Happy Holidays!

Pull up a chair and settle down with a mug of hot cocoa and a candy cane, the better to peruse our holiday-themed reading today.

Even if you’re far away from Brooklyn, you can still take a virtual trip through the borough and its seasonal delights — holly-bedecked brownstones, Santas on the street, and the dazzling display of lights in Dyker Heights — via our morning holiday photo post.

Later in the morning, Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen, aka Montrose Morris, will tell the tale of one of Brooklyn’s greatest philanthropists, Lena Sittig, who founded a holiday charity for poor children and, in her spare time, when she wasn’t writing books, devised patented cycling gear.

Brownstoner returns to its regular publishing schedule Saturday.

Happy Holidays to all!

[Photo: via LeFrak Center at Lakeside]

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