Ryan Janek Wolowski as Victorian era 1843 Englishman with lantern at the Welcome to the Charles Dickens Festival sign in the Village of Port Jefferson New York

The 21st annual Charles Dickens Festival

 

The Dickens Festival is a celebration of the author of A Christmas Carol, featuring the Village of Port Jefferson magically transformed into the Dickensian era with streets filled with roaming characters such as Father Christmas, Dickens Mayor, Scrooge, the Town Crier and the beloved chimney sweeps.

 

The 21st Annual Dickens Festival concludes with a Parade of Puppets and ceremony at Village Hall on Sunday evening.

 

Charles John Huffam Dickens an English writer and social critic born in 1812 in Landport, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period, Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843.

 

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Charles Dickens author:

 

Oliver Twist (1839)

 

The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)

 

A Christmas Carol (1843)

 

The Chimes (1844)

 

The Cricket on the Hearth (1845)

 

The Battle of Life (1846)

 

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848)

 

David Copperfield (1850)

 

A Child's History of England (1853)

 

The Haunted House (1859)

 

A Holiday Romance (1868)

 

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Street Character Performances inclued

 

Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Scrooge as Mrs. Emily Cratchit (Bob Cratchit's wife and mother of Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit) based upon the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Four shows:

Saturday 2pm

Saturday 5pm

Sunday 12noon

Sunday 2pm

 

Terry Ryan Vlahos performing in Oliver! as Mrs. Corney – matron at Oliver's workhouse based upon the 1839 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Four shows:

Saturday 1pm

Saturday 4pm

Sunday 1pm

Sunday 3pm

 

Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian Englishman street character performance

Saturday 5 to 9:30pm

 

Tapestry Boston based vocal ensemble presents an evening of Kalanta (traditional Greek carols) Village Center 7 - 8:15pm

 

Theresa Irene Wolowski street character performance as

Charles Dickens older sister Mrs Frances Fanny Elizabeth Dickens Burnett born in 1810

Dickens Through December

December 10th 2016

 

 

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The Dickens Festival takes place in The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson in the Town of Brookhaven on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York.

 

Directions:

LIRR Long Island Rail Road to Port Jefferson

 

Long Island Expressway to Exit 62

 

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The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 till 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain.

 

Terry Ryan Vlahos and Ryan Janek Wolowski Victorian era family members - grandparents

 

Elizabeth McDOUGALL was born December 8th 1895 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

 

Thomas Joseph RYAN was born Sep 8th 1896 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

 

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Authors Washington Irving (USA) and Charles Dickens (England) are both often credited for creating Christmas classics in the 1800's that still resonate with people today

 

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1820

Fifth installment

"Christmas"

"The Stage Coach"

"Christmas Eve"

"Christmas Day"

"Christmas Dinner"

 

Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) "A Christmas Carol" 1843

 

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Additional famous Christmas story:

 

"A Visit from St. Nicholas" 1823

 

Clement Clarke Moore USA

 

with the quote:

 

"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night"

 

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Believed Christmas origins:

 

Christmas Tree - Germany

 

Advent wreath - Germany

 

Electric Christmas Lights - USA 1880

 

Christmas Cards - England 1843

 

Befana Christmas Witch - Italy

 

Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) - Greece (area now Turkey)

 

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - USA 1939

 

Birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem, (area now Palestine)

 

Poinsettia red flowers - México

 

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

 

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December 3rd 2016

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