Some of our designers specialize in floral looks, and the unusual coloration of this wreath was much admired by the purchaser. This wreath can stay up long after the holidays are over.
Tag: Holidays
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Monday, December 28 – Wednesday, December 30, 10:00 am – Strawbery Banke Holiday House Tours
Monday, December 28 – Wednesday, December 30, the docents of Strawbery Banke will enlighten you on the darkest days of winter. These guided 90-minute tours, beginning each day at 10 am, focus on the evolution of winter traditions over the centuries. Visitors tour five historic houses at Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and experience the widely various decorations, sights, sounds, and smells of holidays and winter days past. Tickes are $12 for adults. Kids 5-12: $10. Kids 4 & under: FREE. Family rate: $30. For tickets and information, log on to www.strawberybanke.org.
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Sunday, December 13, 1:00 – 3:00 pm – Gibson House Museum Holiday Open House
The Gibson House Museum invites you to its Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 13, from 1 – 3 pm.
The Gibson House Museum is the only museum in Back Bay, preserved as it was lived in by three generations of the Gibson family (1859-1954). Opened as a museum in 1957, the house tells the story of daily life in the Back Bay from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century. The Museum also displays its collection of Victorian and Edwardian decorative arts. The Gibson House Museum is located at 137 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116 (between Arlington and Berkeley Streets.)
There will be tours on the hour of the house decorated for the holidays as it would have been decorated in the time of the Gibson Family’s residence. Light, seasonal refreshments will be served. Free. For more information call 617-267-6338, or email info@thegibsonhouse.org.
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Sunday, December 13, 1:00 – 4:00 pm – Milton Holiday House Tour
On Sunday, December 13, from 1 – 4 pm, the Forbes House Museum will present its benefit Holiday House Tour. Visit a selection of gorgeous and unique Milton homes decorated for the holidays. $18 for Forbes Museum members, $20 for non-members, $25 at the door. Tickets will be on sale at the Museum, 215 Adams Street in Milton, and at select Milton businesses. For additional information, call 617-696-1815, or log on to www.forbeshousemuseum.org.
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Saturday, December 5 – Sunday, December 6 – New Bedford Preservation Society 18th Annual Holiday House Tour
The 18th Annual New Bedford Preservation Society Annual Holiday House Tour will take place on Saturday, December 5, from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm (Candlelight Tour) and on Sunday, December 6, from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Afternoon Tour).
Come visit beautifully restored historic 19th Century homes, all decked out for the holidays. Read About Last Year’s Tour!
Start at the Wamsutta Club, 427 County Street, New Bedford.
Pre-tour brunch ($15) on Sunday from 11:30am-1pm(reservations recommended, call 508.997.7431)
Holiday Raffle will be held at the club during tour hours. Advance tickets: $19; $17 Society Members
At the door, ALL tickets: $23Tickets go on sale mid-November at the following locations: Elaine’s at the Black Whale, New York Shoe Repair, The Surrey Shoppe, Periwinkles, Baker Books, Davoll’s General Store, The Ultimate Touch, The Woodhouse Shop, Roseland Nursery and the Marion General Store.
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Saturday, December 5 – Sunday, December 6 – South Boston Christmas House Tour
Catholic Charities Laboure Center will hold a South Boston Christmas House Tour of five homes decorated for the holidays beginning Saturday, December 5, from 4 – 6 pm, and continuing Sunday, December 6, from noon – 4 pm. The Saturday Twilight Tour will conclude with a reception immediately after at The Terrace Room of UMASS Boston Campus Center. The cost for this benefit evening is $75. The Daytime Tour on Sunday will be self guided, or you may take an available trolley, and will cost $25 per ticket if purchased in advance, or $30 for a ticket purchased on the day of the tour. Parking is available at Castle Island, and you may start the tour at Castle Island or at the Laboure Center, 275 West Broadway. You may also visit The Shoppe at Laboure for a bit of Christmas shopping. For more information, contact Judy Swanson at jswanson@ccab.org, or by telephone at 617-464-8503. Tickets may be ordered on line at www.ccab.org.
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Friday, December 4 – Sunday, December 6 – Christmas in Salem
The 2009 Legacy Tour, sponsored by Historic Salem, Inc., steps back in history, featuring 18th and 19th century homes in the Salem Common Neighborhood. A Candlelight Tour will begin Friday, December 4, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. On Saturday, December 5, the tour will be open from 10:00 am – 4:30 pm, and on Sunday, December 6, from 11:30 am – 4:30 pm. There is a Snow Date: Saturday, December 12, from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm.
It’s Historic Salem’s 65th anniversary, and Christmas in Salem’s 30th holiday house tour. What better way to mark these milestones than with a Christmas house tour that includes historically significant sites on or near this year’s route, which is centered around the Salem Common neighborhood.
Christmas in Salem will indeed be bigger and better than ever, starting with this website to let you know all about tour features in advance. And there’s lots to share, including information about other holiday events taking place in Salem. Christmas in Salem is more than a house tour…it’s an entire month of fabulous holiday fun. For questions and more information, call 978-745-0799, or email info@HistoricSalem.org. Photo below of Salem Common courtesy of Trip Mason Photography.
Twelve 18th and 19th century homes all decorated for the holidays, all within easy walking distance
Historic “legacy†sites you’ll pass…and several you can visitPLUS
Free Trolley Service • Restaurant and Shopping Discounts • Special Museum Offers • Concerts • Lectures • Theatre and Movie Tie-ins • Wine Tasting • Holiday Decorating Boutique
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Saturday, November 21, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Homes For The Holidays
Fabulous homes in the Annisquam and Rowley Shore area of Gloucester will be open to the public on Saturday, November 21, for a self guided tour from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Some of these beautiful homes will be professionally decorated for the holidays. “Homes for the Holidays†is a program of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Businesswomen’s Division.
The Home Tour is being planned by the Businesswomen to support the Carolyn O’Connor Scholarship. Named for the first Chairperson of this active Chamber group, the scholarship benefits a woman who is changing careers or returning to the workforce after an absence and is in need of further education. The Businesswomen have given out four $1,000 scholarships since it was created in 2006. The group is hoping to raise enough funds to either increase the scholarship amount or the number of scholarships for 2010.
Tickets are $25.00 in advance and $30.00 on the day of the tour. Actual tickets and a map showing the location of the homes can be picked up on the day of the tour at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, 33 Commercial Street, Gloucester between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Contact the Chamber office at (978) 283-1601 to order your advance tickets.
