Hallockville Museum Farm invites visitors to experience old-fashioned North Fork holiday traditions during Historic Christmas at Hallockville on Sunday, December 4 from 12:00 to 3:30 p.m. Holiday displays in three historic residences on the 28-acre preserved farm will be staffed by costumed docents welcoming guests and sharing stories of past holiday celebrations. Historic Christmas at Hallockville is free and open to the public as the Museum Farm’s holiday gift to the community.
The Hallock Homestead, a mid-eighteenth-century structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places, will be decorated for a Victorian Christmas. Visitors may tour the residence while enjoying the aromas of holiday treats baked in an antique wood stove as they learn how Christmas came to the North Fork primarily as a secular celebration.
At the Cichanowicz Farmhouse guests will enjoy a Christmas Eve celebration as it would have been experienced by Polish immigrants to the North Fork in the 1930s when the house was built. In Polish culture, Christmas Eve is a major holiday, highlighted by a special dinner, gift-giving, and other traditions.
The Hudson-Sydlowski House will feature a display of dollhouses from the museum’s collection decked out for the holidays. The exhibit will also include two Victorian dollhouses, a Christmas dollhouse, a miniature farmstand, and several room vitrines.
