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The Patch of Dickens Past Still Haunts Port Jefferson

Like the gentle ghost of Christmas past from A Christmas Carol, Patch will be giving you a glimpse back at what happened during last weekend's Charles Dickens Festival.

The torch has been passed and the has been given back to Mayor Margot Garant by the Dickensian Mayor of London but the spirits of the still linger around the clanking old chains of the web at Port Jefferson Patch.

We were very busy here at Patch visiting every nook, cranny and cove, stomping with and his band, following Father Christmas and taking a ride on the trolley to the . We took video, spoke with the characters, visitors, business owners and residents, snapped pictures of people enjoying the weekend festivities.

Come back to Port Jefferson Patch all week to see some of the holiday cheer you may have missed or relive everything all over again. making merry at , posing with the or caroling by the lampposts.

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