Don't Miss The Final Weekend Of Colonial Christmas

BEDMINSTER, NJ — This is the final weekend for Colonial Christmas at the Jacobus Vanderveer House and Museum.

Here is a list of the Colonial Christmas schedule of events:

Friday, Nov. 30, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

• Cocktail Reception – holiday libations served by Colonial barkeeps; sumptuous seafood and hors d’oeuvres by Metropolitan Seafood; boutique shopping with Classic Home and Garden, India Hicks, Stanton Sweets, MACJAC, LLC, Virginia Peacock, Take A Bough, and Lady Ellen's Fine Ware; and 18th century musical entertainment by The Practitioners of Musick
• Patron Tickets $150 per person. Junior Patron Tickets (25 and under) $100 per person. Reservations required. For tickets, call 908-396-6053 or click HERE.

Saturday, Dec. 1, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Tours of the museum, festively decorated for the holidays by Gail Whiting of Design Consultants, Bedminster; Flowers on the Ridge, Basking Ridge; and Camelot Construction
• Colonial Re-Enactors and Crafters
• Food Trucks
• John Lambs Artillery Company Demonstrations
• Holiday Shopping with Classic Home & Garden, India Hicks, Stanton Sweets, MACJAC, LLC, Flower Basket Lady Bug, Virginia Peacock, and Lady Ellen’s Fine Ware

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• The Enslows perform Colonial American Christmas Music

11:30 a.m.

• Gingerbread house workshop for children accompanied by an adult, courtesy Ms. Gail’s Kids Cooking. Cost of the program is $43 per kit, limited to one child & one adult per kit, and includes admission to the house tour for one adult. Walk-in registration $50 per kit. (outside in tent)

(Pre-registration required. Register HERE or call 908-396-6053)

1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

• Santa Visit

Sunday, Dec. 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

• Tours of the museum, festively decorated for the holidays by Gail Whiting of Design Consultants, Bedminster; Richard Blauvelt of Flowers on the Ridge, Basking Ridge; and Camelot Construction
• Colonial Re-Enactors and Crafters
• Food Trucks
• The Evolution of the Gingerbread Man with Susan McLellan Plaisted, Heart to Hearth
• Holiday Shopping with Classic Home & Garden, India Hicks, Stanton Sweets, MACJAC, LLC, Virginia Peacock, Flower Basket Lady Bug, and Lady Ellen’s Fine Ware

1 p.m.

• Gingerbread house workshop for children accompanied by an adult, courtesy Ms. Gail’s Kids Cooking. Cost of the program is $43 per kit, limited to one child & one adult per kit, and includes admission to the house tour for one (1) adult. Walk-in registration $50 per kit. (outside in tent)
• Pre-registration required. Register HERE or call 908-396-6053)

1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

• Santa Visit

Admission & Tickets

$10 admission per adult. $5 children 6 to 12. Free to museum members and children 5 and under.

For information about Colonial Christmas, workshops, and tickets to Friday’s cocktail reception, call 908-396-6053 or visit www.jvanderveerhouse.org.

(Images via Jacobus Vanderveer House and Museum)

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