This looks like a fun evening out. You need to buy your own tickets before they sell out Here’s the link:

[https://www.museum.littletonco.gov/Events-Programs/Events/Holidays-Evening](https://www.museum.littletonco.gov/Events-Programs/Events/Holidays-Evening)

If you’re interested and want to get together for an early dinner before the event, we can do that, too.

The Friends of the Littleton Library and Museum and the Littleton Museum present Holiday’s Evening on Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Littleton Museum. Bring your family and friends to this popular outdoor evening event on the grounds of the living history farms. Be transported back to the winter holidays of the 1800s by costumed interpreters who bring the past to life by demonstrating what life was like in early Littleton.

All activities and refreshments are included in the ticket cost.

Musical Entertainment

Smithtonian Handbell Ensemble
Jon Chandler
Four wandering carolers in Edwardian costume (5:30 - 7:30 p.m.)
Activities

Wagon rides
Meet Santa
Write letters to Santa
Blacksmith demonstrations
Outdoors: 1890s Blacksmith shop. See real blacksmiths at work at the forge!

Storytelling
Outdoors: 1860s Farm, near the Schoolhouse. Hear uplifting holiday stories from the 19th century.

Preparing Food Over a Fire
Outdoors: 1860s Farm, Outdoor Kitchen. Learn about how early settler families would have cooked their Christmas dinner without using an oven. Demonstration of how to make plum pudding and goose, with recipes available to take home.

Barn Dance Demonstrations
Outdoors: 1860s Farm, Barn. Enjoy seeing dancers at 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, & 7:30 p.m.

The Rise of Victorian Charities
Outdoors: Next to 1890s House. The collection of charitable donations for the poor (in the form of money, coats, food, toys, and more) became a popular part of the Christmas season in the 19th century. Learn about the origins of this generosity and see what a donation drive would have looked like.

1860s Decorations in the McBroom Cabin
Indoors: 1860s Cabin. Visit a homesteading cabin and see their simple decorations, in the time before Christmas trees came inside.

Victorian Christmas Decorations in the Bemis House
Indoors:1890s House: The Bemis House. In contrast to 1860, Christmas is now more focused on bringing joy to children. Santa Claus became more prominent in American celebrations, and the cards, presents, and festivities were similar to today’s.

Refreshments (Ingredient list at bottom of page)

Hot cider
Gingersnaps
Sugar cookies
Cornbread
You can request factory-sealed organic, gluten-free, vegan Made Good cookies instead of gingersnap or sugar cookies, while supplies last.

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