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WINE AND CHEESE Four Harbors

Virginia’s wines are mighty fine

BY BOB LIPINSKI With just over 275 wineries within seven grape-growing areas, Virginia ranks fifth in the nation for wine grape production.

The first recorded wine production in the United States took place in Virginia soon after the British established a colony there in 1607. However, it wasn’t until 1807, when Thomas Jefferson planted grapes of European descent on his Monticello estate that the industry began. Sadly, Jefferson’s experiment failed because of rot and phylloxera (small root insects).

For a while Virginia was the most important grape-growing state, but Prohibition annihilated the flourishing industry and only in the beginning of the 1970s did local producers make wine again.

At a private tasting/seminar there were over 20 wines to taste and evaluate. Overall, the wines very good with a few excellent ones.

Space prevents me from providing tasting notes on all the wines. Here are some highlights: 2017 Barboursville Vineyards Vermentino Reserve: Aroma and flavor of apples, pear, citrus and hazelnuts. Tastes likes it’s from Liguria, Italy.

2010 Barboursville Vineyards Octagon: A blend of merlot, cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot; dark colored with a powerful, concentrated flavor of blackberry, black currants and cedar; hints of vanilla and smoke.

2017 Linden Vineyards Boisseau Viognier: Light-bodied with a full bouquet of melon, lime, lychee and bitter orange.

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2017 Glen Manor Vineyards Petit Manseng: The perfume of orange abounds along with melon, tropical fruit, nutmeg and citrus.

2018 Williamsburg Winery Petit Manseng: Tropical notes of papaya, pineapple and mango with an aftertaste of cinnamon and peaches.

2017 Veritas Vineyard Cabernet Franc Reserve: Enormous wine with black fruit, blueberry, bittersweet chocolate and smoky oak.

2016 Michael Shaps Wineworks Tannat: Flavor of blackberry, black raspberry, cherry, espresso and brown spices. A huge wine that will age another decade.

2016 King Family Vineyards Mountain Plains: A blend of merlot, cabernet franc and, petit verdot; full flavor of dark berries, fig, prunes, blueberry and toasted almonds.

2015 Boxwood Estate Winery Reserve: A blend of cabernet franc, merlot, cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot; closed nose but rich flavors of blackberry, black tea, licorice, spicy vanilla and hazelnuts.

2012 Paradise Spring Vineyards PVT (blend of petit verdot, tannat): I enjoy the flavor of petit verdot and tannat but have never tasted them blended together. Almost black-colored and tannic with flavors of black cherry, blueberry, mint, plums and sage. Worth searching out!

2017 Early Mountain Vineyards Eluvium: A blend of merlot, petit verdot and cabernet sauvignon; elegant, perfumed, dark fruit, plums, jam, anise and smoky oak.

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KNOWLEDGE SEEKERS

Horoscopes of the week

Interns Nylette Lopez (rear) and Stephanie Taboada characterize catalysts as they attempt to convert carbon dioxide and methane into synthesis gas this past summer at Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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BNL, CSHL, SBU address gender imbalance in STEM

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF

This article is part two in a two-part series.

Local medical and research institutions are aware of the challenges women face in science and are taking steps to ensure that women receive equal opportunities for success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (or STEM). Times Beacon Record News Media reached out to members of each institution and received an overview of some initiatives.

Harnessing the Technology of our Research Giants

SPOTLIGHTING DISCOVERIES AT (1) COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB (2) STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY & (3) BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAB

Brookhaven National Laboratory

The Department of Energy-funded research facility has created a number of opportunities for women, including Brookhaven Women in Science. This effort has been active for over four decades and its mission, according to Peter Genzer, a BNL spokesman, is to support the development of models, policies and practices that enhance the quality of life for BNL employees and emphasize the recruitment, hiring, promotion and retention of women.

BWIS offers annual awards, outreach events and various networking opportunities in the lab and community, while the lab’s Talent Management Group partners with BWIS to bring classes and speakers to discuss issues specific to women.

In October, the group hosted Kimberly Jackson, a vice chair and associate professor

of chemistry and biochemistry at Spelman College, who gave a talk titled “Realigning the Crooked Room in STEM.” The Leona Woods Distinguished Postdoctoral Lectureship Award at BNL, meanwhile, celebrates the scientific accomplishments of female physicists, physicists from underrepresented minority groups and LGBTQ physicists and to promote diversity and inclusion. BNL awarded the lectureship this year to Kirsty Duffy, a fellow at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

For the past five years, BNL has also partnered with a local chapter of Girls Inc., which helps to “encourage young women towards careers” in STEM, Genzer explained in an email.

BNL has also collaborated with the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County to organize a new patch program that encourages Girl Scouts to work in scientific fields. As of September, county Girl Scouts can earn three new Brookhaven Lab patches, and the lab hopes to extend the program nationwide across the Department of Energy complex.

BNL also provides six weeks of paid time off at 100 percent of base pay for a primary caregiver after birth or adoption and one week of full pay for a secondary caregiver. BNL is exploring plans to enhance support for primary and secondary caregivers, Genzer said.

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SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, be patient with yourself this week, as you have many different balls in the air at once.

Even the most organized person may stumble here or there.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you may need to delegate when demands at home start to feel a little overwhelming. Any free time you can muster will be put to good use.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Some situations are beyond your control, Aquarius.

Fixating on the things you cannot change will not prove productive. Surround yourself with friends.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Enjoy the moments that you have with family members in the weeks to come, Pisces. These are the most reliable people in your life.

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Take some time to think a response through before saying the first thing that comes to mind, Aries. It’s not easy to take the words back once they’re out there.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, even though it can be difficult to cede control, sometimes you have to hand the reins over to someone else. You can still be involved from a distance.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, sometimes it can be challenging to figure out what other people are thinking. Focus on yourself instead of trying to get into the heads of those around you.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 A focus on finances takes priority this week, Cancer.

Holiday spending may force you to reevaluate your budget. It could be time to scale back.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Put all of your energy into one line of thought or project, Leo. This way you’re fully behind the idea.

You’re a force to be reckoned with when you are motivated.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Time is running out to get an important job done, Virgo. This is not a week to procrastinate, but to bear down and finish your tasks. You’ll breathe easier afterward.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Big changes are on the horizon, Libra. You may have wanted a certain outcome, but another arrived instead. It could take some time getting used to a new situation.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Sometimes you have to table the things you want to say in the interest of consensus, Scorpio.

Focus your energy on positive things this week.

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MEDICAL COMPASS

Are heart attack symptoms different for men and women?

Heart disease is the most common chronic disease in America. When we refer to heart disease, it is an umbrella term; heart attacks are one component.

Fortunately, the incidence of heart attacks has decreased over the last several decades, as have deaths from heart attacks. However, there are still 790,000 heart attacks every year, and almost three-quarters

By David of these are first heart Dunaief, M.D. attacks (1).

If you think someone is having a heart attack, call 911 as quickly as possible and have the patient chew an adult aspirin (325 mg) or four baby aspirins. While the Food & Drug Administration does not recommend aspirin for primary prevention of a heart attack, the use of aspirin here is for treatment of a potential heart attack, not prevention.

Heart attack symptoms

The main symptom is chest pain, which most people don’t have trouble recognizing.

However, there are a number of other, more subtle, symptoms such as discomfort or pain in the jaw, neck, back, arms and epigastric, or upper abdominal areas. Others include nausea, shortness of breath, sweating, light-headedness and tachycardia (racing heart rate). One problem is that less than one-third of people know these other major symptoms (2). About 10 percent of patients present with atypical symptoms — without chest pain — according to one study (3).

It is not only difficult for the patient but also for the medical community, especially the emergency room, to determine who is having a heart attack. Fortunately, approximately 80 to 85 percent of chest pain sufferers are not having a heart attack. More likely, they have indigestion, reflux or other non-life-threatening ailments.

There has been a raging debate about whether men and women have different symptoms when it comes to heart attacks. Several studies speak to this topic.

Men vs. women

There is data showing that, although men have heart attacks more commonly, women are more likely to die from a heart attack (4). In a Swedish prospective (forward-looking) study, after having a heart attack, a significantly greater number of women died in hospital or near-term when compared to men. The women received reperfusion therapy, artery opening treatment that consisted of medications or invasive procedures, less often than the men.

However, recurrent heart attacks occurred at the same rate, regardless of sex. Both men and women had similar findings on an electrocardiogram; they both had what we call ST elevations. This was a study involving

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The main symptom of a heart attack is chest pain.

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One theory about why women are treated less aggressively when first presenting in the ER is that they have different and more subtle symptoms — even chest pain symptoms may be different. Women’s symptoms may include pain in the lower portion of the chest or upper portion of the abdomen and may have significantly less severe pain that could radiate or spread to the arms. But, is this true? Not according to several studies.

In one observational study, results showed that, though there were some subtle differences in chest pain, on the whole, when men and women presented with this main symptom, it was of a similar nature (5). There were 34 chest pain characteristic questions used to determine if a difference existed. These included location, quality or type of pain and duration. Of these, there was some small amount of divergence: The duration was shorter for a man (2 to 30 minutes), and pain subsided more for men than for women. The study included approximately 2,500 patients, all of whom had chest pain. The authors concluded that determination of heart attacks with chest pain symptoms should not factor in the sex of patients.

This trial involved an older population; patients were a median age of 70 for women and 59 for men, with more men having had a prior heart attack. The population difference was a conspicuous weakness of an otherwise solid study, since age and previous heart attack history are important factors.

In the GENESIS-PRAXY study, another observational study, but with a younger population, the median age of both men and women was 49. Results showed that chest pain remained the most prevalent presenting symptom in both men and women (6). However, of the patients who presented without distinct chest pain and with less specific EKG findings (non-ST elevations), significantly more were women than men. Those who did not have chest pain symptoms may have had some of the following symptoms: back discomfort; weakness; discomfort or pain in the throat, neck,

right arm and/or shoulder; flushing; nausea; vomiting; and headache.

If the patients did not have chest pain, regardless of sex, the symptoms were diffuse and nonspecific. The researchers were looking at acute coronary syndrome, which encompasses heart attacks. In this case, independent risk factors for disease not related to chest pain included both tachycardia (rapid heart rate) and being female. The authors concluded that there need to be better ways to calibrate non-chest pain symptoms.

Some studies imply that as much as 35 percent of patients do not present with chest pain as their primary complaint (7).

Let’s summarize

So what have we learned about heart attack symptoms? The simplest lessons are that most patients have chest pain, and that both men and women have similar types of chest pain.

However, this is where the simplicity stops and the complexity begins. The percentage of patients who present without chest pain seems to vary significantly depending on the study — ranging from less than 10 percent to 35 percent.

Non-chest pain heart attacks have a bevy of diffuse symptoms, including obscure pain, nausea, shortness of breath and light-headedness.

This is seen in both men and women, although it occurs more often in women. When it comes to heart attacks, suspicion should be based on the same symptoms for both sexes. Therefore, know the symptoms, for it may be your life or a loved one’s that depends on it.

References:

(1) cdc.gov. (2) MMWR. 2008;57:175– 179. (3) Chest. 2004;126:461-469. (4) Int J Cardiol. 2013;168:1041-1047. (5) JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Feb. 1;174:241-249. (6) JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:1863-1871. (7) JAMA 2012;307:813-822.

