2019 A Tradition for Every Family

Saturdays 5:00 – 9:00 pm Sundays 4:00 – 8:00 pm

Demonstrations

Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond Textiles - Cotton Tenant North Old-fashioned outdoor fun. Tickets for skating, with skate Fiber arts from fluff to cloth. Try your hand at weaving. rentals, can be purchased in the Visitor Center. Native American Crafts - Jones House Pickwick’s at the Banke – Gookin House Learn about the indigenous people who have inhabited Shop a selection of the local, historical, whimsical, and this area for thousands of years through traditional Native wondrous at Strawbery Banke’s official museum store. American crafts and stories.

Figtree Kitchen Café – TVC Cooper – Dinsmore Shop Featuring fine foods, light meals, homemade soups, Ron Raiselis demonstrates traditional woodworking. delectable desserts, coffee & more. Traditional Foodways – Wheelwright House Holiday Dinners in Historic Pitt Tavern * SOLD OUT* Warm up and enjoy the savory smells of an 18th century Enjoy a festive, historic atmosphere with Pickwick’s meal prepared over the open hearth. Mercantile serving up traditional meals and tavern drinks in a Revolutionary atmosphere. Separate Ticket Required Tinsmith – Jones House Gorgeous handmade lanterns and ornaments crafted by Meet the Inhabitants of Puddle Dock George and Carol Monte, available for sale. Chat with costumed characters from ages past as they stroll the streets. Botanicals – Cotton Tenant South Learn about the botanical decorations in all the houses, Horse Drawn Carriage Rides – Beside Lowd House watch wreath making tutorials, & make a botanical card. Bundle up and go for a ride down candlelit streets. Last ride sets out 15 minutes before closing. Basket Maker – Winn House Thanks to Amica Insurance Meg DiNunno crafts and sells traditional baskets.

Holiday House for Members – Walsh House Strawbery Banke members enjoy holiday beverages, snacks Exhibits and musical entertainment all evening. Winn House Architectural styles and building construction. Candlelight Kids’ Treasure Hunt – TVC Pick up your guide at the TYCO Visitors Center then Lowd House return to collect a prize. Early craftsmen’s tools exhibit. Thanks to Exeter Hospital Sherburne House Cider Shed – Stable 17th century house construction exhibit. Warm up with live music & hot cider! Yeaton House “Port of Portsmouth: War, Trade & Travel” maritime exhibit.

Performance Schedule Saturday, December 7 A Tradition for Every Family Live Band - Cider Shed, Stable Once the cold weather comes, the families of Puddle Dock 5:00 – 9:00 Moose Mountain Jazz Band, jazz and horns

start to prepare for their individual holiday celebrations Victorian Skaters – Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock with family, friends, and neighbors. 6:00, 6:45, 7:30 Douglas Webster, Ice Dance International Thanks to Heinemann

Follow the Story Prescott Park Arts Festival – Carter Center Gallery Goodwin House – 1870 The Christmas Tree Samples from the upcoming show “Elf: The Musical” Join the Goodwins as they prepare to decorate their tree 6:00, 7:00 with homemade decorations on Christmas Eve. See the full show running Dec. 13-22 at the Historic Town Hall in Exeter.

Rider-Wood House – 1824 Twelfth Night Magic of the Steelgraves – Winn House The Rider-Wood family is preparing for a traditional Victorian Parlor Magic English Twelfth Night party with friends and neighbors. 20 minute shows at: 5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45

Aldrich Memorial – 1919 Stories Holiday Music – Walsh House* 5:00 - 6:45, 7:15 - 8:45 Long Journey * For Members Only The Thomas Bailey Aldrich Memorial has just finished its eleventh season, and Mrs. Aldrich has opened the museum Piano Music – Chase House for a Christmastime visit. 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30 Richard Spicer

Holiday Carols – Aldrich Garden Shapiro House – 1919 Hanukkah 5:15, 5:45 Sounds of the Seacoast The Shapiros are celebrating the seventh night of 6:15, 6:45, 7:15 The Overtones Hanukkah with their extended family and some Strolling Musicians – Paul Harty, folk music neighborhood friends. They learn from their neighbors about “Old World” traditions and talk about traditions Sunday, December 8 their parents brought from the “Old Country”. Live Band - Cider Shed, Stable 4:00 – 6:00 Penhallow, folk music Abbott House & Store – 1943 Cookies 6:00 – 8:00 Gary Sredzienski, accordion

Mrs. Abbott’s kitchen is full of the neighborhood children, Victorian Skaters – Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock who are warming up around the stove and talking about 4:30, 5:15, 6:00 Douglas Webster, Ice Dance International how Christmas traditions have changed since the war Thanks to Heinemann began. Magic of the Steelgraves – Winn House Victorian Parlor Magic Wheelwright House – 1783 Winter Games 20 minute shows at: 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 6:45 The Stavers children are paying a visit to their neighbors the Wheelwrights on a cold winter night for games in the Holiday Music – Walsh House* parlor. 4:00 - 5:45, 6:15 - 7:45 Long Journey * For Members Only

Piano Music – Chase House Shapley-Drisco House - 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 Richard Spicer 1795 – Gifts The Shapley daughters are showing off the new shipment Holiday Carols – Aldrich Garden 4:30, 5:00, 5:30 Nice & Naughty of goods in their father’s shop. The girls are making small 6:15, 6:45 Nottingham School gifts for friends and neighbors as a sign of good wishes and prosperity for the New Year. Strolling Musicians – Patriot Fife & Drum

1957 – Traditions The Day family is busy preparing for their favorite holiday, decorating gingerbread houses, listening to records, and looking at holiday catalogues to pick out Christmas gifts.