The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce staff serves its Regional Board, Community Chambers, and Membership. 

December Staff Question:
"What is your favorite holiday tradition (with family or friends)?"

Quincy Hentzel

CEO
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"My mom always makes German Rouladen with sauerkraut and dumplings and we watch the Griswolds in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and recite every line."

Tommy Johnson

Director of Membership & Events
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"My wife, kids and I visit her extended family and mine, typically prior to Christmas. Our goal is to always wake up in our home on Christmas day. This means returning from travels throughout New England with time to get to 4:30 Christmas Eve service, dinner out for sushi and a look at the holiday lights in and around Portland on the ride home. We still leave a note and treats for Santa (even though my kids are 12 & 14) which often includes cookies and an IPA."

Joe Marro

Director of Advocacy
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"I have a small family and we gather at my parent's house on Christmas Eve to have dinner and exchange one gift. My favorite part has to be eating my Dad's delicious chili and hanging with my nephews and niece."

Corinne Mockler

Marketing Manager
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"Growing up Jewish, we naturally went for a movie and Chinese food on Christmas! Now that I've married into an enormous, Italian family I get to experience the Seven Fishes, the Christmas spirit, and - my favorite - the matching pajamas my mother-in-law buys for us every year."

Dan Santos

Membership Development Manager
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"Until recently, my holiday tradition was sitting at my grandfather’s kitchen table, drinking beers, and swapping the 'don’t do what I did' stories."

Andrea Chim

Communications & Events Coordinator
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"Decorating the Christmas tree together!"

Mladenka Stjepanovic

Executive Assistant
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"My favorite tradition for the Holiday season is family gathering at a cottage by the ocean. Every December we’ve made it a family tradition to head to the Christmas Tree Farm. The smell of a real tree makes the whole house smell like the holidays. Baking has been one of the biggest traditions in my family - there is nothing like the smell of traditional homemade bread on Christmas morning."

Gay Snook

Finance Manager
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"Day after Christmas shopping to find the bargains!"

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Thank you to the Maine Historical Society for the use of the Longellow Garden

Photography by Noelle Libby of no frills farm

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