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.
Information: The Maritime Museum of San Diego, 1492 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101; or, (619) 234-9153, fax (619) 234-8345.The Maritime Museum of San Diego observed Christmas with the Annual Parade of Lights on San Diego Bay, 12 and 19 December where participants enjoyed the spectacular views while they enjoyed a Holiday Buffet on the ferryboat Berkeley. On the 18th, the yacht America cruised to where passengers could view whale watching. On the 30th, the Annual Port of San Diego Big Bay Balloon Parade took place.Trudy Herbst, the Museum's Director of Development, noted that "after a hiatus for a number of years, we brought the event back last year and it proved to be a wonderful method of fundraising."Information: Door County Maritime Museum, 120 N. Madison Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; or, (920) 743-5958, fax (920) 9483; or www.dcmm.org.This year's performance, "The Carpenter," took visitors back to the town of Mystic on Christmas Eve 1876. People from far and near traveled to the small village with the townspeople talking of the events that led up to that night; local financier and politician Harold King's referendum which required everyone to vote; the current political and economic hardships; the arrival of three lawyers from Orient Point; the birth of baby John to Elizabeth; and Joseph and Virginia's travails as they arrived in town just in time for the birth of their son.Information: Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic, CT 06355-0990, or, PO Box 6000; or, (860) 572-0711; or, www.mysticseaport.org.
Information: Door County Maritime Museum, 120 N. Madison Avenue, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; or, (920) 743-5958, fax (920) 9483; or www.dcmm.org.
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