A Victorian Christmas

Hello friends.

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

Looks like we finally got some snow overnight.

Its been a weird Winter start for us,

with very little snow and lots of rain.

In fact so much that our ground is getting

really mushy to walk on.

December 2nd was my 65th birthday.

At that time I decided to book tickets

 for the annual Victorian Christmas dinner

 at the museum in the town my mom lives in.

 

It was an evening event.

This was the centerpiece at our table.

There were 4 tables of 10,

however ours had 12, so a total of 42 folks came

to the event this year.

The mansion was once owned by Dr. Loop originally,

who was the towns doctor in the late 1800's.

Back then the town was called Bark Shanty,

but now it is the still the small community

of Port Sanilac, Michigan.

The home was styled in the Victorian era.

Our table was actually the doctor's office.

All of the pieces in here were original  to the house.

My mom looking at the song book.

Bob next to her.

We sang Christmas carols before and after dinner.

This tree was in the main room.

This was in the parlor.

I loved how they tucked in 

the poinsettias behind the picture.

This wall hat rack was by the front door.

Looking back at the front door.

It was massive and hard to open.

We were not allowed to go up into the second

or third floor, but I did take a pic looking up

the first set of stairs.

There was a tree at the top,

but I forgot to take a pic of that one.

This tree was in the parlor.

A buffet in the dining room.

The tree in the room we were in.

The dining room tree.

Each table setting had a gold charger 

with a green napkin folded like a tree and 

a star with our name on it.

We all had a wonderful time.

Since it was a night event,

I asked Bob to take this picture

of the mansion as we were leaving town

the next morning.

The yellow is actually brick made from 

yellow clay which came from Detroit.

My previous  home had yellow clay for dirt.

The gray barn to the left was the actual barn

to the property.

It now is used for plays in the Summer.

We have gone to many of these over the years.

It is called the Barn Theatre.

In other news,

took the day off today.

Bob has a cardiologist appointment, and I wanted

 to go with him.

After that we are headed back to 

the gift shop to move more inventory.

I need to get organized to bring out the new goodies.

I forgot to answer a few comments from before.

Carla, the crutch we purchased.

I actually have two.

Sometimes I tie a red ribbon at the top for Christmas.

This time I left it plain. 

They remind me of Tiny Tim from the Scrooge movie.

I think Debby gave me the You Tube links

for the young couple that live the early life.

I subscribed to them and love it, so thank you.

If it was not Debbie, then please remind me

 so I can properly thank you.

Victorian Blessings To All!

Janice