The past is present
CONNECTICUT Field Days 2013 at Mystic Seaport runs Nov. 29-30. Play 19th-century games like hoops, stilts, and graces on the Village Green; make a paper bag puppet; and sing along in a Tales and Tunes family music program. Candlemaking and toy boat building will also be offered for $5 per person. www.mysticseaport.org/event/field-days[1]
Culinary tour
DELAWARE Eating Rehoboth, a three-hour culinary adventure of food and spirit tastings at five restaurants in downtown Rehoboth Beach on Friday and Sunday, continues to Dec. 1. $45. Private tours for 12 or more available to Jan. 1. www.eatingrehoboth.com[2]
Old tale told anew
MAINE "Cinderella: A New Telling of an Old Tale" will be staged Dec. 5-29 at Penobscot Theatre in Bangor, 131 Main St. This holiday musical extravaganza features outlandish costumes, exuberant choreography, spectacular sets, and a cast of colorful characters, including a charming prince, hilariously hideous stepsisters, and some very ba-a-a-d sheep. www.penobscottheatre.org/[3]
Tiny treasures
MARYLAND The Annual Holiday Boutique & Tiny Treasures Show at the Kent Island Federation of Art, 405 Main St, Stevensville, ends Dec. 21. www.kifa.us[4]
Thanksgiving Day festival
MASSACHUSETTS Thanksgiving Day Artisan Festival 2013 at Agricultural Hall, West Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, is Nov. 29-30. Experience the largest holiday art show by Islanders, featuring many holiday gifts such as winter handmade sweaters, handmade soaps, island lavender, and fine crafts including leather and vintage material bags, wood butcher block cutting boards, and more. http://bit.ly/HqXChf[5]
Christmas magic
NEW HAMPSHIRE Enjoy a light display, visit with Santa and his reindeer, and take holiday themed rides at Santa's Village Christmas Magic in Jefferson Dec. 7-8. www.santasvillage.com[6]
Holiday house tour
NEW JERSEY The 40th Annual Christmas Candlelight House Tour is a self-guided tour, the main attraction of Cape May's festive holiday season. It features homes, inns, hotels and churches decorated for the holidays, plus caroling, strolling musicians, and old-fashioned cheer. www.capemaymac.org/[7]
Winter harvest
NEW YORK Saugerties Farmer's Winter Market, in the Catskills, includes locally raised produce, fruits, flowers, plants; local artisans' products; food demonstrations and/or music most market days. Nov. 24, Dec. 8, and Dec. 22 at 207 Market St. www.saugertiesfarmersmarket.com[8]
On the rails
PENNSYLVANIA Choo Choo Barn, 226 Gap Rd. in Ronks, Lancaster County, offers a holiday display from Nov. 29 to Jan. 5. Look for 52 hidden Santas and watch as Santa's sleigh flies above the gigantic model train display. Enjoy the holiday decorations throughout the display including holiday lights and the snow-covered landscape. Plus, take a close look at the zoo animals to see how they're getting into the holiday spirit. www.choochoobarn.com/holiday/[9]
Lighting up the season
RHODE ISLAND Wickford Festival of Lights 2013, at Brown and Main Streets in Wickford Village, is Dec. 5-8. The historic village comes alive as thousands of beautiful white lights transform it into a winter wonderland. Official tree lighting, window decorating contest, hayrides, music, and entertainment are included in the festivities as well as Breakfast with Santa. www.wickfordvillage.org[10]
Fall harvest feast
VIRGINIA Natural Bridge Indian Village-Fall Harvest Feast is Nov. 26-Dec. 1 at Natural Bridge. Monacan Indians cook up a fall harvest feast. Interpreters in period-appropriate dress cook turkey, trout, corn on the cob, corn bread, and mixed berries on raised grates over an open fire, in clay and metal pots, on hot stones, to demonstrate how Monacans did it in the 18th century. While watching, learn about hunting, fishing, agriculture, and how thanks was expressed in Monacan culture.
References
- ^ www.mysticseaport.org/event/field-days (www.mysticseaport.org)
- ^ www.eatingrehoboth.com (www.eatingrehoboth.com)
- ^ www.penobscottheatre.org/ (www.penobscottheatre.org)
- ^ www.kifa.us (www.kifa.us)
- ^ http://bit.ly/HqXChf (bit.ly)
- ^ www.santasvillage.com (www.santasvillage.com)
- ^ www.capemaymac.org/ (www.capemaymac.org)
- ^ www.saugertiesfarmersmarket.com (www.saugertiesfarmersmarket.com)
- ^ www.choochoobarn.com/holiday/ (www.choochoobarn.com)
- ^ www.wickfordvillage.org (www.wickfordvillage.org)
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