December 5 - 12
Calendar of Advents!
Dedicated groups all over Northwest New Jersey, often known as "friends", are busy this season hosting special holiday events at a wide range of downtowns and historic sites. Following are a few of the many opportunities to
rev up that good old holiday spirit. Holy Santa, Christmas is three weeks away!
December 5-8, the Manor House at Skylands Botanical Gardens, will be decorated floor to ceiling for this year’s theme, ‘A Gilded Age Holiday,’ a glittering, extravagant display of imagination and delight. It’s a warm and welcoming start to the holiday season with a totally different look every year! There are also great holiday ideas at the Gift Shop, and a delicious array at the Holiday Café. Free. 20 Morris Rd. Ringwood; 973/962-9534
The Chickering Grand Piano at Acorn Hall
Celebrate Deck the Halls! as Acorn Hall and Macculloch Hall dress up in holiday grandeur and open for visitors on Saturday, December 7, This holiday fundraiser supports both historic sites, highlighting the magic and wonder of Christmas past and feature holiday music on Acorn Hall’s 1872 Chickering Grand Piano and Thomas Nast’s most famous Christmas scenes at Macculloch Hall. $25.
The Friends of Jacobus Vanderveer House celebrate Colonial Christmas outdoors Saturday, December 7 with live holiday music, a surprise holiday pull, and Colonial Reenactors. The Jacobus Vanderveer House will be open for tours for a suggested donation of $10 per group. 2:30 - 5:30pm. River Road Park, 3055 River Road, Bedminster. 908/396-6053
Join the Gallery 23 artists for some light refreshments and holiday cheer at this Saturday's (December 7) Holiday Open House, and shop for unique gifts in one of the only cooperative arts galleries in Northwest New Jersey. Choose from a huge inventory of paintings, photographs, jewelry, fine woodworking, wooden toys, pottery, stain glass, quilting, handmade ornaments, cards and more. 10am - 4pm. 23 Main Street., Blairstown 908/362-6865
Docents will discuss Victorian Christmas traditions during a candlelight tour of the main floor at Shippen Manor on Sunday, December 8. Pre register for hourly tours, 1, 2 and 3pm. 8 Belvidere Ave., Oxford. 908/453-4381.
Enjoy a Walpack Christmas next weekend (Dec. 14-15)at the Rosenkrans Museum and the Walpack Methodist Episcopal Church in the historic village of Walpack Center along Old Mine Road in the Delaware Water Gap NRA. Both buildings will be decorated for the holidays and staffed with volunteers from the Walpack Historical Society. Come and experience Christmas traditions and exhibits from a late nineteenth-century rural farming community.
At next weekend's (Dec. 13-15) Moravian Christmas, the Hope Historical Society will celebrate with lantern walking tours, a Moravian candlelight service, festival of trees and food, and nativity scenes. Hope
908-475-5361
The Foster-Armstrong House dresses up for the next three weekends (through December 21) for Old Fashioned Holidays, with decorated rooms on the first floor, five beautiful Christmas trees, historical displays, Santa in the hallway with a Gingerbread Bakery, Snow People in the Montague Room, and more from the Montague Association for the Restoration of Community History. 320 River Road. Montague.
Choose from thousands of Beautiful Christmas Trees on this family-run farm on reserved farmland. Blue Spruce, Norway Spruce, White Pine, Scotch Pine Fraser Fir, Canaan fir, Douglas Fir. Crafters and wagon rides on weekends! 77 Jackson Valley Rd., Washington. (Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.)
Specializing in British foods and candy, and a wide selection of hard-to-find items, Wilbur's Country Store is the perfect source for a unique country gift. Located in a charming barn complex on Rt. 94 in Frelinghuysen ( between Newton and Blairstown), Wilbur’s is the perfect destination on a drive through the New Jersey countryside. Find a unique gift for someone special!
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