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The Yaphank Historical Society invites the community to a Yaphank Historic District Christmas Tour on Sunday, Dec. 15 from 1 to 5 p.m. Visit the Swezey-Avey House (c. 1843), Homan-Gerard House (1825), Hawkins House (c. 1850), Mary Louise Booth House (c. 1829) and the Yaphank Police Garage (1937). Tickets are $10 adults, free for ages 12 and under. Meet at the Swezey-Avey House, located at the intersection of Main Street and Yaphank-Middle Island Road, for refreshments, holiday music, tickets and directions. Call 631-924-4803.

Holiday Musicale in Northport

The Northport Historical Society, 215 Main St., Northport invites the community to celebrate the season with a special Holiday Musicale event in its Museum Gallery on Sunday, Dec. 15 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The evening will feature a special concert by the acclaimed chamber ensemble Canta Libre, sparkling champagne and lavish hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $125 per person, $100 members. For more information, call 631-7579859 or visit www.northporthistorical.org.

Meditation through the holidays

Join John Bednarik at the Port Jefferson Village Center, 101-A E. Broadway, Port Jefferson on Monday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. for a presentation on staying relaxed this holiday season through meditation. Bednarik will discuss the extraordinary effects of this practice, from reducing stress to improving concentration, and will present a simple, yet powerful meditation technique that will be explained and practiced during the session.

Free. Call 631-802-2160 or email gdamaro@ portjeff.com to RSVP.

Three Village Garden Club updates

The Three Village Garden Club members have announced there will be no meetings or workshops for the months of December, January, February and March to take the opportunity to go through horticulture and seed catalogs to plan their gardens for the spring. Meetings and workshops resume in April. Call 631-813-5390.

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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory has taken several recent steps as part of an ongoing effort to encourage gender diversity.

In October, a group of four CSHL administrators traveled to the University of Wisconsin in Madison to discuss mentoring.

The goal was to train them on how to design and deliver mentoring training regularly to the faculty, postdocs and graduate students on campus, said Charla Lambert, the diversity, equity and inclusion officer for research at CSHL. The first version of the training will occur next spring. The ultimate goal is to ensure the research environment at CSHL emphasizes good mentoring practices and is more inclusive for all mentees.

CSHL has also hosted a three-day workshop in leadership practices for postdoctoral researchers and junior faculty since 2011. The workshop, which is run through the Meetings & Courses Program, trains about 25 postdoctoral researchers and junior faculty each year and has about one per year from CSHL, addresses how to hire and motivate people, while providing constructive feedback.

Lambert said family-friendly policies were already a part of CSHL policies, which include a child care facility. Members of the faculty receive extra funding when they travel to conferences to provide additional child care.

Lambert, who is a program manager for extramural Meetings & Courses overseeing diversity initiatives, has worked to get the demographic data for participants centralized, analyzed and used in developing policies. She believes this kind of data centralization is an area for potential improvement in the research division, where she is working to ensure an equitable distribution of resources among CSHL scientists.

Throughout her nine-year career at CSHL, Lambert said she has worked with the meetings and courses division to make sure the 9,000 scientists who visit the facility each year include women as invited speakers. She also works to reach course applicants from a wide range of institutions, including outside of prestigious research schools.

Ultimately, Lambert is hoping to help change the culture of science among the

researchers with whom she interacts from a wide range of institutions. She feels that those people who leave the STEM fields because something about the culture of science didn’t work for them represent a “huge loss” to the field and creates a “survivorship bias.”

Stony Brook University

For Stony Brook, gender diversity is “very important,” said Latha Chandran, the vice dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs at the Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine.

Chandran said more men entered the field of medicine 14 years ago. That has completely changed, as women have outnumbered their male counterparts in medicine for the last three or four years.

Chandran cited a number of statistics to indicate changes at the medical school.

For starters, women faculty constituted 38 percent of the total in 2011. This April, that number climbed to 48.1 percent. That puts Stony Brook in the top 79th percentile of medical schools in terms of female representation.

While the overall numbers are higher, women are still underrepresented in the top tiers of the medical school, as 18 percent of the department chairs are women. She hopes more women can lead departments and that they can serve as role models that others can aspire to follow.

As for harassment, Chandran said Stony Brook was above the national mean in 2011.

For almost all categories, Stony Brook is now below the national mean.

In 2011, Stony Brook created We Smile, which stands for We can Eradicate Student Mistreatment in the Learning Environment.

The goal of this program is to educate people about harassment and to ensure that any mistreatment is reported. Through this effort, Stony Brook medical students are aware of the policies and procedures surrounding reporting.

Stony Brook is also addressing any bias in admission procedures by prospective applicants, who receive a standardized scenario to address with an admissions officer. In 2025, admissions officers will not have any information about the qualifications of the individual and will evaluate his or her response during interviews only based on response to scenarios.

Stony Brook University has almost finalized its search for a chief diversity candidate. Chandran expects that the medical school will “continue to make progress.”

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ike any avocation or hobby, nature study provides the opportunity to learn as much or as little as you like. For example, a natural place to start, and where many nature enthusiasts limit their level of learning, is to learn the name of a plant or animal − oh, that’s an eastern chipmunk, red-tailed hawk or “chicken-of-the-woods” mushroom. We feel we know something about the species if we know its name, right?

But a person’s name − Heidi or John or Georgia or Carl or Patricia − provides you with the bare minimum about that person.

Similarly, knowing what a plant or animal is called merely scratches the surface of what there is to know about it.

Many naturalists take a deeper dive, yearning to learn details of an organism’s “life history.” What does a red-tailed hawk’s nest look like and what is it made of? What types of animals does it prey upon? How many young are raised in a typical year?

How many eggs does a female lay to make up a typical clutch and what do they look like?

Does it migrate? If so, where to? Do male and female hawks look different? and so on.

These questions are straightforward and obvious, but the deepest dive for a naturalist is to explore much less obvious aspects of a plant or animal that reveal deeper, broader and more profound ideas, principles or phenomena.

As an example let’s take the blue jay, a bird just about everybody knows since it’s a common species in suburbia, often frequenting backyard feeders and making jay! jay! sounds as pairs and packs fly about the neighborhood.

Blue jays are wonderful examples in better understanding bird coloration and the character of the forests of eastern North America, especially after the last Ice Age ended approximately 20,000 years ago.

Let’s take bird coloration first. You may want to sit down for this since you’ll be shocked to know: Blue jay feathers aren’t blue!

Bird feathers derive their colors in one of two basic ways − from pigments embedded in their feathers and from the microstructure in feathers that scatter certain color wavelengths.

Most birds, those that are brown, black, yellow, orange and red (like a cardinal) owe their colors from the pigments embued in their feathers. In contrast, birds that are colored purple, and especially blue, appear the color they do because their feathers absorb all the other colors of the visible light spectrum except the color you’re seeing, which is reflected off the feathers to your eyes.

So what color is a blue jay feather? Actually a mousy grayish-brown that can be revealed by a simple experiment. If you find a blue jay feather (usually common in late summer after they have molted) hold it in your hand.

At first hold it so you are between the feather and the sun with the sun illuminating it; the feather will look blue, as all the shorter wavelength blue light reflects back to you.

Now, slowly move your arm in a half circle so the feather is between you and the sun. No blue will reflect at all given the angle, and the actual color of the blue jay’s feathers pigments is revealed: gray brown in color. If the blue in a blue jay were derived from pigments, holding it in that position would reveal a pale or washed out blue, but blue nonetheless.

(It should be mentioned that green-colored birds and iridescence like the male mallard’s head or the ruby-colored throat patch of the ruby-throated hummingbird are caused by more complex interactions between light reflection and feather pigments.)

Now on to the contribution blue jays have made to the forests of eastern North America.

After the last Ice Age event, some 18,00020,000 years ago, all of New York, New England and much of the Upper Midwest were

devoid of trees; the forests that once existed there destroyed by the bulldozing activities of the advancing glaciers. Yet, today there are extensive oak forests many hundred miles north of the southernmost location to which the glaciers advanced.

Now, acorns are generally round and they’ll roll after falling from a tree but what’s the maximum distance − 25 feet? maybe 50 feet in extraordinary instances? Well, clearly mere gravity can’t explain the forests rebounding.

Maybe we credit squirrels or chipmunks for dispersing the acorns? Given their modest home ranges of several acres each, they couldn’t be the agents of dispersal. So how to explain the reestablishment of these critically important forests? In large part we need to thank blue jays.

In the fall blue jays cache scores to hundreds of acorns, a staple of their diet through the winter, by carrying several at a time in their crop, a storage organ in the throat reminiscent of the pouches of a chipmunk. (We could discuss another fascinating aspect of blue jays and their relatives − crows, ravens and nutcrackers − their incomparable memory skills, being able to remember countless locations where they’ve cached seeds, acorns and pine nuts.) They’ll fly up to several miles to store their prized acorns so imagine the acorn that’s forgotten or never retrieved because a hawk killed the jay that stored it − it has the chance to become a mighty oak tree. And so miles at a time through nearly 200 centuries the oak forests returned.

Ever since I took the “deeper dive” and learned these two things − that blue jay looks are deceiving and their role as ecological engineers − I look at them with a new-found appreciation.

A resident of Setauket, John Turner is conservation chair of the Four Harbors Audubon Society, author of “Exploring the Other Island: A Seasonal Nature Guide to Long Island” and president of Alula Birding & Natural History Tours.

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Keri and John Hollander wanted their first family Christmas tree to be special. They bought a live, six-foot spruce, built a stand for it, and put it in their living room in Centereach.

After the holiday, they decided to plant it in their front yard – temporarily, Keri said.

The year was 1989. Until a few weeks ago, the tree, now 35 feet high, was still growing in their yard. Today, it lights up the courtyard at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport and complements the elegantly decorated rooms of the Vanderbilt Mansion.

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For many years, the museum was able to harvest large pines and spruces from the wooded areas of the 43-acre Eagle’s Nest estate on Northport Bay. In September, the Vanderbilt announced it was seeking a local family that would be willing to donate a sizable tree from its own property for this year’s Tree Lighting celebration, traditionally held the Saturday following Thanksgiving. The museum agreed to cut it down and transport it to the mansion.

Keri Hollander responded and offered to donate their now-massive, 30-year-old family spruce. She and her daughter, Lydia, attended the Tree Lighting event on Nov. 30 and flipped the switch to light the tree for the first time.

More than 1,100 people were on hand to witness the joyous event.

Recalling the day they bought the tree, Keri said, “My husband, John, suggested we purchase a live tree that we could plant in the back yard instead of a cut tree that we would throw out after Christmas, and then have to vacuum up pine needles until Easter,” she said.

“It was pretty big and full when we purchased it. It took us several hours to get it out of the car, build a stand for it, position it in the living room, and decorate around the root ball. But it was a beautiful Christmas tree and we were proud of ourselves for our ‘smart,’ environmentally aware investment. We are overjoyed that our tree will now be enjoyed by many and that it will end the way it started, as a family Christmas tree.”

The tree joins the lighted 15-foot spruce near the arc of six Carthaginian columns at the entrance to the museum, a gift of J.G. Brands Christmas Tree Sales Inc., of Bellerose, Queens.

