Civic leaders plan ahead for Dyker Christmas Lights
If you think June is much too soon to start thinking about Christmas, you haven’t met Josephine Beckmann or Fran Vella-Marrone.
Six months before the holiday season, Beckmann, the district manager of Community Board 10, and Vella-Marrone, the president of the Dyker Heights Civic Association, are busy planning ahead for the Dyker Heights Christmas lights display, an extravaganza involving homeowners who erect elaborate decorations on their front lawns featuring giant Santas, two-story-tall figures from “The Nutcracker Suite,” realistic-looking reindeer, giant inflatable snow globes, thousands of twinkling lights and piped-in music.
The elaborate displays are found in the area bounded by 82nd and 86th streets, between 10th and 13th Avenues.