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"

 

********************************

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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Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

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Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

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Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

#WintersEve #Christmas #TreeLighting #LincolnCenter #NYC USA

 

December 6th 2021

Sunset 4:28 pm

Tree Lighting 6 - 7 pm

 

#LincolnSquareNY #tumblingbrights

 

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Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max smartphone night photo

  

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

10 Lincoln Center Plaza,

New York, NY 10023

 

Lincoln Center houses nationally and internationally renowned performing arts organizations including the #NewYorkPhilharmonic the #MetropolitanOpera and the #NewYorkCityBallet #JuilliardSchoolofMusic also became part of the Lincoln Center complex.

 

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The #EmpireHotel

44 WEST 63RD STREET

New York, 10023

 

The #EmpireRooftop stop by for a meal or cocktail, and enjoy the magnificent panoramic New York City view. With significant outdoor and indoor space a working fireplace, and a retractable roof on the West Terrace

  

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Dante Park is a public park in Manhattan, New York City, located in the Upper West Side neighborhood in front of Lincoln Center near Central Park.

 

Dante Park was established in 1921 by Italian-Americans in honor of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri - Columbus Avenue at West 64th street New York NY 10023

  

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The Fabulous Fezziwigs

 

Wednesday, December 29th 2021

3:00pm – 5:00pm

The Fabulous Fezziwigs perform in gorgeous handmade Victorian period attire, presenting songs styled for the season in a variety of formats, from time honored classics to contemporary favorites.

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#HolidaysInLincolnSquare #LincolnSquare #LincolnSquareNY #UpperWestSide #UWS

 

#MetOpera #JackFrost #Puppets #IceSculpting Chinese Lion Dance 🇨🇳 & more #LincolnSquareBid @LincolnSquareBid @LincolnSquareNY @WintersEve #MerryChristmas #ChristmasTree BlessedYule YuleTree 🌲 Yule - RyanJanekWolowski / @RyanJanekWolowski lincolnsquarenyc uwsnyc upperwestsidenyc holidaytree holidayseason holidayfun holidaycheer freenyc nycholidays nycfortheholidays holidays Lit

  

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After 20 years of Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square, the Lincoln Square BID is pleased to share that we are planning a new and different holiday celebration by offering the community and visitors a month-long series of smaller pop-up family friendly performances and activations for everyone to enjoy.

  

Although we are bringing back a holiday tree at Dante Park, a large tree lighting celebration will remain on pause. We are excited to announce that the successful Tumbling Brights–our whimsical illuminated sculptures launched during our darker days of COVID-19 last year–will return with five additional installations in the heart of our district. More details on activations, which includes our neighborhood holiday lighting program and other surprises, will be announced in the near future so the community and visitors will be able to celebrate the holidays and support local businesses, restaurants and cultural institutions in the Lincoln Square neighborhood throughout the entire holiday season.

  

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The holidays are here and the Lincoln Square BID is celebrating the neighborhood's comeback with the return of the Lincoln Square Holiday Tree; an expansion of Tumbling Brights; and a month-long series of pop-up, family-friendly performances. The festivities will begin tonight, Monday, December 6, rain or shine, when we officially light our Holiday Tree at Dante Park with Frank London and the Klezmer Brass Allstars!

 

We're also highlighting special holiday programming and deals around the neighborhood this month, so if you're a Lincoln Square BID business or cultural organization with a holiday offer, menu, gift guide, or other seasonal special, let us know what you're doing and we will promote it on our website, on social media and in our weekly eblast so that locals and visitors will know what's happening in Lincoln Square!

 

Don't miss Lincoln Square's lights, delights, and more throughout December! Click here:

 

The Lincoln Square Holiday Tree is lit Come see it at Dante Park (Broadway & 64th St) throughout the holiday season and don’t miss our pop up performances on Wednesdays in December right in front of the tree. Link in bio for more information on Holidays in Lincoln Square.

 

*************** Christmas Origins *****************

 

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"

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

 

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

aka Scrooge with quote from Tiny Tim "God bless us every one!"