Lance Reinheimer, executive director of the Vanderbilt, said, “We’re very grateful to the Hollander family and to J.G. Brands for their generosity. The J.G. Brands tree will welcome visitors at the gate and the Hollanders’ spectacular spruce will be the delightful holiday centerpiece for the Vanderbilt Mansion — part of the magic of the grand house, which is decorated every year by local volunteer designers and garden clubs.”

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These embellishments are the creative work of designers and garden clubs that volunteer their time each year. Their creative touch brings additional charm and magic to the spectacular, 24-room, Spanish Revival house, which is listed on the National Top, the Vanderbilt Mansion library is decked out for the holidays; above, designers Mary Schlotter Register of Historic Places.

“The garden clubs and decorators have (right) and Krishtia McCord decorate the mansion dining room. Photos from Vanderbilt Museum been with us for many years, and this year One sideboard is set for dinner, she said, we welcomed two new designers. Ethan Allen of Huntington created the Enchanted the other for dessert and spirits.“The sparkling Flight of the Cardinals installation for us in the glasses, and the silver and white design touches Memorial Wing lobby, and Felicia Greenberg catch the light and give a sense that Christmas contributed her magnificent silk floral dinner is about to be served.”

Other participants include the Dix Hills sculptures. Our visitors will be delighted with the 2019 holiday season decor,” said Stephanie Garden Club, Honey Hills Garden Club, Nathan Hale Garden Club, Asharoken Garden Club, Gress, director of curatorial affairs.

Centerport designers Mary Schlotter and Three Village Garden Club, Centerport Garden her daughter Krishtia McCord – who operate Club, volunteers from the Cornell Cooperative Harbor Homestead & Co. – brought back Extension Master Gardeners Program of Suffolk the festive holiday dresses they created and County, Felicia Greenberg of Table Art and displayed in the mansion during the past two Event Designs and Vanderbilt staff members years. This year, the dresses adorn Rosamond Killian Taylor and Maryann Zakshevsky.

Lance Reinheimer, executive director of the Vanderbilt’s luxurious, mirrored dressing room. The duo also decorated the dining room. Vanderbilt Museum, said, “We’re grateful each “Our dining room design was inspired by year to these creative and generous volunteers Downton Abbey,” Schlotter said. “The room and who use their creative skills to bring enchanting furniture are dark, but the window has a beautiful holiday grandeur to this grand house.”

Visitors can see the captivating results from view of Northport Bay and Long Island Sound.

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Holiday Light Spectacular returns to Holtsville Ecology Site

The Town of Brookhaven’s annual Holiday Light Spectacular at the Holtsville Ecology Site attracted thousands of visitors on opening weekend, Dec. 7 and 8.

Visitors walked through the winter wonderland of lighted, festive displays before stopping to take their photos with Santa in his workshop. The show returns on Dec. 13,

14, 15, 20, 21 and 22. Hours on Fridays and Saturdays are 5 to 9 p.m., and Sundays from 5 to 8 p.m.

“This is a fun-filled, affordable entertainment option for families who want to come and enjoy the spirit of the holidays,” said Highway Superintendent Daniel P. Losquadro. “I want to thank my staff at the Ecology Site for working

so diligently to transform the greenhouses and make this event so memorable. Over the years, walking through the Holiday Spectacular has become a wonderful holiday tradition for many families.”

Admission to this event is $6 per person; children 3 and under are free. Discounted tickets are currently available for pre-purchase online

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The Long Island Museum in Stony Brook hosted an artist reception for its latest exhibit, Anything Goes!, on Dec. 6. The exceptional exhibit features artwork created by 104 participating members of LIMarts, the LIM’s special membership initiative for artists.

Joshua Ruff, deputy director at the Long Island Museum, welcomed the artists and guests to the reception.“It’s quite amazing and impressive how, just within a space of a few miles, we have such incredible talent. I think this is our best show yet − it’s colorful, it’s wonderful.” Most of the artwork is for sale with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the museum’s exhibitions and programs. The show is on view in the museum’s Visitors Center through Jan. 5.

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Smithtown Historical Society announces winners of annual Community Wreath Contest

The Smithtown Historical Society’s annual community wreath contest drew 17 contenders. Each wreath, made with care and donated by a community member, hung in the Frank Brush Barn for its annual Holiday Luncheon on Dec. 6 and at its Heritage Country Christmas fair on Dec. 7. Wreath winners were drawn at the end of the Christmas fair. Best in Show was awarded to Marti McMahon for her festive pointsettia wreath, second place was handed to Marie Gruick for her adorable snowman wreath and third place went to Sandy Bond for her beautiful pinecone creation. Congratulations to all the winners!

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Thursday 12 Holiday Light Show

Smith Point County Park, 1 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley presents its annual Holiday Light Show now through Dec. 30 (closed Dec. 24 and 25) at 5 p.m. Drive through a seaside trail filled with light displays and vignettes. Fee is $20 per car at the gate (credit cards only). Call 543-6622 or visit www.holidaylightshow.org.

Dec. 12 to Dec. 19, 2019

Book signing

Join Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington for an evening with Long Island poet Valerie Nifora as she speaks about and signs copies of her new collection of poems, “I Asked the Wind: A Collection of Romantic Poetry,” at 7 p.m. Call 271-1442.

College Scholarship Committee. Free admission.

Call 846-1459.

Poetry reading at All Souls

The Second Saturdays poetry series returns to All Souls Church, 61 Main St., Stony Brook from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hosted by Suffolk County Poet Laureate Barbara Southard, the featured poets will be Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan and Marq Wells. An open reading will follow. Free. Call 655-7798.

Author talk

Join local author and poet Elizabeth Macaluso as she describes her writing process and reads from her latest book, “The Lighthouse,” at the Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Ave., Northport at 11 a.m. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Open to all. Call 261-6930.

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Smithtown United Methodist Church, 230 E. Main St., Smithtown present a Christmas Boutique today and Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. featuring vendors, a Cookie Walk and Bake Sale, Christmas ornaments, holiday gifts, Christmas wreaths, a visit

by Santa and much more. Call 265-6945.

The Rocky Point Historical Society’s Noah Hallock Homestead, 172 Hallock Landing Road, Rocky Point is all decked out for Christmas and open for tours every Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. through December. Take a trip back in time with a visit to 1721 homestead hosted by trained docents.

Enjoy a guided tour and have some eggnog, apple cider and snacks. Bring the children and learn about our rich local history. Free. For group tours and more information, please call 744-1776.

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Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown hosts its first Evening Holiday Market and Holiday Party for Wildlife from 4 to 9 p.m. Bundle up with a cup of hot chocolate and browse through local handmade craft vendors, enjoy animal presentations, photo opportunities with special guests and story time for the kids.

Free but donations from Sweetbriar’s wildlife wish list are appreciated. Call 979-6344 or visit www.sweetbriarnc.org.

Holiday Light Spectacular

It’s back! The Holtsville Ecology Site at 249 Buckley Road presents Brookhaven Town’s annual Holiday Light Spectacular, an indoor, walkthrough holiday light show, today, Dec. 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 5 to 8 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is $6 per person, children 3 and under are free. Photos with Santa are an additional fee. Call 758-9664.

Garden of Lights

Sachem Public Library, 150 Holbrook Road, Holbrook presents a Winter Wonderland Garden of Lights today, Dec. 16 to 20 and Dec. 26 and 27 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. The spectacular light show will feature music, inflatables and dazzling lights in the library’s garden. Stroll through at your leisure. Free. Call 588-5024.

Living Nativity

Stony Brook Christian Assembly, 400 Nicolls Road, East Setauket hosts a Living Nativity today and Dec. 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. Take a drive through Long Island’s little town of Bethlehem, where, from the comfort of your own car, you can see Christmas reenactors, live animals and multimedia depict the first Christmas. Free. Call 689-1127 or visit www.stonybrookchristian.com.

LITMA contradance

Join the Long Island Traditional Music Association for a contradance at the Frank Brush Barn, 211 E. Main St., Smithtown at 7:30 p.m. Basic instruction at 7:15 p.m. Featuring Jim Gregory calling with

A FAMILY AFFAIR Join the Leahy family for a Celtic Family Christmas celebration in true Cape Breton fashion at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts on Dec. 14. Photo by Rebekah Littlejohn the Wild Thistle band. $15 adults, $10 members, $7.50 students, children under 16 free with paid adult. Call 369-7854.

a pancake breakfast and refreshments. Santa Claus will be in attendance for pictures and to spread some holiday cheer. Call 732-1234.

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Grounds and Sounds Café at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 380 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket welcomes singer/songwriter Sharon Goldman (folk/pop) in concert at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 at www.groundsandsounds.org or at the door. Call 751-0297.

Friday Night Face Off

Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson will host Friday Night Face Off, Long Island’s longest running Improv Comedy Show, on the Second Stage from 10:30 p.m. to midnight. $15 per person. Cash only. For ages 16 and up. Call 9289100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

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Breakfast with Santa

Selden Fire Department Truck Company 1, 44 Woodmere Place, Selden hosts Breakfast with Santa from 8 a.m. to noon. $8 per person includes * All numbers are in (631) area code unless otherwise noted.

Deepwells Mansion, 2 Taylor Lane, St. James hosts a Holiday Boutique today and Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring over 35 artisan tables throughout the decorated 1845 Greek revival style farmhouse, including handcrafted gifts, stained glass, jewelry, pottery, floral arrangements, candles, organic soaps, Christmas ornaments, fiber arts, holiday items and more. Enjoy complimentary hot cocoa and cookies in the beautifully decorated mansion and get a glimpse into the past while supporting the Deepwells Farm Historical Society. Call 563-8551.

Holiday Fair and Craft Show

VFW Post 4927 Auxiliary, 31 Horseblock Road, Centereach hosts its annual Holiday Fair and Craft Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature over 40 vendors offering vintage and novelty items, handmade crafts, toys, home decor, chocolates, jewelry, pet items, $5 lunch specials and much more. Call 516-521-2259.

St. James-Smithtown Craft Fair

Time to shop till you drop at the 7th annual St. James-Smithtown Craft Fair, Smithtown East High School, 1 School St., St. James today and Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. One hundred exhibitors fill the school gym to capacity with predominantly handcrafted work with a few select gift items.

Expect to see decorative wreaths, homemade candies, organic soaps, Christmas decor and much more. Refreshments served by the Smithtown

The Smithtown Fire Department hosts its 40th annual Christmas Parade starting in front of Town Hall, 99 W. Main St., Smithtown at 4 p.m. Guests can join the fire department at the main house on 100 Elm Ave. from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. for a sneak peak at the decorated trucks and enjoy cookies with Santa. For the full parade route, visit www.smithtownfd.org.

A Celtic Family Christmas

Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook welcomes award-winning fiddle virtuosos Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy and the entire Leahy family for A Celtic Family Christmas on the Main Stage at 7 p.m. Prepare to be guided into the wonderful world of a true Cape Breton Christmas celebration.

Tickets are $52 per person. Call 632-2787 or visit www.stallercenter.com to order.

LISCA Holiday Concert

Long Island Symphonic Choral Association will present a holiday concert titled A Romantic Christmas at St. James Roman Catholic Church, 429 Route 25A, E. Setauket at 8 p.m. The program will include “Trio of French Carols,” “Ave Maria”

by Bruckner,” “The Shepherds’ Farewell” by Berlioz and “St. Cecelia Mass” by Gounod. A reception will follow. Tickets are $25 adults, $20 seniors. Visit www.lisca.org or call 751-2743.

