The magic of the season is alive at local celebrations

During the holidays, it can only be a good thing to break from the hectic shopping, wrapping and running errands to enjoy the wealth of seasonal attractions taking place on Long Island. Here are two prime examples, a candlelight celebration in Bethpage and a village’s winter fest in Farmingdale, of fun times to be had, right now.

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The I Love Chocolate (and who doesn’t) Fest returns this Sunday

Rich, velvety, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate – I love it! I especially gravitate toward milk chocolate, dark chocolate and the melted semi-sweet chocolate morsels baked into chocolate chip cookies. If you love chocolate as much as I do, you’ll want to be the first in line – like me – for The I Love Chocolate Fest, with more than 50 chocolate exhibitors, held on Nov. 20, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration.

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