Annual Holiday Open House at the Hosmer House is a 'Painter's Palette'

SUDBURY, MA — Celebrate the holidays with your neighbors. While there is no tree lighting in Sudbury, the annual open house weekends are coming up at the Hosmer House on Dec. 3 and 4, and Dec. 10 and 11.

This year’s theme of “A Painter’s Palette” honors the noted artist Florence Hosmer, who lived in the house from 1896 until her passing in 1978.

Numerous Sudbury clubs and nonprofits have accepted the challenge to interpret a specific room’s paintings with their festive decorating ideas, said the announcement.

The individual groups and titles for this year include:

• The Sudbury Villagers (A Fashion Palette),
• Sudbury Garden Club (Cornucopia of Color),
• Parmenter Foundation (Pretty in Pink),
• Sudbury Girl Scouts (A Faerie Palette),
• Thursday Garden Club (A Palette of Flowers)
• The Sudbury Historical Society (Snow Day Today-School’s Closed).

First time participants include:

• The Daughters of the American Revolution (Florence Paints Her Family Tree)
• Sudbury Valley Trustees (An Outdoor Palette).

The Sudbury Boy Scouts again donate a tree from their holiday tree sale, which will be on display at the back patio for all to view and enjoy.

Commissioner Barbara Bahlkow and Dottie Sears decorates the first floor Country Store with the artist original easels and painting artifacts (Florence’s Palette). Holiday gifts will be available for purchase including the colorful Sudbury throw blanket depicting famous local historic landmarks.

The Hosmer House Open House is open from 10:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Join the Sudbury Historical Commission in celebrating the holiday with complimentary refreshments and holiday cheer.