December 2nd, 2011

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 Canadian Brass: November 29 at Leiffler Chapel at Elizabethtown College. The fabulous fivesome in the famous white shoes is back in Central PA for the first time in seasons, and just in time for the holidays! Don’t miss the chance to deck the hall – the concert hall, that is – with Canada’s – with North America’s – heck, with planet Earth’s best-loved brass quintet. 717-361-1000 or www.etown.edu

Hairspray: November 30 at the Fulton Theatre. Just in time for the holidays comes Broadway’s big fat musical hit. Jump back to early 1960s Baltimore, where pleasantly plump Tracy Turnblad has big hair, an even bigger heart, and a huge dream to be a dancer on the Corny Collins Show. This musical-comedy blockbuster inspired a film and swept the Tony Awards-and audiences off their feet. Through December 31. 717-397-7425 or www.thefulton.org

A Dickens of a Christmas: December 1 at Mount Hope Estate & Winery. Victorian Mount Hope Mansion and the Dickensian characters will lift your Holiday spirits with joyous caroling, parlor games and intimate theater shows. Celebrate the Yuletide season with timeless classics that still pull on our heartstrings.  Through December 23.  717-665-7021 or www.parenfaire.com

Christmas Candlelight Tours: December 1 at Hans Herr House. Add a dash of old-world charm to your holiday season. Experience holiday customs from some of the earliest ethnic groups who settled in Lancaster County. Learn the origins of beloved Christmas traditions. House tours end with hot cider and caroling around a bonfire. Through December 3.  717-464-4438 or www.hansherr.org

Old Fashioned Christmas: December 2 at Kitchen Kettle Village. Enjoy down-home caroling. Pass brass bands as you dash from one shop to another. We have cookies to treat you. And shopkeepers to greet you. Start off the holidays in Lancaster County – a great place to come home each year. Saturdays through December 17.  800-732-3538 or www.kitchenkettle.com

Countdown to Christmas: December 1 at the Hands-on House. Deck the yard, deck the halls and deck yourself out in a reindeer t-shirt that’s sure to have you prancing with pride in this make-it, take-it holiday workshop. Each child needs to bring a new white t-shirt or sweatshirt. Through December 2.  717-569-5437 or www.handsonhouse.org

Holiday Open House Weekend: December 3 Twin Brook Winery. Tis the season to Spice things up. Mulled Spice Wine, holiday treats and all your other favorite Twin Brook wines will be yours to sample. Complimentary wine tasting this weekend, our treat. We’ll have stocking stuffers too.  717-442-4915 or www.twinbrookwinery.com

16th Annual Christmas at Cornwall House Tour: December 3 at the Cornwall Iron Furnace. Our Christmas at Cornwall House Tour, now in its 16th year, will once again offer you the opportunity to see some historic homes and a lovely newer home. Ticket holders will receive a map and a tour booklet to plan their route for the tour.  717-272-9711 www.cornwallironfurnace.org

Breakfast with Santa: December 3 at Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square. Enjoy breakfast with Santa in Downtown Lancaster featuring the P.T. Waggs Vaudeville Show starring Jerry Brown and his monkey pal, Django. Event includes breakfast, entertainment, gift and visit with Santa.  717-291-4758 or www.lancastercityevents.com

Christkindlmarkt Holiday Market and Festival: December 3 at The Hershey Story. In celebration of its Pennsylvania German collection, The Hershey Story, The Museum on Chocolate Avenue will host the annual Christkindlmarkt Holiday Market and Festival. Twenty-one exhibitors will be featured at the festival.  717-534-3439 or www.hersheystory.org

Home for the Holidays: December 3 at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Take a nostalgic glimpse at holiday rail travel and meet costumed engineers, conductors, ticket agents and passengers representing the past century. Enjoy seasonal music and festive decorations among our world-class collection of trains. Send a telegram to the North Pole and, who knows, Santa may come to town! Through December 4.  717-687-8628 or www.rrmuseumpa.org

The Christmas Cabaret Show: December 4 at The Ware Center at Millersville University Lancaster. The Christmas Cabaret Show” features some of Lancaster’s best cabaret professionals singing your favorite holiday tunes. Like the rest of the “Glorious” cabarets, this one is sure to wow audiences and leave you in a wonderful holiday mood.  717-871-7308 or www.millersville.edu

Dickens of a Christmas
Opens Thursday, December 1
Midweek and Weekend Shows Available!

