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December 4 - 11

Holy Adventure!

Find a beauty at Evergreen Valley Christmas Tree Farm! Walk through the fields, breathe the fresh air, choose and cut!
Advent is here, and dedicated groups all over Northwest New Jersey, often known as "friends", are busy 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 4-7, the Manor House at Skylands Botanical Gardens, will be decorated floor to ceiling for this year’s theme, ‘A Wonderful Holiday,’ a glittering, extravagant display of imagination and delight. 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
On Saturday, December 6,  Home for the Holidays: A Macculloch Hall Christmas features this year’s exhibition of Thomas Nast’s Santa Claus illustrations, children’s activities including letters to Santa and ornament making, hot cider and cookies on the front porch, and the historic period galleries decorated for Christmas. Pre-registration requested but walk-ins welcome, 12- 4 pm. $15 Adults/ $10 Members/ $5 Children. 45 Macculloch Avenue Morristown.
Come by for a tour, music and refreshments at Hardwick's Christmas Gathering at the Vass Homestead, Sunday, December 7. Experience the historic house decked out in full holiday splendor! Meet and chat with members of the Historical Society and spread some holiday cheer. 92 Stillwater Rd (CR 521), Hardwick, across from White Lake.
Docents will discuss Victorian Christmas traditions during a candlelight tour of the main floor at Shippen Manor on Sunday, December 7 & 14. Pre register for hourly tours, 11am, 12pm, 1pm. Or, walk-in and see our decorations from 2-4pm. Bring your family for a visit with our Victorian Santa! 8 Belvidere Ave., Oxford. 908/453-4381.
Enjoy a Walpack Christmas next weekend (Dec. 13-14) at the Rosenkrans Museum in the historic village of Walpack Center along Old Mine Road in the Delaware Water Gap NRA. The building 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.
Next weekend's (December13-14) Hope's Annual Moravian Christmas brightens the holiday season with candle-illuminated streets, Christmas exhibits, and demonstrations of Moravian Christmas traditions. Now is the time to reserve your spot on a guided candlelit walking tour on Saturday December 13. Each is a 90-minute, 10-destination guided tour through the historic village. Hope Historical Society, 908-459-4918.

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