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HOLLY WALK 2006
Join members of SOHPS as we caravan to Morris County to
partake in this festive event and experience three
centuries of American Christmas traditions.
Meet at noon, this Saturday December 2, in the parking
lot behind South Orange Middle School located on
Ridgewood Road.
Tickets will be honored for two days if you wish to
return on your own on Sunday.
Please note the price correction. Tickets purchased on
the day of the event are $15.00, children 12 and under
are free.
RECORDER COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
Six museums in
Morristown, Madison and Parsippany will be decorated in
styles typifying the time in which the buildings were
erected.
The sites will be
open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, and 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3. A single ticket, $12
in advance, $15 at the door, children 12 and under free,
is good for all six sites on both days.
Tickets may be
purchased at any of the sites during November or on the
day of the tour. In the event of cancellation due to
weather, tickets will be honored at the individual sites
during 2007.
The participating
sites in this year’s Holly Walk:
Morristown Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revolution/Schulyer-Hamilton
House, 5 Olyphant Place, Morristown, circa 1760
Schulyer-Hamilton
House, the oldest site on the tour, was the home of
Revolutionary War surgeon Jabez Campbell and the scene
of Alexander Hamilton’s tempestuous courtship of Betsy
Schulyer. Christmas in colonial times was a subdued
celebration with attendance at church services, dinner,
dancing, evergreens and visiting.
In keeping with that,
the house will be decorated with Christmas greenery and
colonial crafts, and a special exhibit of antique
quilts.
Macculloch Hall
Historical Museum and Gardens, 45 Macculloch Ave.,
Morristown, circa 1810
This Federal-style
house was built by George Macculloch, father of the
Morris Canal, and was one of the most substantial houses
of its day.
The gracious Center
Hall and drawing rooms hosted holiday and formal parties
enlivened by Morristown’s largest wine cellar. A museum
since 1949, the “Old House” is furnished with 18th and
19th century decorative arts and the Thomas Nast
collection. Nast, a Morristown resident, created
America’s image of Santa Claus. Macculloch Hall will be
decorated for the holidays by the Garden Club of
Morristown in the exuberant Regency fashion of an
English country manor.
Morris County
Historical Society at Acorn Hall, 68 Morris Ave.,
Morristown, circa 1853
This Italianate Villa
home, built in 1853 and enlarged in 1860, has been the
home of only two families and their descendents. It
retains original 19th century furnishings, carpeting,
and wall coverings. Victorian clothing is also
displayed.
The Oakleaf Gallery
gift shop offers a delightful variety of history-related
gifts, books, and Victorian-themed treasures for young
and old. Acorn Hall’s lavish decorations will highlight
the fact that the Victorian period truly introduced
Christmas as we know it today, with decorated trees
(including an upside-down one), the availability of
store-bought ornaments, early electric lights, and other
staples of today’s holiday celebrations. Also on display
is the exhibit “Behind Closed Doors: Health, Hygiene and
Sexuality Among the Victorians.”
The Museum of Early
Trades & Crafts, Main Street and Green Village Road,
Madison, circa 1899
The Museum of Early
Trades & Crafts is housed in the James Library building,
built 1899 to 1900, and teaches about the tools of
farmers, tradesmen, and craftspeople of the past. The
Richardsonian Romanesque Revival building features
vaulted ceilings, stained-glass windows, stenciled and
painted brick interiors, elaborate fireplaces, carved
stone and wood detailing, and a tower housing a working
1899 Seth Thomas clock. Embracing the building’s
literary origin, the museum will be dressed for the
holidays with enchanting period and homemade
decorations, made popular during the Victorian period.
Entertainment on Sunday afternoon will feature the boys’
choir from Grace Church and the Madison High School Jazz
Chorus.
The Stickley Museum
at Craftsman Farms, 2352 Route 10 West, Parsippany,
circa 1911
The Stickley Museum
at Craftsman Farms, home to the leading arts and crafts
designer Gustav Stickley, will be decked out for the
holidays as Stickley, his wife, and six teenaged
children would have decorated it in 1915.
The log house home
will be festooned with evergreen garlands and
poinsettias, which Stickley described as “the Christmas
flaming star.” The Christmas tree will sparkle with
Bavarian glass ornaments that were the fashion of the
time. On Saturday, Mrs. Claus will visit the Log House
from noon to 3 p.m. and tell the story of her Christmas
Eve sleigh ride with Santa.
The Morris Museum, 6
Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, circa 1914
The Morris Museum
occupies the historic Twin Oaks Mansion, the former
Peter B. Frelinghuysen family estate. Built by the
architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White, this
Georgian-style mansion is the heart of the Morris
Museum’s exhibition space.
The Dodge Room,
established as a permanent memorial to Geraldine R.
Dodge in 1975, will be decorated to recreate a time in
the early 20th century when the Frelinghuysen family
resided in the mansion. The museum also hosts its 21st
annual Holiday Tree Festival; dozens of fantasy trees
and decorations decorated by museum groups and
individuals will be on display and for sale. A Tea Room
will be open every day for light lunch and refreshments.
The Museum of Early
Trades and Crafts (METC) in Madison is looking for
dedicated volunteers who are interested in being a part
of the museum team.
There are many
volunteer opportunities available, particularly as a
front desk receptionist where volunteers will have the
opportunity to interact with the public, work in the
gift shop and help out with general office work.
Those interested
should call (973) 377-2982 or by email at info@metc.org.
Housed in a 1900
Richardsonian-Romanesque Revival building listed on the
National Register of Historic places, the museum
explores 18th- and 19th-century American history, with a
focus on New Jersey. Drawing on its collection of more
than 8,000 hand tools and their products, METC uses
material culture to interpret the lives and technologies
of people who lived and worked before the rise of
large-scale industrialization in this country.
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