Tribute to the Eagles

The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown welcomes Eagles tribute band Desert Highway in concert at 8 p.m. The program will include many Eagles favorites along with solo works by Don Henley and Joe Walsh.

Tickets are $40 per person. To order, call 7243700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

LIGMC holiday concert

Join the Long Island Gay Men’s Chorus for their annual holiday concert at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 380 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket at 8 p.m. Titled Make the Yuletide Gay! the evening will feature jazz and swing-influenced holiday

DECEMBER 12, 2019 • ARTS & LIFESTYLES • PAGE B19 songs alongside satirical parody renditions. Tickets are $25 at the door or at www.ligmc.org.

Opera Extravaganza

The Huntington Choral Society and Opera Night Long Island present an Opera Extravaganza winter concert at the Huntington High School, 188 Oakwood Road, Huntington at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20, students are free. Call 421-7464.

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and much more. Meet Santa at the Setauket Pond Park after the parade and enjoy hot chocolate and cookies. Free. Call 828-9031.

County Police Dept., MTA, LIRR, Dept. of Social Services and more. All are welcome. Call 928-1212.

Christmas Concert in St. James

Swing Dance Long Island will hold its weekly dance at the Moose Lodge, 631 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn from 8 to 11 p.m. featuring Professor Cunningham & His Old School Band. Beginner lesson at 7:30 p.m. Come alone or bring a friend. $15 admission. Call 476-3707.

The Music Ministry of Sts. Philip and James, 1 Carow Place, St. James invites the community to a Christmas Concert in the church at 6:30 p.m. Join them for a special evening of spiritual, seasonal favorites and their annual sing-along.

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See Dec. 14 listing.

Holiday Gift Fair

The Farmingville Residents Association will host a Holiday Gift Fair at Gabino Catering Hall, 2005 Route 112, Medford from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring vendors, a 50/50 raffle, Chinese auction, holiday music and a special visit from Santa. Free admission. Call 260-7411.

Parhelion Trio in concert

Le Petit Salon de Musique, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 380 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket welcomes the Parhelion Trio (Sarah Carrier, Ashlee Miller and Andrea Christie) in concert at 2 p.m. Program will include works by Debussy and Saint-Saens along with contemporary originals by Daniel Weymouth, Wendy Griffiths, Sunny Knable and Daniel Felsenfeld. Tickets are $20 in advance at www.lepetitsalon.org, $25 adults, $20 seniors at the door. Call 751-0297.

Mountain Maidens Sing-Along

Cold Spring Harbor Library, 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor hosts a holiday sing-along with the Mountain Maidens at 2 p.m. Dressed in period costumes, the trio will take you on a musical journey back to the time of Charles Dickens. Bring the whole family to this fun musical event. Open to all. Advance registration requested by calling 692-6820.

Join the members of the Huntington Choral Society for its annual tradition of the Messiah Sing-Along at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1670 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor at 8 p.m. Scores will be available at the door and refreshments will be served. $10 suggested donation. Visit www. huntingtonchoralsociety.org.

Tuesday 17 Garden of Lights See Dec. 13 listing.

Audubon winter lecture

The Four Harbors Audubon Society presents a winter lecture on climate change, “Survival

by Degrees: 389 Species on the Brink,” with guest speaker Brook Bateman of the National Audubon Society at the Bates House, 1 Bates Road, Setauket at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to all. Reservations required by emailing fourharborsheron@gmail.com.

Civic association meeting

The Port Jefferson Station/Terryville Civic Association will hold a meeting at Comsewogue Public Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station at 7 p.m. featuring guest speakers from the Brookhaven Quality of Life Taskforce, Suffolk

Swing Dance in Greenlawn

Wednesday 18 Garden of Lights See Dec. 13 listing.

Israeli and international dancing

RJO Intermediate School, located at the corner of Church Street and Old Dock Road, Kings Park will host an evening of international and Israeli folk dancing every Wednesday (when school is in session) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $10 per person.

For further details, call Linda at 269-6894.

Thursday 19 Garden of Lights See Dec. 13 listing.

Singer Songwriter Night

Singer Songwriter Night is back at the Huntington Arts Council’s Main Street Gallery, 213 Main St., Huntington from 7:30 to 10 p.m. (sign-up at 7 p.m.). Original music only, no backline. First come, first serve. $10 donation to perform, $5 to listen. Call 271-8423, ext. 12.

Dance

‘The Nutcracker’

Frank Ohman School of Ballet in Commack presents its 38th annual production of “The Nutcracker” at Hofstra University, 100 Hempstead Ave., Hempstead on Dec. 14 and 15 at noon and again at 5 p.m. Tickets are $42 adults, $32 seniors and children ages 12 and under. Call 462-6266.

English Country Dance

Join LITMA for a Jane Austen Birthday Ball at the Frank Brush Barn, 211 E. Main St., Smithtown from 2 to 5 p.m. featuring Margaret Bary with The English Dragonflies. Period costumes or fancy apparel appreciated, though not required. $15 adults, $7.50 students, children up to 16 years of age are free with an adult. Call 456-9081.

The Posey Dance Repertory Co. presents the Northport Nutcracker Ballet at Northport Middle School, 11 Middleville Road, Northport on Dec. 14 at 5 p.m. and Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. Fun for the whole family. Meet and greet the dancers onstage after the performance. Tickets are $30. To order, visit www.poseyschoolofdance.com or call 757-2700.

‘Nutcracker’

Stony Brook University’s Staller Center for the Arts, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook will present Seiskaya Ballet’s “Nutcracker” for six performances from Dec. 19 to 22. Tickets are $40 adults, $34 seniors and children. To order, call 632-2787. For more information, visit www. nutcrackerballet.com.

Theater ‘Annie’

The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East Main St., Smithtown opens its 2019-20 season with “Annie” through Jan. 20. Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, the story follows little orphan Annie on her quest to find the parents who abandoned her on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage. Tickets are $40 adults, $36 seniors, $25 students. Call 724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

‘Matilda’

The John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport presents the inspiring story of an extraordinary girl in “Matilda the Musical” through Dec. 29. Packed with high-energy dance numbers and catchy songs, children and adults alike will be thrilled and delighted by this holiday treat. For ticket information, call 261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.

‘A Christmas Carol’

“I will honor Christmas in my heart …” Celebrate the holiday season with the 36th annual production of “A Christmas Carol” at Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson through Dec. 28. Follow the miser Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey that teaches him the true meaning of Christmas – past, present and future. Tickets are $35 adults, $28 seniors and students, $20 ages 5 to 12. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

Tribute to Gene Kelly

The Ward Melville Heritage Organization’s Educational & Cultural Center, 97P Main St., Stony Brook presents a Holiday Musical Theatre luncheon celebrating Gene Kelly through Jan. 11 on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 11:30 a.m., Sundays at 12:30 p.m. Admission is $50 adults, $48 seniors and children and includes lunch, dessert and tea. Reservations required by calling 689-5888.

Silver Chords holiday concert

St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, 30 Brooksite Drive, Smithtown hosts a holiday concert by the Silver Chords at 3 p.m. Titled Holidays Through the Ages, the program will feature selections from the Middle Ages to present day. From Bach to “White Christmas,” from Handel to “Silver Bells,” there’s something for everyone in this festive concert. Free. No tickets required. Visit www. thesilverchords.com.

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Three Village Electric Parade

The annual Three Village Electric Holiday Parade kicks off at 5 p.m. at the Setauket Elementary School, head down Main Street to Route 25A. Led by Grand Marshal Michael Ardolino, the event will feature holiday floats, marching bands,

Northport Nutcracker Ballet

EFFERVESCENT PERFORMANCE

The Parhelion Trio head to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in E. Setauket for a classical music concert on Dec. 15. Photo courtesy of Le Petit Salon de Musique

CALENDAR DEADLINE is Wednesday at noon, one week before publication. Items may be mailed to: Times Beacon Record News Media, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733. Email your information about community events to leisure@tbrnewspapers.com. Calendar listings are for not-for-profit organizations (nonsectarian, nonpartisan events) only, on a space-available basis. Please include a phone number that can be printed.

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BY BARBARA BELTRAMI

There are certain traditions whose pleasure is as much in the anticipation and process as in the outcome. And I think that baking Christmas cookies is one. I’m not saying that those delicious confections aren’t fun to eat, that they aren’t downright addictive. I’m just saying that it’s the expectation, the clearing of the kitchen counter, the line up of all the ingredients and decorations and the assembly- line camaraderie of family and friends all pitching in to mix and press, bake and decorate and even clean up the beautiful mess that is the real fun.

And it doesn’t stop there. Then it’s surveying the heaping platters, dividing and arranging them into assorted pyramids or decorative containers that caps the whole experience. Of course, we all have our traditions, the one Christmas cookie that people expect from our kitchen (mine is my ginger people), and then there are those that are digressions from tradition — little crunchy, crumbly surprises that are likely to become new traditions. Here are a few.

Candy Cane Cookies

YIELD: Makes 4 dozen INGREDIENTS: • ¾ cup sugar • 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature • 1 large egg • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract • 1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract • 1¾ cups flour • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar • ½ teaspoon baking soda • ½ teaspoon coarse salt • ½ cup crushed candy canes • ¼ cup sugar DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. In large bowl combine, the ¾ cup sugar, butter, egg and extracts; beat

at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until smooth and creamy. In separate bowl, sift together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; add butter mixture and beat on low speed until well blended; stir in half the candy canes. Stir remaining candy canes into the ¼ cup of sugar. Shape dough into ¾-inch balls; roll them in sugar and candy cane mixture, then place 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets. Bake 8 to 10 minutes until edges are lightly browned; do not over bake. Let cool one minute on baking sheet, then remove to rack to cool completely. Serve with peppermint tea or hot chocolate.

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YIELD: Makes 4 dozen INGREDIENTS: • ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature • ½ pound cream cheese at room temperature • 1¼ cups sugar • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract • 2 large eggs • 3 cups flour • 2 teaspoons baking powder • ¼ teaspoon coarse salt • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar • About 50 gummy bears DIRECTIONS:

In large bowl beat butter, cream cheese and sugar until smooth; beat in vanilla and eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one. In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt, then gradually beat into creamed mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm enough to shape, about one hour.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Roll dough into 1½-inch balls, roll in confectioners’ sugar and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until edges are set and tops are cracked, about 13 to 14 minutes. Immediately press a gummy bear into top of each cookie. Cool five minutes, then remove to wire racks to finish cooling.

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Orange Chocolate Truffles

YIELD: Makes about 1½ dozen INGREDIENTS: • ½ cup heavy cream • 8 ounces good quality bittersweet chocolate, chopped into chunks • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 1½ teaspoons finely grated orange zest • 1 cup good quality cocoa powder DIRECTIONS:

In a medium saucepan bring the cream to just a simmer over medium-low to low heat, transfer to medium bowl; pour cream over

chocolate, cover with plastic wrap and set aside until chocolate melts, about 10 minutes.

Stir in vanilla and orange zest until thoroughly blended; set aside to cool to room temperature, about 45 minutes. When you are sure there is no heat left in mixture, beat it on medium speed of electric mixer until it turns a light color; refrigerate about one hour. Using a melon baller, scoop into balls and roll smooth with hands. Place cocoa powder in shallow dish and roll balls in it until covered on all sides.

