Your correspondent got home too late to see the Christmas tree lighting (or, actually, re-lighting) ceremonies yesterday. Fortunately, Mr. J. was there with cam to record the event. His video begins with some other Heights scenes. Enjoy! (Video after the jump.)
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SANTACON Kicks Off at Brooklyn Bridge Park
“Tis the Season to be Jolly”, and this morning, hundreds of merry-makers gathered at Brooklyn Bridge Park, tricked out as Santas, Mrs. Clauses, elves, reindeer, penguins (?), Christmas Trees — and someone labeled “Hanukkah Harry” — to join in the annual rite of SANTA CON, a free-wheeling holiday celebration organized by Facebook Pages and Twitter […]
Borough Hall Christmas Tree Lighting Monday
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will light the Borough Hall Christmas Tree (last year’s in photo) this Monday, December 5, at 5:30 p.m. There will be entertainment (besides the always entertaining Marty) and a visit from Santa. Refreshments will be served afterward in Borough Hall. Chanukah comes late this year. The first candle on the […]
Get Your Carolin’ On, Wednesday in Brooklyn Heights
This festive “holiday” dispatch just in from the Montague BID: Annual Day of Holiday Song on Montague Street: December 15, 12:30 and 5:30 p.m. This Wednesday is the Montague Street BID’s annual celebration of the season: Beginning at 12:15 p.m., a student choir from St. Ann’s School will serenade lunchtime shoppers with traditional carols. In […]
It’s beginning to look a lot like…..
There may be three weeks until Thanksgiving, but signs of the Holiday Season are appearing around the Heights. Seasonal lights were being strung across Court St. today, and Sahadi’s has opened a Holiday Gift store (with musical accompaniment) in the old Ben & Jerry’s space on Atlantic Ave.
Santacon NYC 2009 Fun!
Brooklyn Bugle publisher Homer Fink took part in Santacon 2009 along with his trusty attorney “PezzKandy” on Saturday (12/12). The event kicked off at Franklin Park in Crown Heights. See the video of Santa Fink’s journey with a thousand other Claus-a-likes into Manhattan at The Brooklyn Bugle.
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