GARRISON – The streets of Garrison will be filled with holiday cheer when the annual Dickens Village Festival begins today and continues Saturday.

The festival will also continue Fridays and Saturdays, Dec. 6-7 and Dec. 13-14.

The event turns the community of 1,500 into a Victorian town from the era of Charles Dickens.

Activities held during the festival include a nightly Dickens Festival Lighted Parade, rides on the Queen Elizabus and a horse-drawn carriage, entertainment each afternoon and evening, craft show, fruitcake toss, children’s top hat decorating, Charles Dickens’ play performances and much more. For more information contact the Garrison Convention and Visitors Bureau.