 

Oliver Twist (1838) with quote from Oliver Twist "Please, sir, I want some more"

****************************

 

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"

 

****

 

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

 

Yule Winter solstice shortest day of the year

 

Birthplace of Jesus, the town of Bethlehem of Judea, about six miles south of Jerusalem (area now Palestine)

 

Poinsettia red flowers - México

 

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

 

The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904

 

The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907

 

First Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center NYC was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans"

 

1933, a Rockefeller Center publicist decided to make the tree an annual tradition, and they held the first official lighting ceremony with a 50-foot tree.

 

Rockefeller Center skating rink was opened below the tree in the plaza in 1936 and that year they put up two trees for the celebration

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a National Historic Landmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States Of America 1987

 

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year since 2007, lumber milled from the Christmas tree has been given to Habitat for Humanity to help a family build a new home

 

The National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. was lit for the first time by US President Calvin Coolidge Republican on Christmas eve December 24th 1923

 

Carnaval de Québec Canada first opened in 1984 which ran from January 29 to February 3

 

Canarsie Brooklyn Christmas Lights in NYC first beginning in 1963

 

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s

 

The Annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival on Long Island in New York State started in 1996

 

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Photos and videos by @RyanReporting #RyanReporting

December 6th 2021

 

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

#RockefellerCenter 89th Annual #ChristmasTreeLighting #🎄 December 1st 2021

 

#RockCenterNYC @rockcenternyc

 

30 #RockefellerPlaza Midtown neighborhood Manhattan Island borough NYC 🌃 New York State 10111 zip code #USA country North America continent

 

#Winter ❄️ season

 

Wednesday December 1st 2021 from 7-9pm

 

#RockCenterXmas @RockCenterXmas

 

#ChristmasInRockefellerCenter broadcast live on #NBC4NY @nbcnewyork NASDAQ #CMCSA $CMCSA -

 

Live performances in 2020 included #DollyParton #KellyClarkson

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a #NationalHistoricLandmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the #UnitedStatesOfAmerica 1987 #NationalParkService @nationalparkservice United States #DepartmentOfTheInterior @usinterior -

 

The first #ChristmasTree a 20 foot Balsam Fir was brought by #ConstructionWorkers in 1931 -

 

The 2021 #tree is a 79 foot #NorwaySpruce donated by Devon and Julie Price, parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church in Elkton, Maryland

  

lit with 50,000 #LEDLights and topped with a #SwarovskiCrystal star ⭐️ containing 3 million Swarovski crystals designed by #DanielLibeskind @DanielLibeskind in 2018

 

The Christmas Tree 🌲 will be lit daily from 6am-12am. On Christmas Day, the Tree is lit for 24 hours and on New Year’s Eve it is lit from 6am to 9pm

 

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be on display to the public until Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022.

 

#Epiphany #ThreeKingsDay Thursday January 6th 2022

 

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

After Rockefeller Center the tree will be donated to #HabitatForHumanity @habitatforhumanity to help build a new home 🏡 -

 

@apple @iPhonePhotography Merry Christmas #🎅 #Yule photos by Ryan Janek Wolowski / @ryanjanekwolowski - @nytimes @rockcenterrink @instagram @nycchristmas @christmas.in.nyc @christmasnyc @_nyc_christmas @christmas_in_new_york_city @iloveny @ilove_newyo @visitnyc @swarovski @stpatrickscathedral @saks @bergdorfs I❤️NY

  

*************** Christmas Origins *****************

 

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"

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

 

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

 

****************************

 

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"

 

****

 

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

 

Yule Winter solstice shortest day of the year

 

Birthplace of Jesus, the town of Bethlehem of Judea, about six miles south of Jerusalem (area now Palestine)

 

Poinsettia red flowers - México

 

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

 

The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904

 

The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907

 

First Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center NYC was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans"

 

1933, a Rockefeller Center publicist decided to make the tree an annual tradition, and they held the first official lighting ceremony with a 50-foot tree.

