Community Open Houses Set For First 3 December Saturdays In Yardley

YARDLEY, PA —Trains, trolleys, a tinseled tree, and treats.

Those will be on display as the Old Library by Lake Afton will be decked out in its holiday best on Dec. 3, 10, and 17.

The Yardley Historical Association has planned Community Open Houses from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for the first three Saturdays of December at its headquarters on 46 West Afton Ave.

One highlight is an expansive model train layout with tooting engines, clattering cabooses, and trolleys. With familiar buildings, landmarks, and billboards, the railroad scene will evoke Yardley’s past and present.

A real fir tree will be decorated with cranberry and popcorn strings, cornucopias, tussy mussies, hand-made paper ornaments, and chromolithographs all in the spirit of the Victorian era when the Old Library was built.

Packaged cutout sugar cookies will be offered to all, and “Yardley” gifts – the new “Yardley’s Dream” mugs and notecards, the third Old Library ornament, embroidered tea towels, books, and prints – will be available to purchase for holiday gift giving or keeping.

The open houses are free. Donations are welcome.

Proceeds will benefit the Historical Association’s efforts to maintain the Victorian library building and its collections of books, documents, and ephemera related to Yardley’s history.

For more information about the Association’s activities, visit www.yardleyhistory.org, e-mail info@yardleyhistory.org or call 215-208-1154.