The Big Duck is decked out for the holidays. RiverheadLOCAL/Emil Breitenbach Jr.

The Big Duck in Flanders is all decked out for the holiday season.

Last night the Suffolk County Parks Department held the annual Big Duck Holiday Lighting event, which featured vocal performances by the Riverhead Middle School show choir and dancing by The Gaelic Grooves Irish Step Dance and Music Academy.

Special guests at the event included Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine, the Long Island Ducks baseball team mascot Quacker Jack, and, of course, Santa Claus, who arrived by fire truck courtesy of the Flanders Fire Department.

RiverheadLOCAL photos by Emil Breitenbach Jr.

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