 

Rockefeller Center skating rink was opened below the tree in the plaza in 1936 and that year they put up two trees for the celebration

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a National Historic Landmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States Of America 1987

 

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year since 2007, lumber milled from the Christmas tree has been given to Habitat for Humanity to help a family build a new home

 

The National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. was lit for the first time by US President Calvin Coolidge Republican on Christmas eve December 24th 1923

 

Carnaval de Québec Canada first opened in 1984 which ran from January 29 to February 3

 

Canarsie Brooklyn Christmas Lights in NYC first beginning in 1963

 

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s

 

The Annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival on Long Island in New York State started in 1996

 

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #NY #NewYork #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #USA #book #books #literature #AmericanLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus

 

*************

 

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max Smartphone 4K night video

 

*****

Photos and videos by RyanReporting #RyanReporting

November 13th 2021

#RockefellerCenter 89th Annual #ChristmasTreeLighting #🎄 December 1st 2021

 

#RockCenterNYC @rockcenternyc

 

30 #RockefellerPlaza Midtown neighborhood Manhattan Island borough NYC 🌃 New York State 10111 zip code #USA country North America continent

 

#Winter ❄️ season

 

Wednesday December 1st 2021 from 7-9pm

 

#RockCenterXmas @RockCenterXmas

 

#ChristmasInRockefellerCenter broadcast live on #NBC4NY @nbcnewyork NASDAQ #CMCSA $CMCSA -

 

Live performances in 2020 included #DollyParton #KellyClarkson

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a #NationalHistoricLandmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the #UnitedStatesOfAmerica 1987 #NationalParkService @nationalparkservice United States #DepartmentOfTheInterior @usinterior -

 

The first #ChristmasTree a 20 foot Balsam Fir was brought by #ConstructionWorkers in 1931 -

 

The 2021 #tree is a 79 foot #NorwaySpruce donated by Devon and Julie Price, parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church in Elkton, Maryland

  

lit with 50,000 #LEDLights and topped with a #SwarovskiCrystal star ⭐️ containing 3 million Swarovski crystals designed by #DanielLibeskind @DanielLibeskind in 2018

 

The Christmas Tree 🌲 will be lit daily from 6am-12am. On Christmas Day, the Tree is lit for 24 hours and on New Year’s Eve it is lit from 6am to 9pm

 

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be on display to the public until Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022.

 

#Epiphany #ThreeKingsDay Thursday January 6th 2022

 

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

After Rockefeller Center the tree will be donated to #HabitatForHumanity @habitatforhumanity to help build a new home 🏡 -

 

@apple @iPhonePhotography Merry Christmas #🎅 #Yule photos by Ryan Janek Wolowski / @ryanjanekwolowski - @nytimes @rockcenterrink @instagram @nycchristmas @christmas.in.nyc @christmasnyc @_nyc_christmas @christmas_in_new_york_city @iloveny @ilove_newyo @visitnyc @swarovski @stpatrickscathedral @saks @bergdorfs I❤️NY

  

*************** Christmas Origins *****************

 

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"

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

 

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

 

****************************

 

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"

 

****

 

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

 

Yule Winter solstice shortest day of the year

 

Birthplace of Jesus, the town of Bethlehem of Judea, about six miles south of Jerusalem (area now Palestine)

 

Poinsettia red flowers - México

 

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

 

The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904

 

The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907

 

First Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center NYC was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans"

 

1933, a Rockefeller Center publicist decided to make the tree an annual tradition, and they held the first official lighting ceremony with a 50-foot tree.

 

Rockefeller Center skating rink was opened below the tree in the plaza in 1936 and that year they put up two trees for the celebration

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a National Historic Landmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States Of America 1987

 

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year since 2007, lumber milled from the Christmas tree has been given to Habitat for Humanity to help a family build a new home

 

The National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. was lit for the first time by US President Calvin Coolidge Republican on Christmas eve December 24th 1923

 

Carnaval de Québec Canada first opened in 1984 which ran from January 29 to February 3

 

Canarsie Brooklyn Christmas Lights in NYC first beginning in 1963

 

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s

 

The Annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival on Long Island in New York State started in 1996

 

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #NY #NewYork #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #USA #book #books #literature #AmericanLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus

