Good Templar Park's Cottages In The Woods Offer Holiday Adventure

GENEVA, IL -- Fifteen charming colleges most dating back to the 1920s and 1930s, will be available to tour this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10 and Nov. 11 at Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive, Geneva. Over 25 artists and vendors will also be sharing the sights, sounds and tastes of a Scandinavian Christmas. The holiday fair runs both days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A friendly gnome invites visitors to tour cottages in the woods brimming with Scandinavian arts and crafts, Swedish food, folklore and fun. Artists will be selling rosemaling, dalamaling, Swedish water color, candles, pottery, knitted items, woodworking, vintage, watercolor prints, classic children’s books, natural cosmetics, jewelry, prayer beads, wreaths and garlands. There will also be demonstrations.

Enjoy Swedish foods including yellow pea soup, Swedish bakery, coffee creations and a confectionery. Saint Lucia shares her Swedish legend while Jul Tomte (Swedish Santa) will delight children young and old. Also, visit with princesses Elsa and Anna at Wandering Oaken’s Trading Post.

Good Templar’s “Cottages in the Wood” offers a unique holiday adventure that’s fun for families, friends and arts and crafts lovers. Admission is $8, free for kids 12 and under. Tours of the Viking Ship built after the ancient Gokstad vessel for the 1893 Columbian World Exposition are an additional $5.