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Bernie unplugged for the holidays

Dec 19, 2024 | Photos of the Week

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS is widely known as a pretty serious guy who tackles injustice and inequality in America head on. But he showed a lighter side this past Friday when Vermont’s senior Senator hosted a Cookies and Carols event at Armory Lane Senior Housing in Vergennes, where he joined with elementary school kids in a singalong. Independent photo/Steve James
VERMONT’S SEN. BERNIE SANDERS sings carols event at Armory Lane Senior Housing in Vergennes on Friday, Dec. 13. Independent photo/Steve James
A choir of Vergennes Union Elementary School students led by Holly Mugford, Kristin DeGraaf and Ashley Bourgeois joined Sen. Bernie Sanders for Cookies and Carols at Armory Lane Senior Housing in Vergennes this past Friday, Dec. 13. Independent photo/Steve James

During a Dec. 13 event in Vergennes, Sen. Bernie Sanders happily posted with Bixby Library staff Cedar Winslow, Catharine Hays, Kelly Bartlett and Amber Lay, for whom he signed a copy of his book for the library. Independent photo/Steve James
Bernie was glad to see Parent/Child Center Director Donna Bailey at a Cookies and Carols event at Armory Lane Senior Housing in Vergennes on Dec. 13. Independent photo/Steve James
Sen. Bernie Sanders got help from the Middlebury College a cappella group Stuck in the Middle in a holiday event in Vergennes on Dec. 13. Independent photo/Steve James

A youngster in the VUES choir was awestruck by Vermont’s senior U.S. senator at a Dec. 13 performance at Armory Lane Senior Housing in Vergennes. Independent photo/Steve James
THREE-YEAR-OLD LUCY ROT boldly offers her letter to Santa at Middlebury’s Maple Landmark on Sunday while sister Eliza sits with the Jolly Gent to provide her wish list verbally. Independent photo/Steve James

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