lobster trap Christmas tree? At least, that’s the way the Waterfront Park Preservation Committee thought when it conceived a winter seasonal park promotion.The committee put a call out to local fishermen to lend their lobster traps and buoys to create a lobster trap Christmas tree. Several local fishermen donated and lent about 75 lobster traps and several buoys in creating a lighted Christmas tree during the Boothbay Lights celebration which ends Jan. 15. 

“It’s a working waterfront, and we have all these lobster traps around, so I suggested a lobster trap Christmas tree, and the committee loved the idea,” said member Ellen Newton. 

Fisherman Jim Greenleaf found a buoy adrift and donated it to the cause. East Boothbay’s David Goodwin, 8, was the youngest fisherman to donate a trap or buoy.

Newton described the park as the perfect place for the tree. “We wanted to honor the lobstermen and associated waterfront workers. We haven’t forgotten their role in preserving our heritage and contribution to the region’s prosperity,” she said.