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Photos: Celebrating the season the old fashioned way in Southold

Santa listens carefully as one young man shares his Christmas wishes. Photo: Katharine Schroeder

It was a step back in time to a simpler celebration of the season at the Southold Historical Society’s annual candlelight tour and tree lighting this afternoon.

Children played old-fashioned games, sat on Santa’s lap and saw what a schoolhouse looked like long ago. Adults enjoyed touring the historic houses at the museum complex and watched a blacksmith hard at work.

The annual Candlelight Christmas and tree lighting attracted hundreds of people who wound up their visit watching the lighting of the Christmas tree.

SoutholdLOCAL photos by Katharine Schroeder

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Katharine is a writer and photographer who has lived on the North Fork for nearly 40 years, except for three-plus years in Hong Kong a decade ago, working for the actor Jackie Chan. She lives in Cutchogue. Email Katharine