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(L-R) Joanna Tallantire, Assemblymember Robert Carroll and his family joined the tree lighting festivities. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

Park Slope tree lighting doubled as Small Business Saturday

December 4 | Gabriele Holtermann

Park Slope ushered in the holiday season with its 15th annual tree...

Bay Ridge Lawyers will bring back Breakfast with Santa

November 30 | Rob Abruzzese

A Bay Ridge tradition that was put on pause due to the...

How Mrs. Claus embodied 19th-century debates about women’s rights

December 17 | Maura Ives, The Conversation

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On the Avenue: Visits from Santa among holiday happenings here

December 11 | Editorial Staff

Holiday cheer is prevalent “on the avenue” and throughout Brooklyn as business...

How Christmas Trees, Gift-Giving and Santa Became Part of America’s Christmas

December 9 | Thomas Adam, The Conversation

Each season, the celebration of Christmas has religious leaders complaining about the...

Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus bring cheer and gifts to thousands of kids at Restoration Plaza on Fulton Street. Eagle photos by Todd Maisel

Brooklyn kids and NYPD celebrate third annual Operation Sleigh Ride

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The Patrol Borough Brooklyn North held its third annual Operation Sleigh Ride...

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December 21 | By Lore Croghan

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Winterfest, the advertised 40,000-square-foot "world of holiday joy and wonder" behind the Brooklyn Museum has turned out to be anything but merry, according to customers and vendors. Eagle photo by Todd Maisel

Winterfest Fiasco: Organizers ignore refund requests from customers

December 18 | Scott Enman

  The hosts of Winterfest will likely be receiving coal in their...

Our Lady of Grace Welcomes Santa to Annual Christmas Fair

November 19 | Meaghan McGoldrick

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    A racegoer in a gold dress with long gold nails and a dollar symbol handbag poses for a photograph on the third day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting, traditionally called Ladies Day, at Ascot, England, Thursday, June 19, 2025.
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      ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??”  Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers ... this is 21st Century.”
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