 

*************

 

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max Smartphone 4K night video

 

*****

Photos and videos by RyanReporting #RyanReporting

November 13th 2021

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

#RockefellerCenter 89th Annual #ChristmasTreeLighting #🎄 December 1st 2021

 

#RockCenterNYC @rockcenternyc

 

30 #RockefellerPlaza Midtown neighborhood Manhattan Island borough NYC 🌃 New York State 10111 zip code #USA country North America continent

 

#Winter ❄️ season

 

Wednesday December 1st 2021 from 7-9pm

 

#RockCenterXmas @RockCenterXmas

 

#ChristmasInRockefellerCenter broadcast live on #NBC4NY @nbcnewyork NASDAQ #CMCSA $CMCSA -

 

Live performances in 2020 included #DollyParton #KellyClarkson

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a #NationalHistoricLandmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the #UnitedStatesOfAmerica 1987 #NationalParkService @nationalparkservice United States #DepartmentOfTheInterior @usinterior -

 

The first #ChristmasTree a 20 foot Balsam Fir was brought by #ConstructionWorkers in 1931 -

 

The 2021 #tree is a 79 foot #NorwaySpruce donated by Devon and Julie Price, parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church in Elkton, Maryland

  

lit with 50,000 #LEDLights and topped with a #SwarovskiCrystal star ⭐️ containing 3 million Swarovski crystals designed by #DanielLibeskind @DanielLibeskind in 2018

 

The Christmas Tree 🌲 will be lit daily from 6am-12am. On Christmas Day, the Tree is lit for 24 hours and on New Year’s Eve it is lit from 6am to 9pm

 

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be on display to the public until Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022.

 

#Epiphany #ThreeKingsDay Thursday January 6th 2022

 

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

After Rockefeller Center the tree will be donated to #HabitatForHumanity @habitatforhumanity to help build a new home 🏡 -

 

@apple @iPhonePhotography Merry Christmas #🎅 #Yule photos by Ryan Janek Wolowski / @ryanjanekwolowski - @nytimes @rockcenterrink @instagram @nycchristmas @christmas.in.nyc @christmasnyc @_nyc_christmas @christmas_in_new_york_city @iloveny @ilove_newyo @visitnyc @swarovski @stpatrickscathedral @saks @bergdorfs I❤️NY

  

*************** Christmas Origins *****************

 

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"

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

 

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

 

****************************

 

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"

 

****

 

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

 

Yule Winter solstice shortest day of the year

 

Birthplace of Jesus, the town of Bethlehem of Judea, about six miles south of Jerusalem (area now Palestine)

 

Poinsettia red flowers - México

 

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

 

The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904

 

The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907

 

First Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center NYC was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans"

 

1933, a Rockefeller Center publicist decided to make the tree an annual tradition, and they held the first official lighting ceremony with a 50-foot tree.

 

Rockefeller Center skating rink was opened below the tree in the plaza in 1936 and that year they put up two trees for the celebration

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a National Historic Landmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States Of America 1987

 

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year since 2007, lumber milled from the Christmas tree has been given to Habitat for Humanity to help a family build a new home

 

The National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. was lit for the first time by US President Calvin Coolidge Republican on Christmas eve December 24th 1923

 

Carnaval de Québec Canada first opened in 1984 which ran from January 29 to February 3

 

Canarsie Brooklyn Christmas Lights in NYC first beginning in 1963

 

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s

 

The Annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival on Long Island in New York State started in 1996

 

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #NY #NewYork #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #USA #book #books #literature #AmericanLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus

 

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November 13th 2021

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

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Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

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Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

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Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

Washington Square Park NYC 🎄

 

Christmas Tree Lighting 🎄 in Washington Square Park Greenwich Village NYC USA December 8th 2021

 

NYC's 2nd Longest Running Tree Lighting Ceremony plus a view of the #EmpireStateBuilding

 

#WashingtonSquarePark #GreenwichVillage #NYC #USA #Christmas

 

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Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max smartphone night photo

 

