Pete Richards, center, of Bradford, Vt., arrives at the Bradford Public Library with a tray of brownies as library director Debra Tinkham serves hot chocolate to Larry Coffin before the group reading of "A Christmas Carol" on Dec. 16, 2015. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Pete Richards, center, of Bradford, Vt., arrives at the Bradford Public Library with a tray of brownies as library director Debra Tinkham serves hot chocolate to Larry Coffin before the group reading of "A Christmas Carol" on Dec. 16, 2015. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Friends and trustees of the Bradford (Vt.) Public Library gathered for their third annual reading of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015.  A selection of images from the evening are presented here.

Posted to the Valley Visual blog on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, at 3:35 p.m. Follow the Valley News on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @VNewsUV.