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Anderson Marsh State Historic Park to host Old-Fashioned Christmas Open House Dec. 13
LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association will hold its annual Old-Fashioned Christmas Open House on Saturday, Dec. 13.
The Christmas open house will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the historic ranch house at Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, which is located on Highway 53 between Lower Lake and the city of Clearlake.
There is no charge for this event.
There will be Christmas music; a fire in the dining room fireplace; cookies, hot coffee and cider in the dining room; and Santa will wait in the parlor for youngsters to tell him their Christmas wishes.
Christmas songs will be performed by local entertainers with the public invited to join in.
The Christmas tree, decorated earlier in the week by local elementary school students, will be on display in the parlor of the historic ranch house.
Christmas as we celebrate it today was just being invented in Victorian times, during the 1880s and early 1900s.
The annual Anderson Marsh Christmas Open House includes familiar things that were new at the time – Santa Claus, a decorated tree in the house and Christmas carolers, with most Christmas carols that we know today first coming into popularity during Victorian times.
Christmas at the Ranch was started more than 25 years ago by the original members of the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association and has been a favorite holiday tradition for many years.
Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association Board members and volunteers will be available to answer questions about the ranch house and how Christmas was celebrated in Victorian days.
This is a great opportunity to visit the historic ranch house and enjoy the warm and festive atmosphere of a Victorian Christmas.
For more information about the Anderson Marsh Interpretive Association or this event, telephone 707-995-2658, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit www.andersonmarsh.org .
You may also follow them on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/AMIA.org .