A Heritage Hill Christmas

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A Heritage Hill Christmas Showcase

Saturday December 5th, 2009

Time: 10 am- 4:00 pm

Cost: $8 for adults, $7 for seniors (over 62) and $6 for children 5-17(children 4 and under free). $1 off admission with a canned food item.

Check out Heritage Hill’s Christmas Commercial!

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Celebrate the season in a breathtaking setting. Relive Christmas in the past and create memories that will last well into the future. A Heritage Hill Christmas is sure to become a magical holiday tradition for your entire family.

Heritage Hill is also partnering with the Salvation Army to help area citizens during the holidays. Everyone who attends A Heritage Hill Christmas with a canned food item will receive one dollar off admission.

Musical Performances

Education Center

11:00 AM Jamie Fairfield (Dulcimer)

12:00 PM Faith Lutheran Handbell Choir

1:00 PM NEW Lutheran HS Stage One

2:00 PM Alethia

3:00 PM Phoebe Dantoin

Moravian Church

10:30 AM Christmas Sing-A-Long

11:30 AM Bob Borucki (piano)

12:30 PM Baylander Barbershop Chorus

1:30 PM Green Bay East Chorus

2:30 PM De Pere High School String Trio/Quartet

Special Activities

Horse Drawn Wagon Rides Noon until 4:00pm

Learning Labs

Come visit with St. Nick while creating a Christmas craft that will become a lasting family memory.

Belgian Farmhouse

Watch as our interpreters bake holiday sugar cookies. You will get to help them and maybe take a bite! Traditional Christmas ornaments will be made in the parlor.

Officer’s Quarters

The soldiers at Fort Howard did not celebrate Christmas, however, their Officers held a holiday dinner to ring in the New Year. Watch as the turkey is baked, the potatoes are fried and plum pudding is made. How a flower pomander, a historic style of air freshener, and candles will be demonstrated.

School House

Enjoy stories of the Christmas season as read by a Heritage Hill historic interpreter. Stories will be read on the half hour beginning at 11:00 am.

Fort Howard Hospital

Participate in a Heritage Hill favorite! Historic dances of the 1800s will be demonstrated beginning at 11:00 am. You are encouraged to participate.

Library

Tour a library from the late 1800s and make orange pomanders, a typical air freshener of the period.

Print Shop

Explore printing during the 1870s while making a calendar on the Washington Press.

Blacksmith Shop

Watch a demonstration of the blacksmithing trade in our authentic shop.

Tank Cottage

Caroline Tank’s cottage has been decorated beautifully for Christmas. Visitors will be taken on a tour of this wonderful estate as well as have the opportunity to make Moravian candles. This candle is the traditional Christmas decoration of the Moravians.