Gently remove each one to a waxed paper or parchment-lined baking sheet; refrigerate until ready to serve, then let sit at room temperature.

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Assemblies Of God

STONY BROOK CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Connecting to God, Each Other and the World 400 Nicolls Road, E. Setauket 631–689–1127 • Fax 631–689–1215 www.stonybrookchristian.com PASTOR TROY REID Weekly Schedule Sunday Worship w/nursery 10 am Kidmo Children’s Church • Ignited Youth Fellowship and Food Always to Follow Tuesday Evening Prayer: 7 pm Thursday Morning Bible Study w/Coffee & Bagels: 10 am Friday Night Experience “FNX” for Pre K-Middle School: 6:30 pm Ignite Youth Ministry: 7:30 pm Check out our website for other events and times

Byzantine Catholic RESURRECTION BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH

38 Mayflower Avenue, Smithtown NY 11787 631–759–6083 resurrectionsmithtown@gmail.com www.resurrectionsmithtown.org FATHER TYLER A. STRAND, ADMINISTRATOR, JOSEPH S. DURKO, CANTOR Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 10:30 am Holy Days: See website or phone for information Sunday School Sundays at 9:15 am Adult Faith Formation/Bible Study: Mondays at 7:00 pm.

Men’s Prayer Group Wednesdays at 7 pm A Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite under the Eparchy of Passaic.

Catholic ST. GERARD MAJELLA ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

300 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station 631–473–2900 www.stgmajella.org REV. GREGORY RANNAZZISI, PASTOR Mass: Saturday 5:00pm Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am & 11:00am Weekday Mass: 9:00am Confessions: Saturday 4:00-4:45 or by appointment Baptism and Wedding arrangements can be made by calling the Parish Office Thrift Shop: Mon-Fri 10am-4pm Saturday 10am-2pm

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INFANT JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

110 Myrtle Ave., Port Jefferson, NY 11777 631-473-0165 • Fax 631-331-8094 www.www.infantjesus.org REVEREND PATRICK M. RIEGGER, PASTOR ASSOCIATES: REV. FRANCIS LASRADO & REV. ROLANDO TICLLASUCA To schedule Baptisms and Weddings, Please call the Rectory Confessions: Saturdays 12:30-1:15 pm in the Lower Church Religious Ed.: 631– 928-0447 Parish Outreach: 631–331-6145 Weekly Masses: 6:50 and 9 am in the Church, 12 pm in the Chapel* Weekend Masses: Saturday at 5 pm in the Church,

5:15 pm in the Chapel,* Sunday at 7:30 am, 10:30 am, 12 pm, and 5 pm in the Church and at 8:30 am, 10 am, and 11:30 am (Family Mass) in the Chapel* Spanish Masses: Sunday at 8:45 am and Wednesday at 6 pm in the Church *Held at the Infant Jesus Chapel at St. Charles Hospital

ST. JAMES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

429 Rt. 25A, Setauket, NY 11733 Phone: 631–941–4141 • Fax: 631–751–6607 Parish Office email: parish@stjamessetauket.org Mission Statement: Formed as the Body of Christ through the waters of Baptism, we are Beloved daughters and sons of the Father. We, the Catholic community of the Three Village area, are a pilgrim community on Camino-journeying toward the fullness of the Kingdom of God, guided by the Holy Spirit. Nurtured by the Eucharist and formed by the Gospel, we strive to respond to Jesus’ Invitation to be faithful and fruitful disciples; to be a Good Samaritan to (our) neighbor and enemy; so that in Jesus’ name, we may be a welcoming community, respectful of life in all its diversities and beauty; stewards of and for God’s creation; and witnesses to Faith, Hope and Charity.

REV. JAMES-PATRICK MANNION, PASTOR REV. GERALD CESTARE, ASSOCIATE PASTOR REV. JOHN FITZGERALD, IN RESIDENCE Holiday Mass Schedule: Christmas Eve: 8am Mass in Church; 9:30am Mass in Church; 4pm Mass in Church; 4:15pm Mass in Parish Center; 7pm Mass in Church; 10:30pm Christmas Carols; 11pm Mass in Church Christmas Day: 8am Mass in Church; 9:30am Mass in Church; 11:30am Mass in Church New Year’s Eve: 8am Mass in Church; 9:30am Mass in Church; 5pm New Year’s Eve Vigil Mass in Church Office Hours:Mon.-Fri. 9am - 4pm; Sat. 9 am - 2 pm Weekday Masses: Monday – Saturday 8:00 am Weekend Masses: Saturday (Vigil) 5:00 pm (Youth) Sunday 8:00am, 9:30 am (family), 11:30 am (choir) Baptisms: Contact the Office at the end of the third month (pregnancy) to set date Matrimony: contact the office at least 9 months before desired date Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:00 – 4:45 pm or by appointment Anointing Of The Sick: by request Bereavement: 631- 941-4141 x 341 Faith Formation Office: 631- 941-4141 x 328 Outreach: 631- 941-4141 x 313 Our Lady of Wisdom Regional School: 631- 473-1211 Our Daily Bread Sunday Soup Kitchen 3 pm

ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

75 New York Avenue, Sound Beach, N.Y. 11789 Parish Office: 631-744-8566; FAX 631-744-8611 Parish Website: www.stlouisdm.org Office Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs.: 9 am to 5 pm Wednesday: 9 am to 8 pm; Friday: 9 am to 4 pm; Saturday: 9 am to 1 pm; Closed on Sunday Mission Statement: To proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ’s love through our active involvement as a parish family in works of Charity, Faith, Worship, Justice and Mercy. ALL ARE WELCOME! No matter what your present status is in the Catholic Church. No matter your family situation. No matter your practice of faith. No matter your personal history, age or background. YOU are invited, respected and loved at St. Louis de Montfort.

REV. MSGR. CHRISTOPHER J. HELLER, PASTOR REV. LENNARD SABIO, ASSOCIATE PASTOR REV. MSGR. DONALD HANSON, IN RESIDENCE REV. FRANCIS PIZZARELLI, S.M.M., PARISH ASSISTANT

REV. HENRY VAS, PARISH ASSISTANT Weekday Masses: Monday through Friday: 8:30 am in the Chapel Weekend Masses: Saturday Vigil: 5 pm Sunday: 7:30 am; 9:00 am; 10:30 am; 12 noon.

Baptisms: Most Sundays at 1:30 pm.

Please contact Parish Office for an appointment.

Reconciliation: Sat.: 4-4:45 pm or by appointment.

Anointing of the Sick: by request.

Holy Matrimony: Contact Parish Office at least six months in advance of desired date.

Religious Education: Contact 631-744-9515 Parish Outreach: Contact 631-209-0325 Our Lady of Wisdom Regional School: Contact 631-473-1211.

Catholic Traditional Latin Mass ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

Society of Saint Pius X 900 Horseblock Road, Farmingville, NY 11738 631–736–6515 • www.sspx.org Mass: Saturday 8:00am (please call to confirm) Sunday: 9:00am Holy Days and First Fridays:7:00pm Confessions:8:00am Sundays, and 7:30am Saturdays All Sacraments are administered in the pre-Vatican II traditional Rites.

Congregational MT. SINAI CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

233 North Country Road, Mt. Sinai • 631–473–1582 www.msucc.org • REV. DR. PHILIP HOBSON We invite you to worship with us in our judgement-free sacred space. Come experience our tradition, where freedom of thought and exchange of ideas are encouraged and celebrated. Join us as we put our Christian values into practice, following the example of Jesus, by caring for our neighbors near and far, as they suffer food insecurity, homelessness, political and domestic violence, gender discrimination and other injustices. We know it is God who put the wiggle in the children, so bring them with you so they can participate in worship and in our lively Sunday School program. Service and Sunday School on Sundays at 10:00 AM. Meditative service at 8:30 AM on Sundays.

Christmas Services: Family Service: 5pm Candlelight Services: 9pm and 11pm All are welcomed!

Episcopal ALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH

“Our little historic church on the hill” across from the Stony Brook Duck Pond Main Street, Stony Brook • 631–751–0034 www.allsouls–stonybrook.org • allsoulsepiscopalchurch@verizon.net Christmas Eve: 5pm and 11pm Chistmas Day: 9am Sunday Holy Eucharist: 8 and 9:30 am All Souls now offers a 30 minute Inter-Faith Service every Wednesday Morning at 7:00 AM This is a small eclectic Episcopal congregation that has a personal touch. We welcome all regardless of where you are on your spiritual journey.Walk with us.

To be listed in the Religious Directory please call 631–751–7663

CAROLINE ESPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SETAUKET

THE REV. CN. DR. RICHARD D. VISCONTI, RECTOR 1 Dyke Road on the Village Green, Setauket Web site: www.carolinechurch.net email: office@carolinechurch.net • 631–941–4245 Christmas Eve: 5pm Children’s Service; 8pm H.E. with Adult Choir; 10pm H.E. with Adult Choir Christmas Day: 10am Holy Eucharist with Hymns Thursday Noon: H.E. and Healing Service Saturday Service: 5 pm Holy Eucharist Sunday Services: 8 am - Rite I; 9:30 am - Rite II (family Service) 9:30 Children’s Chapel & Sunday School Classes Sunday School Classes now forming; Call 631-941-4245 to register.

Let God walk with you as part of our family– friendly community.

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

127 Barnum Ave., Port Jefferson • 631–473–0273 email: ccoffice@christchurchportjeff.org www.christchurchportjeff.org FATHER ANTHONY DILORENZO: PRIEST–IN–CHARGE Sunday Services: 8 am & 10 am Sunday Eucharist:8 am and 10 am; Wednesday 10 in our chapel Sunday School and Nursery Registration for Sunday School starting Sunday after the 10 am Eucharist Our ministries: Welcome Friends on Mondays at 5:00 pm AA meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 pm Bible Study on Thursdays at 10 am.

Friday: Hands of Love knitting, crocheting and stitching ministry 10 am - 12 pm It is the mission of the people of Christ Church to grow in our relationship with Jesus Christ and to make his love known to all through our lives and ministry. We at Christ Church are a joyful, welcoming community. Wherever you are in your journey of life we want to be part of it.

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH

490 North Country Road, St. James, NY 11780 631-584-5560 www.stjamesstjames.org Parish Office email: stjamesc@optonline.net THE REV. IAN C. WETMORE, RECTOR Where is God calling us?

To grow in faith through Scripture and prayer, To build relationships in Christ, To serve one another and the world.

Sunday Holy Eucharist: 8 a.m. (Rite I) and 9:30 a.m. (Rite II, with music) Prayers for healing after both worship times Children welcome at all services, religious formation offered for all levels, including Godly play.

Active Choir, Altar Guild, Lay Eucharist Ministry, Fellowship and Bible Study programs

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

“To know Christ and to make Him known” REV. DUNCAN A. BURNS, RECTOR ALEX PRYRODNY, ORGANIST & CHOIR DIRECTOR 12 Prospect St, Huntington ● (631) 427-1752 On Main St. next to the Library www.stjohnshuntington.org ● LIKE us on Facebook Sunday Worship: 8:00 am – Rite I Holy Eucharist 10:00 am – Rite II Choral Holy Eucharist Christmas Eve: 4pm Family Holy Eucharist with beautiful music; 8pm Candlelit Choral Eucharist; 11pm Candlelit Holy Eucharist with incense Christmas Day:10am Holy Eucharist with music Sing Noel: Sunday, December 15 at 7:30pm our annual Continued on next page •

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concert of Christmas songs, carols, stories & cheer Thrift Shop: Tuesdays & Thursdays noon to 3pm; Saturdays 10am to 3pm Cultural Events Series: “Sing Noel!” - Christmas Music, Stories & Cheer Sunday, December 15th at 7pm All are Welcome!