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#ChristmasInNewYork #ChristmasInNY #MerryChristmas #FelizNavidad #Navidad #ILoveNY #PeopleOfNewYork #PeopleOfNY #ChristmasTree #TreeLighting #Yule #BlessedYule #YuleTree #NewYork #NY

 

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Join Us In 2021

Tree Lighting: Wednesday, December 8th at 6pm and live-streaming

 

Christmas Eve Caroling: Friday, December 24th at 5pm. We hope to be singing together and will also live stream

 

Donations appreciated but never required. More details below:

 

Normally we celebrate your favorite winter holiday at Washington Square two evenings in December when The Washington Square Association provides the opportunity to sing yuletide carols in downtown’s historic park. We will be gathering under the arch and we will also be live streaming the lighting on our page. We ask that you respect the safety of your fellow Villagers. The Association provides the annual 45-foot Christmas tree under the Arch that is lit for the season between the hours of 4 pm and 1 am.

 

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The Tree Lighting

 

We will gather under the arch and also stream The Rob Susman Brass Quartet and a singer sing holiday songs. The multi-colored lights on the resplendent tree will be turned on to mark the beginning of festive winter evenings.

 

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Caroling Christmas Eve

 

Christmas Eve, at 5 pm is the traditional time to celebrate the holiday with carols at the Washington Square Arch. “Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men” will ring out to remind us all of the true meaning of the holidays as we celebrate virtually from our homes.

 

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2021 Washington Square Christmas Eve Caroling

Friday, December 24, 2021

5:00 PM 6:00 PM

Christmas Eve, December 24 at 5 pm is the traditional time to celebrate

the holiday with carols near the Washington Square Arch. The Rob Susman Brass

Quartet, song leader, and the revelers from all over the city will lustily sing out the

familiar tunes. The words are in the songbooks distributed by the Washington

Square Association, but many will know them by heart. “Peace on Earth, Good Will

to Men” will ring out and is especially meaningful this season

 

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The Washington Square Association, Inc. founded in 1906, is one of the city’s oldest community organizations. For 106 years, it has sponsored carol singing under the arch. Other activities concern the continued improvement of Washington Square, the Washington Square Music Festival, and the fostering of neighborhood spirit. Find out more about us.

 

THE WASHINGTON SQUARE ASSOCIATION

Cooper Station, PO Box 1395

New York, NY 10276

 

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December 8, 2021

Washington Square Park Tree Lighting

Washington Square Park Arch, West Village

Come see the 45ft tree light up under the Washington Square Park arch — There will be caroling, a brass band, and a visit from Santa! Stop by again on Christmas Eve for a special time of caroling under the Arch.

 

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Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. One of the best known of New York City's public parks, it is an icon as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity. It is operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks).

 

The park is an open space, dominated by the Washington Square Arch at the northern gateway to the park, with a tradition of celebrating nonconformity. The park's fountain area has long been one of the city's popular spots.

 

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Greenwich Village is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Greenwich Village also contains several subsections, including the West Village west of Seventh Avenue and the Meatpacking District in the northwest corner of Greenwich Village.

 

Its name comes from Groenwijck, Dutch for "Green District". In the 20th century, Greenwich Village was known as an artists' haven, the bohemian capital, the cradle of the modern LGBT movement, and the East Coast birthplace of both the Beat and '60s counterculture movements. Greenwich Village contains Washington Square Park, as well as two of New York City's private colleges, New York University (NYU) and The New School.

 

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When Harry Met Sally... is a 1989 American romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. It stars Billy Crystal as Harry and Meg Ryan as Sally. The story follows the title characters from the time they meet in Chicago just before sharing a cross-country drive, through twelve years of chance encounters in New York City. The film addresses but fails to resolve questions along the lines of "Can men and women ever just be friends?"

