Christmas holidays at Mystic Seaport featured its annual Lantern Light Tours which for 70-min took its audiences back to Christmases of another era with the tours made on foot, or taking a horse-drawn carriage ride.
TREE-MENDOUS: Skelmanthorpe First School pupils with their trees at the Christmas Tree Festival at Skelmanthorpe Methodist Church - Evie Wojarski, Nathan Moorhouse, Amelia Embury-Walsh, Archie Greaves, McKenna Drake and Ellie Rumney Picture Julian Hughes by ( JH101210Htree-01) LET THERE BE LIGHT: Trevor and Kath Bellamy, left and right, and Bridge Tavern hosts Matthew and Alison, centre, and below the festive scene after the big switch-onWhite is often an accompanying colour at Christmas time. It brings elegance and style to any decorative display. White ribbons are particularly popular decorations and can look wonderful when tied to branches of the Christmas tree or included in table decorations. White or plain lights can dress up the house extremely well at Christmas time. Mirrors and pictures can be framed, mantle pieces and fireplaces can be adorned and outside, trees and flowerbeds can be lit up to highlight them at night time.The Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, resurrected a holiday event that took place last year by displaying approximately which two dozen ornaments and pieces of art which were displayed in the Museum's Reddin Bridge Room. The ornaments were one-of-a-kind which were produced by some of Door County's most distinguished artists.Information: Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic, CT 06355-0990, or, PO Box 6000; or, (860) 572-0711; or, www.mysticseaport.org.Local children adorned the tree with an assortment of lovely hand-made decorations.VILLAGERS customised Christmas trees for a Yuletide Festival in Skelmanthorpe. More than 40 trees transformed Skelmanthorpe Methodist Church into a winter wonderland. They were exhibited by local businesses, schools and clubs who got busy decorating them in a theme to reflect their business or group. Children from St Aidan's First School, pictured, adorned their tree with custom made decorations while the local butcher, hairdresser and beauty shops also created bespoke baubles representing their trades.
Information: Door County Maritime Museum, 120 N. Madison Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; or, (920) 743-5958, fax (920) 9483; or www.dcmm.org.
Author: Panaggio, Leonard
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