Evangelical THREE VILLAGE CHURCH

To Know Christ and To Make Him Known 322 Main Street, East Setauket www.3vc.org • 631-941–3670 LEAD PASTOR JOSH MOODY Sunday Worship Schedule: 9:15 am: Worship Service, Sunday School (Pre-K–5TH grade), Nursery 10:30 am: Bagels & Coffee 11:00 am: Worship Service, Nursery, We Offer Weekly Teen Programs, Small Groups, Women’s & Men’s Bible Studies, Alpha, Stephen Ministry, Faith Preschool For Ages 3 & 4, Mommy & Me, Join Us As We Celebrate 60 Years Of Proclaiming The Good News Of Jesus Christ!

Greek Orthodox CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

430 Sheep Pasture Rd., Port Jefferson 11777 Tel: 631-473-0894 • Fax: 631-928-5131 www.kimisis.org • goc.assumption@gmail.com REV. DEMETRIOS N. CALOGREDES, PROTOPRESBYTER Sunday Services: Orthros 8:30 Am - Divine Liturgy 10 Am Services Conducted In Both Greek & English* Books Available To Follow In English* Sunday Catechism School, 10 Am - 11 Am* Greek Language School, Tuesdays 5 Pm - 8 Pm* Bible Study & Adult Catechism Classes Available* Golden Age & Youth Groups* Thrift Store* Banquet Hall Available For Rental* For Information Please Call Church Office*

Jewish

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HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND ANCHOR NURSERY SCHOOL

MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH

Center for Jewish Life & Learning “Judaism With A Smile” 360 Nicolls Road, East Setauket Next To Fire Dept.

631-585–0521 • www.MyVillageChabad.com RABBI CHAIM & RIVKIE GROSSBAUM RABBI MOTTI & CHAYA GROSSBAUM RABBI SHOLOM B. & CHANIE COHEN Membership Free Weekday, Shabbat & Holiday Services Highly Acclaimed Torah Tots Preschool Afternoon Hebrew School Camp Gan Israel • Judaica Publishing Department Lectures And Seminars Living Legacy Holiday Programs Jewish Learning Institute Friendship Circle For Special Needs Children The Cteen Network N’shei Chabad Women’s Club • Cyberspace Library Chabad At Stony Brook University – Rabbi Adam & Esther Stein

KEHILLAT CHOVEVEI TZION

764 Route 25A, Setauket (At The Old Victoria House) Mail: P.O. Box 544, E. Setauket, NY 11733 631-689-0257 (leave a message & you’ll get a call back) Visit Us At: www.kct.org.

We Are A Traditional Conservative Congregation, Run Entirely By Our Members. We Have Services every Shabbat And All Jewish Holidays, Along With Other Community Activities, With Participation Opportunities For All Jews.

Join Us Shabbat Morning And You’ll Get A Warm Welcome! KCT - An Old Fashioned Friendly Shul

NORTH SHORE JEWISH CENTER

385 Old Town Rd., Port Jefferson Station 631-928–3737 • www.northshorejewishcenter.org RABBI AARON BENSON • CANTOR DANIEL KRAMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARCIE PLATKIN PRINCIPAL HEATHER WELKES YOUTH DIRECTOR JEN SCHWARTZ Services: Friday At 8 Pm; Saturday At 9:15 am Daily Morning And Evening Minyan- Call For Times.

Tot Shabbat • Family Services • Sisterhood • Men’s Club • Seniors’ Club Youth Group • Continuing Ed • Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah • Judaica Shop Food Pantry • Lecture Series • Jewish Film Series NSJC JEWISH LEARNING CENTER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Innovative Curriculum And Programming For Children Ages 5-13 Imagine A Synagogue That Feels Like Home!

Come Connect With Us On Your Jewish Journey.

Member United Synagogue Of Conservative Judaism

TEMPLE ISAIAH (REFORM)

1404 Stony Brook Road, Stony Brook 631-751–8518 • www.tisbny.org A Warm And Caring Intergenerational Community Dedicated To Learning, Prayer, Social Action, And Friendship.

Member Union For Reform Judaism RABBI PAUL SIDLOFSKY • CANTOR MARCEY WAGNER RABBI EMERITUS STEPHEN A. KAROL RABBI EMERITUS ADAM D. FISHER CANTOR EMERITUS MICHAEL F. TRACHTENBERG Sabbath Services Friday 7:30 pm And Saturday 10 am Religious School • Monthly Family Service Monthly Tot • Shabbat Youth Groups • Senior Club Adult Education Sisterhood Brotherhood • Book Club-More ©163268

46 Dare Road, Selden 631-732-2511 Emergency Number 516-848-5386 REV. DR. RICHARD O. HILL, PASTOR ERIC FARET, VICAR Email: office@hopelutheran.com Website: www.hopeluth.com Holy Communion Is Celebrated Every Weekend Sunday Services at 9:30 Are Live-Streamed Through Our “Friends Who Like Hope Lutheran Church” Facebook Group. Sermons are posted on Youtube.com at Hope Lutheran Church Selden NY Wednesdays In Advent: December 11 & 18 Mid-day Prayer Service at 12:15 p.m.

Holden Evening Prayer Service at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 14: CAROLING WITH CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING AND A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS following the 5 p.m. service we have a pre-Christmas celebration outdoors, and refreshments indoors with Saint Nicholas in All Saints’ Hall.

Saturday, December 21: Children’s Christmas Program “Christmas Acts of Kindness Experiment” (C.A.K.E.) during our 5 p.m. communion service.

Sunday, December 22: Caroling Service 3 p.m. a pre-Christmas worship service with lessons and caroling livestreamed on Facebook beginning at 3 p.m.

Christmas Eve Services: Family Service of Holy Communion at 4 p.m.

Traditional Candlelight services of Holy Communion at 7, 9, and 11 p.m.

Christmas Day Festival Worship At 10 a.m.

Christmas I Sunday, December 29 Family Worship featuring a “CAROL SERMON” at 8, 9:30, and 11 a.m.

Sunday, January 5 “Epiphany Sunday” Services at 8, 9:30, and 11 a.m.; Twelfth Night Family Celebration at 6 p.m.

Children’s Programs Sunday School (3-11) 9:30 am, Saturday Sparklers 5 pm Anchor Nursery School Tuesday-Thursday 9:15 am - 12:15 pm.

Tuesdays Hugs Toddlers (ages 18 mos-3 yrs) 9:15 am Hugs (ages 3-5yrs.) 12:15 pm Wednesdays - Kids’ Club 4:15 pm

ST. PAUL’S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

309 Patchogue Road, Port Jefferson Station 631-473-2236 REV. PAUL A. DOWNING PASTOR E-mail: Pastorpauldowning@yahoo.com Pastor’s cell: 347–423–1523 (voice or text) www.StPaulsLCPJS.org facebook.com/stpaulselca Christmas Eve Services: Tuesday, December 24 5:00 pm and 10:30 pm Service of Carols with Holy Communion and Candlelighting Service Times: Sundays 8:30 am and 10:30 am Adult Bible Study 9:30 am Sunday School during 10:30 am service Holy Communion offered at both services Fridays: Power of Prayer Hour 10:30 am Meal provided by Welcome Friends Sundays at 1:00 pm and Wednesdays at 5:45 pm We continue to seve the Port Jefferson Community Now in our 102nd year

Messiah Preschool & Day Care 465 Pond Path, East Setauket 631-751–1775 • www.messiahny.com PASTOR STEVE UNGER We welcome all to join us for worship & fellowship.

It would be wonderful to have you with us.

Sunday Worship Services: 8:15, 9:30 & 11am (All with Holy Communion), Sunday School at 9:30am, Sunday Bible Study at 9:30am We also have mid-week Advent Services: Wednesday Advent Worship at 7pm December 11th & 18th Christmas Services: Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th 5:30pm & 8:00pm Christmas Day, Dec. 25th 10am We have NYS Certified Preschool & Day Care

Methodist BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

33 Christian Ave/ PO 2117, E. Setauket NY 11733 REV. GREGORY L. LEONARD–PASTOR • 631-941–3581 Sunday Worship: 10:30 Am Adult Sunday School 9:30 Am Lectionary Reading And Prayer: Wed. 12 Noon Gospel Choir: Tues. 8 Pm Praise Choir And Youth Choir 3rd And 4th Fri. 6:30 Pm

ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

532 Moriches Road, St. James 11780-1316 REV. PRINCE DONKOR, PASTOR 631-584-5340 Christmas Eve Service at 7pm December 24, 2019 All are Welcome Sunday Service and Sunday School at 10 am Tuesday Evening is Prayer Group at 7:30 pm Wednesday Morning Bible Study at 7:30 am Wednesday Afternoon Bible Study at 1 pm Wednesday Evening Choir Practice at 7:30 pm AA Ministry Every Monday and Wednesday Evenings at 6:30 pm Upcoming Events Open Hearts Open Minds

SETAUKET UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

160 Main Street, Corner Of 25A And Main Street East Setauket • 631–941–4167 REV. STEVEN KIM, PASTOR www.setauketumc.org sumcny@aol.com Adult Bible Study: 9am Sunday Worship Service & Church School: 10 am Holy Communion 1st Sunday Of Month Mary Martha Circle (Women’s Ministry) Monthly On 2nd Tuesday At 1pm No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey, you’re welcome here!

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TIMES ... and dates Continued from page B19

‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’

The Carriage House Players, Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport continues its season with Tom Mula’s “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol” on Dec. 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 15 and 22 at 3 p.m. “Marley was dead, to begin with ...” but what happens to Ebenezer Scrooge’s business partner after that? Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors and children. To order, call 516557-1207 or visit www.carriagehouseplayers.org.

Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’

The Minstrel Players presents its annual production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” on Dec. 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 15 at 3 p.m. Performances are held at Houghton Hall, Trinity Episcopal Church, 130 Main St., Northport. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 seniors and students.

To order, email tickets.minstrelplayers@gmail.com. For more information, call 732-2926.

‘Spring Awakening’

The Engeman Select Players present “Spring Awakening” at the John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport on Jan. 4 at 3 and 8 p.m. and Jan. 5 at 2 p.m. Winner of eight Tony Awards, the show is set in late 19th-century Germany, and tells the story of a group of teenagers navigating the inner and outer turmoil of teenage life and self-discovery. *Please note, this show contains very mature and sensitive subject matters and language. Tickets are $20. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.

Film

‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’

East Northport Public Library, 185 Larkfield Road, E. Northport will screen “The Peanut Butter Falcon” starring Shia LaBeouf on Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. Rated PG-13. Open to all. Call 261-2313.

Brittany Pollack and Daniel Ulbricht from the New York City Ballet guest star in Frank Ohman School of Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ Photo by Angel A. Perez

‘Captain Marvel’

Port Jefferson Free Library, 100 Thompson St., Port Jefferson will screen “Captain Marvel” starring Brie Larson on Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. Rated PG-13. No registration necessary. Open to all. Call 473-0022.