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

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Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

#RockefellerCenter 89th Annual #ChristmasTreeLighting #🎄 December 1st 2021

 

#RockCenterNYC @rockcenternyc

 

30 #RockefellerPlaza Midtown neighborhood Manhattan Island borough NYC 🌃 New York State 10111 zip code #USA country North America continent

 

#Winter ❄️ season

 

Wednesday December 1st 2021 from 7-9pm

 

#RockCenterXmas @RockCenterXmas

 

#ChristmasInRockefellerCenter broadcast live on #NBC4NY @nbcnewyork NASDAQ #CMCSA $CMCSA -

 

Live performances in 2020 included #DollyParton #KellyClarkson

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a #NationalHistoricLandmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the #UnitedStatesOfAmerica 1987 #NationalParkService @nationalparkservice United States #DepartmentOfTheInterior @usinterior -

 

The first #ChristmasTree a 20 foot Balsam Fir was brought by #ConstructionWorkers in 1931 -

 

The 2021 #tree is a 79 foot #NorwaySpruce donated by Devon and Julie Price, parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church in Elkton, Maryland

  

lit with 50,000 #LEDLights and topped with a #SwarovskiCrystal star ⭐️ containing 3 million Swarovski crystals designed by #DanielLibeskind @DanielLibeskind in 2018

 

The Christmas Tree 🌲 will be lit daily from 6am-12am. On Christmas Day, the Tree is lit for 24 hours and on New Year’s Eve it is lit from 6am to 9pm

 

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be on display to the public until Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022.

 

#Epiphany #ThreeKingsDay Thursday January 6th 2022

 

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

After Rockefeller Center the tree will be donated to #HabitatForHumanity @habitatforhumanity to help build a new home 🏡 -

 

@apple @iPhonePhotography Merry Christmas #🎅 #Yule photos by Ryan Janek Wolowski / @ryanjanekwolowski - @nytimes @rockcenterrink @instagram @nycchristmas @christmas.in.nyc @christmasnyc @_nyc_christmas @christmas_in_new_york_city @iloveny @ilove_newyo @visitnyc @swarovski @stpatrickscathedral @saks @bergdorfs I❤️NY

  

*************** Christmas Origins *****************

 

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"

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

 

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

 

****************************

 

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"

 

****

 

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

 

Yule Winter solstice shortest day of the year

 

Birthplace of Jesus, the town of Bethlehem of Judea, about six miles south of Jerusalem (area now Palestine)

 

Poinsettia red flowers - México

 

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

 

The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904

 

The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907

 

First Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center NYC was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans"

 

1933, a Rockefeller Center publicist decided to make the tree an annual tradition, and they held the first official lighting ceremony with a 50-foot tree.

 

Rockefeller Center skating rink was opened below the tree in the plaza in 1936 and that year they put up two trees for the celebration

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a National Historic Landmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States Of America 1987

 

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year since 2007, lumber milled from the Christmas tree has been given to Habitat for Humanity to help a family build a new home

 

The National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. was lit for the first time by US President Calvin Coolidge Republican on Christmas eve December 24th 1923

 

Carnaval de Québec Canada first opened in 1984 which ran from January 29 to February 3

 

Canarsie Brooklyn Christmas Lights in NYC first beginning in 1963

 

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s

 

The Annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival on Long Island in New York State started in 1996

 

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #NY #NewYork #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #USA #book #books #literature #AmericanLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus

 

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Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max Smartphone 4K night video

 

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Photos and videos by RyanReporting #RyanReporting

November 13th 2021

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

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Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

#RockefellerCenter 89th Annual #ChristmasTreeLighting #🎄 December 1st 2021

 

#RockCenterNYC @rockcenternyc

 

30 #RockefellerPlaza Midtown neighborhood Manhattan Island borough NYC 🌃 New York State 10111 zip code #USA country North America continent

 

#Winter ❄️ season

 

Wednesday December 1st 2021 from 7-9pm

 

#RockCenterXmas @RockCenterXmas

 

#ChristmasInRockefellerCenter broadcast live on #NBC4NY @nbcnewyork NASDAQ #CMCSA $CMCSA -

 

Live performances in 2020 included #DollyParton #KellyClarkson

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a #NationalHistoricLandmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the #UnitedStatesOfAmerica 1987 #NationalParkService @nationalparkservice United States #DepartmentOfTheInterior @usinterior -

 

