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Photos: Amagansett Library Comes Alive With Reading of Beloved Christmas Tale

A rapt crowd listened to actor and filmmaker Christian Scheider, who read aloud from a favorite book.

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AMAGANSETT, NY — A beloved holiday tradition unfolded this weekend in Amagansett.

On Sunday afternoon at the Amagansett Free Library, actor and filmmaker Christian Scheider performed the annual reading of Truman Capote's "A Christmas Story".

Christian, son of Brenda Siemer and the late Roy Scheider, mesmerized the audience in the Community Room with his passionate delivery.

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Photos by Richard Lewin Professional Photography, soniboy@aol.com.

Reporting by Richard Lewin.

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