Menelik Reason, a junior at Port Chester High School, plays the tenor drums during the parade. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Port Chester High School sophomore Faith Adamson stands out with a Spider-Man themed Christmas hat while marching with her bass drum. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Maple Place resident Marci Jesurun, 8, gets covered in bubbles that float around a section of Lyon Park during the Santa in the Park event on Saturday, Dec. 14. Hundreds flocked to the park to receive a gift and meet Kris Kringle after he rode down King Street in a firetruck during a parade leading up to the festivities. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
“We’ve got a wrestler,” Santa Claus, otherwise known as Charlie Sacco, cries as 1-year-old Port Chester resident Cora Biederbeck attempts to jump out of his arms at the annual Christmas Parade and Santa in the Park event at Lyon Park on Saturday, Dec. 14. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
John F. Kennedy Elementary School Principal Colleen Moore (right) helps a group of her students hold up a banner as they march in the Christmas Parade that proceeded down King Street before the Santa in the Park event. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Pride of Port Chester flute section leader Natalia Fiallos, a senior, marches ahead of the firetruck carrying Santa Claus. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Port Chester firefighter Joshua Negron drives Santa Claus (also known as Charlie Sacco) down King Street toward Lyon Park during the parade. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Santa Claus (who sometimes goes by Charlie Sacco) asks Grace Church Street resident Mia Cando, 5, if she’s been nice this year. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Leonardo Peña, a 9-year-old who lives on South Ridge Street, selects an air hockey toy from the gifts provided by the Village of Port Chester before making his way to meet Santa Claus. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
James Neary, an ice sculptor with the Long Island-based Ice Memories, works on carving a snowman. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Port Chester residents Kedyn Peraza, 6, and Sofia Lucero, 5, watch the ice carver from below the barrier set up around him. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Edison Elementary School kindergartner Luna Perez (left) takes a break with her classmate Alisson Rojas to enjoy some hot chocolate. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Senior tuba section leader Gabriel Franco carries his instrument on the partly sunny day. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Jay Salmon of Reliance Engine & Hose Company No. 1 smiles while dressed as an elf in the rear of the truck carrying Santa Claus. (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Pride of Port Chester junior color guard Allison Delgado (left) and junior drum major Sofia Coyt pose with the mischievous Grinch (played by Traci Iorio of Funtime Amusements, a Yorktown Heights-based company). (David Tapia/Westmore News)
Hundreds visit Lyon Park for Port Chester’s annual Christmas celebration
