December

Sat. Dec. 6

St. Nicholas Day Celebration. 11 am - 3pm.    Free

Crailo State Historic Site, 91/2 Riverside Av. Rennselaer NY


Sat. and Sun. Dec. 13, 14

Colonial Christmas Concerts at Historic New Bridge Landing

Sat: shows at 5pm and 6:45pm

Sun: shows at 3pm and 4:45pm.    River Edge, NJ

www.bergencountyhistory.org/events

 

Tuesday, Dec. 16

Sing We All Merrily: A Colonial Christmas

The whole merry band presents tunes and stories celebrating an early America Christmas!  Cellos, fiddles, harp, dulcimer, bagpipes!  An Upper West Side tradition for 45 years!!

7pm

Admission: $25, Students & Seniors $20

St. Michaels Church Hall  225 W. 99th st, NYC 10025

    

Thursday, Dec 18. 

Fireside Winter Solstice Readings

The 5th annual Zoom presentation!    7:30pm

Light your candles and gather round as Linda reads poems and stories for the Winter Solstice.  This year will feature 19th Century writer Hamlin Garland and 20th century novelist Betty Smith with winter stories from the snowy prairies of Iowa to the icy streets of Brooklyn.  We will also hear first person narratives of the Christmas Truce of World War I.

Register: https://www.bergencountyhistory.org/event-details/fireside-winter-solstice-readings-by-linda-russell