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Event & Conference Details
Family Christmas Activities at MHHM
December 7, 2014 |
On Sunday December 7th the whole family can begin the holiday season with a visit to Macculloch Hall Historical Museum (MHHM). From 1 – 4:30pm children who visit the Museum can transform the ordinary into the extraordinary and create their own Christmas stockings reusing and repurposing craft materials for a one of a kind, environmentally friendly stocking to take home. They can also write a letter to Santa, the tradition of which came from Thomas Nast’s imagination. Nast placed Santa’s home and workshop in the North Pole, and he developed the idea of sending letters to Santa through the U.S. Postal Service. The Museum’s 2014 Thomas Nast ornament, a beautiful burgundy red, is entitled “Christmas Post” and depicts a child posting a letter on a snow-filled street. Children can visit the museum to write and post their letter in a replica of the mailbox during touring hours in December. The
engraving was originally published in Harper’s Weekly on January 4th 1879. This ornament, and frameable print, will be on sale in the gift shop along with other unique gifts, stocking stuffers and Thomas Nast items, including ornaments from past years, in the museum's holiday shop.
Families can enjoy guided tours of the seasonally decorated period rooms throughout the afternoon beginning at 1:15pm with the last tour at 3:45pm. The Museum’s period rooms will be decorated for the holidays in traditional style by the Garden Club of Morristown with fresh holly and boxwood, greenery and other live
decorations. In the drawing room visitors will find a special Christmas tree decorated with historically inspired ornaments. 2014 marks the 24th year Morristown’s Assumption School fourth grade students have handcrafted these ornaments and this year’s theme includes small felt stockings inspired by the Museum’s Christmas exhibit.
“Another Stocking To Fill: Antique Christmas Toys and Decorations” will premiere on
Sunday the 7th of December with curator led gallery tours of the exhibit throughout the afternoon. The exhibit features toys and ornaments from a century ago. This is the seventh year this special exhibit have been created through generous object loans from Joe and Sharon Happle of “Sign of the Tymes Antiques” Lafayette NJ, and objects from local collector Barbara Silverstein’s collection.
Visitors can enjoy illustrator Thomas Nast’s original Santa and Christmas images
throughout the Museum’s galleries and period rooms. The Museum has the largest collection of Nast originals in the nation. While Thomas Nast was primarily a political cartoonist, he was perhaps proudest of his now-iconic image of Santa.
Portrayed as a jolly old elf riding high above the rooftops in his reindeer-drawn sleigh and filling each Christmas stocking “hung by the chimney with care,” Santa Claus was inspired by the famous poem “A Visit from Saint Nicholas”, or “Twas The Night Before Christmas”, written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1822.
At 4:30pm enjoy a family friendly concert when the “Harmonium Outreach Chorus” will perform Christmas and global music for all ages including some audience sing alongs. From familiar carols to wassails and rounds, African and Yiddish songs, there
will be something for everyone! Tickets for the performance are $8 adults, $4 kids (6 –12 yrs.). For visitors who purchased an afternoon museum ticket, members or students, concert tickets are a special price of $5.
The Museum is open for guided tours of the decorated period rooms and visits to
exhibits beginning December 10th through December 21st on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday afternoons, 1pm – 4pm, the last tour leaves at 3pm. The Museum will have the Drawing Room Christmas tree, Thomas Nast images and Christmas exhibit on display during touring hours beginning Sunday January 4th through January 29th.
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum preserves the history of the Macculloch-Miller families, the Morris area community, and the legacy of its founder W. Parsons Todd through its historic site, collections, exhibits, and educational and cultural
programs. Admission -Adults $8; Seniors & Students $6; Children 6 – 12 $4. Members and children under 5 are free. Call (973) 538-2404 ext. 10, visit maccullochhall.org or find us on Facebook. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Ave., Morristown, NJ 07960. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State. Macculloch Hall Historical Museum is a nonprofit educational affiliate of the W. Parsons Todd Foundation.
Image attached: MHHM Christmas stocking craft 2014_Courtesy of Stan Freeny
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Macculloch Hall Historical Museum |
45 Macculloch Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960 |
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www.maccullochhall.org |
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Karen Hollywood |
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khollywood@maccullochhall.org |
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973-538-2404 ext. 15 |
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