Christmas
On the Farm
Saturday,December
6, 2008
A brilliant blue sky and lots of good period cooking greeted visitors
to the 2007 Christmas Open House on the Bushong Farm-- just as
it may have been in 1859. Enjoy the images from this past year's
event and plan now to attend on December 6, 2008
| Good things were happening inside the kitchen. |  |
| Preparing the feast. |  |
| A timeless tradition-- guests always gather in the kitchen, |  |
| Open-hearth cooking. |  |
| The pleasant day encouraged outside activities. |  |
| Hoop rolling was a favorite among valley children, as was. . . |  |
| Graces-- the action of using two sticks to toss a decorated ring (can you find the ring in the picture?) to a friend who must catch the ring on two sticks--- consider it 19th century lawn darts. |  |
| What shall it be: hoops or graces? |  |
| Off to storytelling. . . |  |
in
the warm basement of the main farm house. Story telling was interrupted
by |
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| the Belsnickel-- a masked stranger who traveled from farm to farm rewarding good children and punishing the bad ones. Our children were rewarded. |  |
| The day ended with caroling with friends and family. |  |
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Bring a Gift for Toys
For Tots of
a $10 or more value
(unwrapped) and receive free admission pass
good for one adult visit until the end of February 2009!