A Heritage Hill Christmas

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A Heritage Hill Christmas Showcase

Saturday December 19th, 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.

Shuttle Bus Parking

Heritage Hill will be operating a shuttle bus service during our event. Parking is located at the CP Center, 2801 S. Webster Ave, and the shuttle will be making frequent trips throughout the day. Buses will pick up and drop off at Heritage Hill’s Education Center.

Musical Performances

Education Center

11:00 AM Christmas Sing-A-Long

12:00 PM Oboemotion

1:00 PM Green Bay East HS Orchestra

2:00 PM Just for Fun Sax

3:00 PM Jamie Fairfield (Dulcimer)

Moravian Church

10:30 AM Nancy Blanchard Watts

11:30 AM Nancy Blanchard Watts

12:30 PM Michael & Patrick Kenney

1:30 PM Jason Pues

2:30 PM Faith Lutheran Church Choir

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.

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 dance along with Heritage Hill interpreters.

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.