On Sunday, December 8 head to the Durand-Hedden House with your family from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. for a fun, old-fashioned prelude to the holidays. There will be vintage decorations to see and a captivating display of inventive entries to the 2013 Durand-Hedden Gingerbread House Competition to explore. (Interested in being a contestant? Enter by December 5. See www.durandhedden.org for details and entry form). Don’t forget to bring your camera to catch a photo of your children with our real live “Victorian Santa.”
Out in
the carriage house the Country Store will open up its coffers for a “super
discounted sale” of historic- themed treasures:
early American children’s games and toys, facsimile documents, quill
pens and ink, historic cook books, cookie molds, tin lanterns, hand blown blue
birds, reproductive decorative items and ceramics, and more. The hard- to-find
original Doors of Maplewood poster
and Smile, the history of Olympic
Park, will also be available. No need to go to the mall! Find inexpensive, unique gifts for family,
friends, teachers while benefiting the Durand-Hedden House.
The
Durand-Hedden House is dedicated to telling the story of the development of
Maplewood and the surrounding area in new and engaging ways. It is located in Grasmere Park at 523
Ridgewood Road in Maplewood. For more
information or to arrange group tours call 973-763-7712.
