People come year round to the historic seaside town of Mystic in the southeast corner of Connecticut. But in the weeks leading up to the holidays, a visit here is especially festive（喜庆的、欢乐的）. Several nights a week, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 28, history comes alive（活跃起来） with the annual Lantern Light Tours in which actors dressed in period costume recreate（重现、再现） Christmas Eve 1876. The performance is a "moving play," leading groups of bundled-up（穿着很多保暖衣服的） guests along dirt roads and cobbled（用鹅卵石砌/铺成的） pathways, here dropping into a home for a ginger cookie（姜饼） as a family trims its tree, there wandering aboard a tall ship after a horse and buggy（四轮单马轻便马车） ride. Other pit stops（旅行休息站、停站） include the local tavern for a spin(开车, 骑马者等)兜风, 转一圈 on the dance floor. Even against the chill of the briny（海水的、盐水的、很咸的） air, the nostalgic tour will warm the most jaded of hearts.