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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Bridgitt Zielke
Nov. 23, 2016 (920)526-3271
EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF A
MID-19TH-CENTURY CHRISTMAS
AT WADE HOUSE IN GREENBUSH
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Greenbush - Wade House historic site in Greenbush will host "A Wade House Christmas," a mid-19th-century Christmas celebration, on Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 3-4 and 10-11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Yankee and German holiday traditions, including period crafts and games for young and old, and horse-drawn wagon rides, will make for a memorable experience.
Guests to "A Wade House Christmas" will experience the sights and sounds of an 1860s Wisconsin Christmas celebration. The Wade House stagecoach hotel will be decorated in traditional Christmas splendor with fresh evergreen garlands and a candlelit Christmas tree as focal points.
Activities will abound on each level of the 27-room hotel. The experience will begin on the first floor. Costumed staff will greet visitors
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| | During "A Wade House Christmas", the ladies' parlor will be graced with a freshly cut Christmas tree adorned in 1860s fashion. |
inside the historic tap room and shed light on the origins of Santa Claus and his gift-giving tradition. The ladies' parlor will be graced with a freshly cut Christmas tree adorned in 1860s fashion, and the space will resound with period music.
In the hotel's dining room, visitors will create holiday crafts once featured in "Godey's Lady's Book." In the third-floor ballroom, participants will have the opportunity to play parlor games.
The delightful aroma of mulled cider and plum pudding will waft out from the hotel's 19th-century kitchens and entice guests to these culinary spaces where they'll learn about the longstanding association of plum pudding with the Christmas season.
The festivities continue in the new Wade House Visitor Center and Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum, where seasonal décor, live music and children's activities will help to spread holiday cheer. The student and women's groups who will be performing choral and chamber music at the Wade House Visitor Center include: Sound Celebration; Sheboygan North HigH School's Northern Lights and Sharpettes; Kohler High School's
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| | The festivities continue in the new Wade House Visitor Center and Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum, where Sheboygan North High School's Northern Lights and Sharpettes along with other performance groups will help to spread holiday cheer. |
Madrigal Singers; Plymouth High School's Mistletones; Elkhart Lake Glenbeulah High School's jazz ensemble; and Random Lake High School's Chamber Singers.
On both days, food and beverages will be available at the Butternut Café.
Visitors will begin the special experience at the new Wade House Visitor Center and Wesley W. Jung Carriage Museum located at W7965 State Highway 23. Admission is as follows: adults $11; students/seniors $9.25; children (5-17) $5.50; family (up to two adults and two or more dependent children 5-17) - $30.
The Wade House historic site is one of 12 Wisconsin Historical Society historic sites and museums. For more information, please call 920-526-3271 or visit http://www.wadehouse.org
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