‘Jungles and Cities’

Four Harbors Audubon Society presents a screening of Planet Earth’s “Jungles and Cities” at the Smithtown Library, Main Building, 1 North Country Road, Smithtown on Dec. 13 at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to all. Reservations required by calling 7663075 or 360-2480, ext. 232.

‘1941’

In honor of its 40th anniversary, Steven Spielberg’s war comedy “1941” featuring an ensemble cast of SNL legends, will be screened at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington on Dec. 14 at 10 p.m. Rated PG. Tickets are $7, $5 members.

Visit www.cinemaartscentre.org.

‘The Biggest Little Farm’

Join Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 510 Sweet Hollow Road, Melville for a screening of the documentary “The Biggest Little Farm” on Dec. 18 at 6:30 p.m. Followed by a discussion led by librarian Chris Garland. Refreshments will be served.

Open to all. Call 421-4535.

Religious D irectory

STONY BROOK COMMUNITY CHURCH UNITED METHODIST 216 Christian Ave., Stony Brook, 11790 Church Office: 631-751-0574 stonybrookcommunitychurch@gmail.com www.stonybrookcommunitychurch.org REV. CHUCK VAN HOUTEN, PASTOR Connecting People To God, Purpose And Each Other Sunday Worship: 10:00 am Sunday School: 10:00 am Renewing, Restoring, Reviving For The 21st Century!

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107 South/Main Streets • (631) 473-0147 We are an accepting and caring people who invite you to share in the journey of faith with us.

THE REV. DR. RICHARD GRAUGH Email: office@pjpres.org Website: www.pjpres.org Special Services: Join us for a Victorian Tea of Dickens Festival Sat. Dec. 7th 1-5pm; Sun. Dec. 8th 1-4:30pm Candle Service of Dark Nights and Sorrows Thurday Dec. 19th 7:30pm Family Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Tuesday Dec. 24th 7:30pm Sunday Worship Service -10am (Childcare Provided) Christian Education-Sunday School: 10:15am Coffee and Fellowship 11:15am Bible Study: Tuesday 3pm Holy Communion 1st Sunday of the Month Meals Provided by Welcome Friends every Friday at 6pm Call the church office or visit our website for current activities and events.

NYS Certified Preschool and Daycare - Noah’s Ark The purpose of First Presbyterian Church of Port Jefferson is, with God’s help, to share the joy and good news of Jesus Christ with the congregation, visitors and the community at large; to provide comfort to those in need and hope to those in despair; and to seek justice for all God’s people.

SETAUKET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

5 Caroline Avenue ~ On the Village Green 631- 941-4271 Celebrating and Sharing the love of God since 1660.

THE REV. KATE JONES CALONE, INTERIM PASTOR THE REV. ASHLEY MCFAUL-ERWIN, COMMUNITY OUTREACH PASTOR www.setauketpresbyterian.org Email: setauketpresbyterian@verizon.net Our Special Advent/Christmas Worship Schedule: December 15 Intergenerational Christmas Pageant at 9:30; December 22 Special Music Presented by our Choir at 9:30; December 24 Worship at 10:30am, 4:30pm (Blessing of the Animals,) 7:30pm and 11pm (Candlelight with Communion); December 29 Lessons and Carols Service Sunday: Adult Education at 11 am Outreach Ministries: Open Door Exchange Ministry: Furnishing homes...

Finding hope www.facebook.com/welcomefriendssoupkitchen Welcome Friends Soup Kitchen Prep Site: tfolliero@yahoo.com All are welcome to join this vibrant community of worship, music (voice and bell choirs), mission (local, national and international), and fellowship. Call the church office or visit our website for current information on church activities.

SPC is a More Light Presbyterian Church and part of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians working toward a church as generous and just as God’s grace.

Quakers RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

4 Friends Way, St. James 631–928-2768 • www.cbquakers.org Worship Sundays: Sept. - June 11 am , July - Aug. 10:00 am We gather in silent worship seeking God • the Inner Light • Spirit. We are guided by the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. Weekly coffee and fellowship, monthly discussions, Religious Education for children.

Unitarian Universalist UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP AT STONY BROOK

380 Nicolls Road, East Setauket, NY 11733 631–751–0297 • www.uufsb.org • office@uufsb.org REV. MARGARET H. ALLEN (minister@uufsb.org) Sunday Service: 10:30 am

We welcome people of all faiths to holiday services that celebrate the traditions of Christmas and other winter liturgies, and honor their messages of hope and joy.

Holiday Schedule: 12/22 - Intergenerational Holiday Play: Best Christmas Pageant Ever 10:30am 12/24 – Candlelight Christmas Eve Services: Family Service - 7:00 p.m. ● Late Service – 9:00 p.m.

Adult Faith Development Choir, Folk Group, classical music Vespers, Sangha Meditation, Labyrinth Walks, Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Yoga, Essentrics, Grounds & Sounds Café, Le Petit Salon de Musique

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SBU SPORTSWEEK DECEMBER 12 TO DECEMBER 18, 2019

TOMORROW IS FRIDAY – WEAR RED ON CAMPUS!

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

Women’s basketball stands strong against Pitt 59-56

PITTSBURGH: Despite a late surge from the hosts, the Stony Brook women’s basketball team stood strong and notched an upset victory over the University of Pittsburgh’s Panthers on Dec. 8 at the Petersen Events Center.

The Seawolves pair of junior guard Hailey Zeise and junior forward McKenzie Bushee put on a show for their family and friends with Zeise swishing through a career-high 17 points while Bushee notched a season’s best 10 to lead the team to the 59-56 win. It was also a sweet homecoming for head coach Caroline McCombs and associate head coach Jeff Williams as the duo coached together at Pitt for five years.

The result marks the program’s second-ever Power Five victory after the Seawolves topped Big Ten foe Penn State last season.

“I’m so proud of our team today. We talked about doing the dirty hard work on the court and I believe we did just that,” said McCombs.

“Playing in Pittsburgh was special for this group and I love how we competed at a high level. This one was for Hailey and Kenzie!”

Highlights Stony Brook started the game off from efficient shooting, making 40 percent of its shots while holding Pitt to just 17.5 percent. Zeise gave the team its first lead midway through the first quarter, converting a four-point play as she was fouled from behind the arc.

Heading into the second half with a three-point advantage, the Seawolves put the hammer down in the third, outscoring the Panthers by 10 to lead as much as 13

Home games for Seawolves MEN’S BASKETBALL

Hailey Zeise (24) and McKenzie Bushee (22) celebrate after last Sunday’s game.

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after graduate student guard Kaela Hilaire (Queens) hit a jump shot off the fast break with three seconds left in the quarter.

Pitt showed resiliency in the fourth, cutting its lead down to as little as two with 41 seconds remaining. With 2:18 left in the game, sophomore guard Anastasia Warren (Atlanta, Ga.) hit a clutch three to put the team up, 56-50 as Pitt was in the middle of its run.

The Panthers had one last chance to tie the game and send it to overtime as a Pitt player

took a three-point shot with seconds left on the clock, but it hit the rim and fell off the mark to give Stony Brook the win.

Up next, the team hits the road for a meeting with Wagner on Staten Island on Dec. 15.

Action is set to begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Don’t miss your chance to see the Seawolves take on Bucknell when they return home to the Island Federal Arena on Dec. 29 for a doubleheader with the men’s team. All of the action is set to begin at 2 p.m.

Men’s basketball takes down Bears 79-63

Elijah Olaniyi (3) heads down the court during last Saturday’s game.

Photo by Jim Harrison/SBU Athletics

After not starting the game for the first time this season, junior Elijah Olaniyi (Newark, N.J.) made his mark anyways, scoring a career-high 30 points en route to Stony Brook’s 79-63 victory over Brown University’s Bears on Dec. 7 in front of 2,943 fans at Island Federal Arena.

Junior Makale Foreman (Kingsport, Tenn.) also added 17 points as the Seawolves came back from 10 down midway through the first half

“That was an elite offensive performance for where we are in the season. The first eight minutes, we couldn’t get them guarded. The last 32 minutes was about as complete of a game as we’re capable of playing,” said head coach Geno Ford.

Up next, the team hit the road for four in a row, starting with the Battle of Long Island on Tuesday night at Hofstra.

Results were not available as of press time.

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COVER STORY

SPAC’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas is a holiday adventure

BY HEIDI SUTTON

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he holidays have arrived at the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts in a most delightful way. While a spunky orphan commands the spotlight in the theater’s current main stage production of Annie, a spirited young girl named Emily stars in the second annual children’s theater production of Ken Ludwig’s ’Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Directed by Christine Boehm, the 45-minute fast-paced show with the underlying message “to make life an adventure” is the perfect choice to introduce young children to live theater.

It’s Christmas Eve and Uncle Brierly (Evan Donnellan) greets the audience with a recitation of “the greatest poem of all time,” Clement C. Moore’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. He gets as far as, “Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse” only to be interrupted by Amos the Mouse (Jae Hughes) who is in fact stirring, cookie dough that is, to make cookies for Santa in hopes that he’ll show up this year. You see, Amos and his best human friend Emily (Lorelai Mucciolo) were left off the Naughty or Nice list last year and never received any presents.

It is then that Calliope the Elf (Lisa Naso) shows up to investigate and, after telling Emily and Amos that many other children around the world had the same thing happen to them, convinces them to accompany her back to the North Pole to tell Santa the troubling news and to save Christmas.

When they arrive at Santa’s workshop, they overhear a former elf, Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Donnellan), and his sidekick Mulch (Anthony Panarello), plotting to sell the Naughty and Nice list to retailers just like last year.

What follows is a whirlwind attempt to retrieve the list complete with a surprise appearance from Amos’ brother (the amazing Hughes in a dual role), a hilarious case of mistaken identity, a sword fight, an elf cheer, a visit from Santa Claus (Panarello) and a chase scene through the theater to the Benny Hill theme song. There is no shortage

Clockwise from left, Emily (Lorelai Mucciolo), Uncle Brierly (Evan Donnellan) and Amos the Mouse (Jae Hughes); Emily and Calliope the Elf (Lisa Naso) take a break on Santa’s lap (Anthony Panarello); Amos, Emily and Calliope head to the North Pole.

Photos by Cassiel Fawcett See more photos of the show at www.tbrnewsmedia.com.

of excitement in this show and the cast does a wonderful job portraying this sweet holiday story.

Booster seats are available and snacks are sold during intermission. Stay after the show for a meet and greet and photos with the cast in the lobby.

The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East Main St., Smithtown presents Ken Ludwig’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas on Dec. 15, 22, 28 and 29 at 11 a.m. Children’s theater continues with Shrek The Musical Jr. from Feb. 1 to March 1 and Flat Stanley Jr. from May 16 to June 21. All seats are $18. For more information or to order, call 631-724-3700 or visit www.smithtownpac.org.

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Nutcracker 6 Spectacular Performances December 19 thru 22 Thursday at 7PM Friday at 7PM Saturday at 2PM & 7PM Sunday at 1PM & 6PM

Staller Center for the Arts Stony Brook University Box (631) 632-ARTS office

www.nutcrackerballet.com

“A Delicious Holiday Confection for Young and Old” Bernstein, Newsday

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KIDS KORNER

SHELTER PET OF THE WEEK MEET GIA! This week’s featured shelter pet is Gia, a nine-month-old female French bulldog mix currently waiting at the Smithtown Animal & Adoption Shelter for a loving family to adopt her.

