Mary Queen of Heaven welcomes St. Nick

Mill Basin is glowing with seasonal cheer.

Festive frolickers lifted their voices in song, ushering in the holidays with a program of rites and revelry at Mary Queen of Heaven Church %u2013 made merrier by a visit from Santa.

Parishioners united outside the house of worship, East 56th Street and Avenue M, where they sang Christmas carols and helped bedeck a regal pine tree, against the backdrop of a Nativity scene.