The first #ChristmasTree a 20 foot Balsam Fir was brought by #ConstructionWorkers in 1931 -

 

The 2021 #tree is a 79 foot #NorwaySpruce donated by Devon and Julie Price, parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church in Elkton, Maryland

  

lit with 50,000 #LEDLights and topped with a #SwarovskiCrystal star ⭐️ containing 3 million Swarovski crystals designed by #DanielLibeskind @DanielLibeskind in 2018

 

The Christmas Tree 🌲 will be lit daily from 6am-12am. On Christmas Day, the Tree is lit for 24 hours and on New Year’s Eve it is lit from 6am to 9pm

 

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be on display to the public until Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022.

 

#Epiphany #ThreeKingsDay Thursday January 6th 2022

 

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10112

 

After Rockefeller Center the tree will be donated to #HabitatForHumanity @habitatforhumanity to help build a new home 🏡 -

 

@apple @iPhonePhotography Merry Christmas #🎅 #Yule photos by Ryan Janek Wolowski / @ryanjanekwolowski - @nytimes @rockcenterrink @instagram @nycchristmas @christmas.in.nyc @christmasnyc @_nyc_christmas @christmas_in_new_york_city @iloveny @ilove_newyo @visitnyc @swarovski @stpatrickscathedral @saks @bergdorfs I❤️NY

  

*************** Christmas Origins *****************

 

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"

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

 

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

 

****************************

 

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"

 

****

 

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

 

Yule Winter solstice shortest day of the year

 

Birthplace of Jesus, the town of Bethlehem of Judea, about six miles south of Jerusalem (area now Palestine)

 

Poinsettia red flowers - México

 

First documented snowman Netherlands 1380

 

The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904

 

The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907

 

First Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center NYC was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans"

 

1933, a Rockefeller Center publicist decided to make the tree an annual tradition, and they held the first official lighting ceremony with a 50-foot tree.

 

Rockefeller Center skating rink was opened below the tree in the plaza in 1936 and that year they put up two trees for the celebration

 

Rockefeller Center has been designated a National Historic Landmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States Of America 1987

 

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year since 2007, lumber milled from the Christmas tree has been given to Habitat for Humanity to help a family build a new home

 

The National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. was lit for the first time by US President Calvin Coolidge Republican on Christmas eve December 24th 1923

 

Carnaval de Québec Canada first opened in 1984 which ran from January 29 to February 3

 

Canarsie Brooklyn Christmas Lights in NYC first beginning in 1963

 

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s

 

The Annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival on Long Island in New York State started in 1996

 

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #NY #NewYork #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #USA #book #books #literature #AmericanLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus

 

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Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max Smartphone 4K night video

 

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Photos and videos by RyanReporting #RyanReporting

November 13th 2021

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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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Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016

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.

 

***************************

 

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)

 

*****************

 

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

  

*********************************

  

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

 

****************************************

 

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

 

*******************************

 

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

 

*********************************

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"

 

********************************

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

 

****************

 

Hashtag metadata tag

#MerryChristmas #HappyChristmas #Christmas #ChristmasParty #ChristmasTown #CharlesDickens #Dickens #DickensFestival #CharlesDickensFestival #AChristmasCarol #EbenezerScrooge #Scrooge #LongIsland #NY #NewYork #PortJefferson #Victorian #Victorianera #Victorianfashion #UK #UnitedKingdom #British #English #England #GreatBritain #Britain #VictorianChristmas #VictorianFestival #ChristmasVillage #Festival #Holiday #winter #snow #theater #theatre #family #familyevent #ChristmasCarol #Ebenezer #book #books #literature #EnglishLiterature #Christmasevent #ChristmasEve #FancyDress #costume #costumes #art #fun #Yule #Jól #Yuletide #Yuletime #Yulefest #YuleTree #Mistletoe #Wintersolstice #Winter #midwinter #WinterFestival #Saturnalia #Befana #BefanaWitch #BefanaChristmasWitch #Santa #SantaClaus #PortJeff #PortTown

 

Photo

Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York state, USA United States of America country, North America continent

December 3rd 2016