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You are hereby, cordially invited to the Fezziwig’s Annual Christmas Party! Sing along with the Fezziwig children in “A Holiday Romance,” as they try desperately to stay awake and catch a glimpse of Father Christmas, share Holiday games and traditions with the jovial Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig in “A Christmas Dinner”, and rejoice in the spirit of the season in Charles Dicken’s telling of his immortal classic, “A Christmas Carol”. Bring the whole family and create new traditions out of old at Mount Hope’s A Dickens of a Christmas.
Midweek Dinner & Show

Join us in the Swashbuckler Pub on select Wednesday & Thursday evenings for Dinner & Show Performances! Enjoy a delicious dinner buffet in the Swashbuckler Pub before your performance of Dickens of a Christmas! Fill up on all you can eat entrees, including Roasted Chicken and Maryland Style Crabcakes, plus fresh soup and salad, desserts and more!
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Weekend Lunch & Show

Add some Holiday cheer to your weekend with Lunch & Show performances! Saturday or Sunday, enjoy a fixe prix lunch in the Swashbuckler Pub, featuring

toasted sandwiches, fresh salads and soups made from scratch, before the Dickens performance.

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New Year’s Eve Victorian Gala

December 31, 2011

 

Ring out the old and bring in the new with Mount Hope at the Annual New Year’s Eve Gala! The elaborately decorated rooms of Mount Hope Mansion provide a festive and elegant backdrop for this New Year’s Eve Gala, an event that truly brings to life the romance of the Victorian Era. Enjoy Roast Beef Tenderloin with Demi Glace, Pan Seared Rasher Wrapped Scallops, Beef Carpaccio and more, amidst the traditional Victorian music and dance of the Victorian Dance Ensemble and the Civil War Comrades!
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TRAIN PARTY
Sunday, December 4
1:00 – 3:00
family with trains

Join us for the train party here at the AACA Museum with WROZ Radio. WROZ personality Michael C. Anthony will be on hand to welcome guests. WROZ will also have their prize wheel on hand for fun gifts!
The Cast of A Rockin’ Music Box Christmas will sing carols in the Museum lobby as guests arrive @ 1PM. courtesy of Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company.
We’re featuring several holdiay train displays throughout the Museum: Hershey Trolley in the 1920’s, Polar Express, Roads to Rails and Chugging to name just a few.
Snacks will be provided for all vistors from 1-3 PM while they visit with our special guests Sir Topham Hat and Santa!
Train Photo
At 2 PM – Michael C. Anthony from WROZ Radio will be read the holiday classic book “The Polar Express” in the Cammack Gallery.
So, plan a visit with the family this weekend so see our new holiday display — Kids from 1-92!

 

 

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Meet Sammy the Snowplow
Sammy the Snow Plow
Sammy can’t wait to greet our visitors as the arrive! He’s a 1967 four wheel-drive Walter Snowplow who is 29 1/2 feet long and weighs in at over 21 tons! Don’t forget your camera! You’ll want to get your holiday photo with Sammy!
Grinch Scavanger Hunt
The Museum received a mysterious package from Universal Studios Florida. We were attacked by Santa Grinches! We are enlisting the help of kids entering the Museum to count the Grinches. Can you help find them all? The kids are given a Grinch Finder form available at the ticket counter. ALL ENTRIES will count no matter if they only spotted one Grinch.
Food & Toy Drive
FOOD & TOY DRIVE

Share your holiday spirt with those less fortunate by bringing a non-perishable food item or unwrapped toy for our Food & Toy Drive. We’re filling up the pick-up truck in the Museum’s lobby for those who are in need this holiday season.

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The Dog House Garage Retail Store is right here at the Museum with gifts to tackle even the most daunting of holiday gift lists for kids from 1-92!
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