This little pumpkin was rescued from a sad start to life. While she is still learning how to trust people, she is beginning to learn that playing with toys and being showered with love is a part of her daily routine. If anyone deserves a home for the holidays, it’s this bundle of happiness packed into a small sized dog.

Gia enjoys playing with the staff and volunteers all day long. She does have some orthopedic issues, requiring special care to meet her needs.

However, a little extra work is worth the endless love and appreciation Gia displays when she snuggles up to you.

If you are interested in meeting this sweetheart, please call ahead to schedule an hour to properly interact with her in a domestic setting, which includes the shelter’s Meet and Greet Room, the dog runs and Dog Walk trail.

KEVIN!!! Kids ages 11 and under can catch a free screening of the holiday classic ‘Home Alone’ at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington on Dec. 14. Photo from CAC

Photo from Smithtown Animal Shelter

The Smithtown Animal & Adoption Shelter is located at 410 Middle Country Road, Smithtown. Walk-in hours are currently Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Sundays by appointment only. For more information, call 631-360-7575.

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Children ages 3 to 5 with a caregiver are invited to the Smithtown Historical Society’s Roseneath Cottage, 239 Middle Country Road, Smithtown for story time on Dec. 13 at 11 a.m. Celebrate the winter season through reading. Free. Open to all.

Call 360-2480 to register.

Menorah workshop

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Super Saturday at the SHS

Children ages 6 to 12 are invited to the Smithtown Historical Society, 239 E. Main St., Smithtown for two Super Saturday programs on Dec. 14. Make a special holiday ornament from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., take a pizza lunch break, and then make holiday cookies and treats from 1 to 4 p.m. Sign up for one program ($30) or both ($60). To register, call 265-6768.

Visit Santa at his workshop at the corner of West Broadway and Barnum Avenue in Port Jefferson (Drowned Meadow House) on Dec. 14, 15 and 21 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Free! Call 473-1414.

Holiday Crafternoon

Stop by Emma S. Clark Memorial Library, 120 Main St., Setauket on Dec. 14 between 1 and 3 p.m. for a holiday Crafternoon. Children may choose between making a reindeer mobile, a gingerbread ornament or a menorah sticker. No registration required. Open to all. Call 941-4080.

Santa heads to St. James

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bottles from the museum’s collection and design a sea glass ornament to take home. $12 participant.

No registration required. Call 367-3418.

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Programs

Santa Claus takes up residence at the St. James General Store, 516 Moriches Road, St. James on Dec. 14 and 15 and 21 and 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. Come tell him your wishes, take a photo (bring a camera), and shop for the holidays. Free. Call 854-3740.

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Snow Crystals

Did you know that there are seven different snow crystal types? Drop by the Long Island Explorium, 101 E. Broadway, Port Jefferson on Dec. 14 and 15 from 1 to 5 p.m. to explore these and more snowflake science. $5 per person. Call 331-3277.

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Sea Glass Ornament workshop

Enter the magical world of glass at The Whaling Museum, 301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor on Dec. 15 from noon to 1 p.m. See 19th-century glass

Dive into the world of oil, from whale oil to olive oil at The Whaling Museum, 301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor on Dec. 15 from 2 to 3 p.m. See historic whale oil lamps, and create a Whale Menorah to light up your home. $12 participant.

No registration required. Call 367-3418.

Theater

‘Barnaby Saves Christmas’

“Barnaby Saves Christmas” celebrates its 16th year at Theatre Three, 412 Main St., Port Jefferson now through Dec. 28. Join Santa’s littlest elf Barnaby and his reindeer friend Franklynne on a journey to save Christmas while learning the true meaning of the holiday season. Tickets are $10 per person. To order, call 928-9100 or visit www.theatrethree.com.

‘Frosty’

He’s back! The John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport presents “Frosty” now through Dec. 29. Join Jenny and Frosty on their chilly adventures as they try to save the town of Chillsville from mean old Ethel Pierpot and her weather machine that will melt all the snow.

Tickets are $15. To order, call 261-2900 or visit www.engemantheater.com.

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’

Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. Main St., Smithtown presents a holiday treat, “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” now through Dec. 29.

Follow a mouse and a spunky little girl on their quest to find out why Santa missed their house last year. All seats are $18. To order, call 724-3700 or visit www. smithtownpac.org. See review on page B25.

Film

‘Home Alone’

As part of its Cinema for Kids series, the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington presents “Home Alone” starring Macaulay Culkin on Dec. 14 at 11 a.m. Rated PG. $12 adults, $7 members, free for kids under 12. Visit www. cinemaartscentre.org.

All numbers are in (631) area code unless noted.

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KIDS TIMES

MAKING THE SEASON BRIGHT

Port Jefferson Middle School students Marlo Pepe, Sara Freitas and Isabelle Chen had the opportunity to read their original poetry during the lantern dedications and opening ceremonies for Port Jefferson Village’s 24th annual Charles Dickens Festival last weekend.

Middle School teacher Monica A. Consalvo coordinated the event by having students submit their poetry centered around the themes of community, family and Charles Dickens. This yearly tradition allows students not only to be a part of the community event but also to extend learning beyond the traditional walls of the classroom.

Snowflakes

By Sara Freitas Grade 7

The Spirit of Christmas

by Marlo Pepe, Grade 7

Presented at Saturday Opening Ceremonies The exhilarating sleigh ride speeds throughout the bright glistening snow While the carolers sing until the sparkling stars appear Bright twinkling Christmas lights dance around the Christmas tree Sparkling memorable ornaments overlook the brightly wrapped gifts waiting to be opened.

Joyful laughter weaves in and out as the warm fire crackles its message about the gift of family Amidst this laughter you can smell the new batch of cookies baking just for Santa Heavy eyelids announced bedtime has arrived As the sleepy heads make their way to bed you can hear Santa’s sleigh bells echo throughout the midst of night Off they go into a dream of presents and Christmas pie To wake up to silver bells, candy canes and the miracle of Christmas.

December comes a near, And so shall the reindeer.

The holiday season bringing all the cheer.

Snowflakes fall from up above, Coming in all shapes to love.

Bewildered in the coldness, Remain the glorious reindeer, All covered in snow all so perfectly.

The children admire the first snow.

Laughing and giggling, The sounds of jingle bells jingling, soon filling the air with all the happiness one could possibly imagine.

They head outside, Smiles brighten on their amazed faces, Their cheeks bright red from the cold crisp air.

They flock and prance all around, Leaving footsteps in the clean new snow.

They throw snowballs for hours, Perfecting each ball with care.

The sun begins to set, Leaving the children baffled from the new coldness.

They said their farewells, And each headed home for the evening.

Though they were sad to go home, They were very happy to greet their beloved families with joy.

Above, from left, Sara Freitas, Monica Consalvo and Marlo Pepe; below, Monica Consalvo with Isabelle Chen

Winter

By Isabelle Chen, Grade 7

Presented at Lantern Dedication It’s the most wonderful time of the year Where nights are filled with colorful lights And land filled with white gold and plenty of cold With a huge tree bringing great glee With joy and peace where all problems seem to cease Where children are playing and nothing is dismaying For snow is here and Santa is near But this beauty is only in one place, for there will only be such beauty and joy in the one place, we call Winter, Where families are brought together, and love is spread.

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• Get a jump-start on your New Year’s resolution to shed 10 pounds.

• Take only two pieces of mom’s amazing peppermint swirl fudge, not all of it.

“Holiday heart” Alcohol can affect your heart health.

Drinking too much, too quickly, can result in an irregular heartbeat. This can lead to chest pain, weakness, lightheadedness and difficulty breathing — a condition known as “holiday heart.” Moderation is key. Anyone can be at risk for holiday heart.

Cherished holiday traditions and time with family can also mean stress and anxiety. That feeling of I can’t get it all done! can really take a toll. Stress causes our heart rate to spike and our heart muscles to contract — raising blood pressure, prompting the production of heart-damaging stress hormones and inflammatory proteins, increasing the risk of heart disease.

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• Avoid over-committing. You just can’t be everywhere. It’s okay to say, “No.”

• A few thin layers will keep you warmer than one thick layer.

• If you need help, ask for it.

• Keep your head and mouth covered with a scarf/muffler so that warm air hits your lungs first when you breathe in.

• Take some downtime from the to-do’s.

Go for a brisk walk. Research suggests that a 10-minute walk may be just as good as a 45-minute workout in relieving anxiety symptoms. Practice deep breathing; give yoga or meditation a try.

Downsize your plate When you overindulge, it can overstimulate your central nervous system and promote rapid, irregular heart rhythms. Also, too much salt can lead to high blood pressure and fluid retention — additional risk factors for heart problems.

Low outdoor temperatures can cause blood vessels to constrict. This reduces blood flow and raises your blood pressure, making your heart work harder, and setting the stage for chest pain (angina) or a heart attack. This may be especially risky if you’ve already had a heart attack, have heart disease or are older than 65.

• Go inside frequently to warm up.

The flu Influenza causes inflammation, which can contribute to a heart attack. Wash hands frequently. People at high risk, including those older than 65, and those with heart disease risk factors, should consider getting a flu shot.

Overexertion

Sudden extreme winter activity — such as sledding, shoveling snow or even pushing a • Avoid going to a party on an empty stomach. heavy snow blower — can cause an uptick in To fill up a bit, eat a healthy high-protein blood pressure and heart rate, causing stress snack, such as nonfat yogurt. on your heart and placing you at risk for a heart attack.

• Rein in portions, take smaller bites and chew slowly.

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found heart-related deaths • Choose a smaller plate so it appears full, spiked by 22 percent after a big blizzard. and you don’t feel deprived.

Healthy, active people should have no problem shoveling snow. But many don’t know they have health risks such as high blood pressure or high cholesterol, so everyone should be careful.

• When shoveling snow, use a small shovel, aim for light loads, drink plenty of water and take breaks often. Better yet, get your 14-yearold to help. They could use the fresh air and exercise.

• Listen to your body. If you’re planning on snowboarding or hiking through wet, heavy snowdrifts, layer up and stay warm and don’t try anything too crazy.

• If you aren’t used to regular exercise, are over 60, or have questions about your heart health, see your doctor before participating in any strenuous winter activities.

With a little extra caution, you can enjoy the holidays while staying your heart healthiest!

Watch for Warning Signs • Visit or call your doctor right away for any unusual signs and symptoms that may suggest a heart condition. When in doubt, go to the emergency room or call 911 and get it checked out.

• Symptoms can vary but often include chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea and pain or discomfort in one or both arms.

• Women, people with diabetes and the elderly may have atypical symptoms that include vomiting or just feeling exceptionally fatigued.

• Don’t delay getting help, even if it’s a holiday.

What’s Your Heart Age? Take the Stony Brook Heart Institute Heart Health Assessment test. heart.stonybrookmedicine.edu/hearthealthy The first 100 people to complete the test will receive a Heart Healthy cookbook.

Stony Brook Heart Institute, (631) 44-HEART (444-3278), heart.stonybrookmedicine.edu

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Michelle Weisfelner Bloom, MD