26th Annual Colonial Christmas Concerts December 19, 2009

26th Annual Colonial Christmas Concerts
Saturday, December 19 at 7 & 8:30 pm
Sunday, December 20 at 6 & 7:30 pm

Tickets are now available for the Bergen County Historical Society’s Colonial Christmas Concerts at the Steuben House, Historic New Bridge Landing, 1201 Main Street, River Edge, NJ. Reservations by mail order or Paypal are available.
This holiday season we return to the Steuben House for our Colonial Christmas Concerts, featuring Linda Russell & Companie, which will be held on Saturday, December 19th at 7 and 8:30 PM and Sunday, December 20th at 6 and 7:30 PM. Limited to 40 guests per show. $25 per person (BCHS member $20). Tickets may be purchased at the door, only if available, so reservations are advised. The Tavern and Gift Shop in the Campbell-Christie House will be open from from 7:30 to 9:30 PM on Saturday evening, so please leave time to visit after the first show or before the second show. On Sunday, the Tavern and Gift Shop will be open from 6:30 to 9:30 PM.

For tickets, send SASE and 1st and 2nd choice of show to BCHS Holiday Events, PO Box 55, River Edge, NJ 07661. For info, call 201-343-9492. For Paypal ticket purchases, visit: http://www.bergencountyhistory.org No refunds or exchanges. Availability limited. Suggest wearing walking shoes.

Historic New Bridge Landing, located where River Edge, Hackensack, Teaneck and New Milford come together, features three historic sandstone houses and an out kitchen on a Revolutionary War battleground overlooking the Hackensack River. Holiday decorations based upon ancient sources, including Jan Steen's 1664 painting, The Visit of St. Nicholas, which depicts a favorite domestic theme of the American holiday, so familiar to modern eyes: Sinter Klaas has come down the chimney, bringing treats to good children. The decorations include an ancient Kissing Bough, supposedly of Druidic origin, celebrating the solstice and the birth of the new solar year. Here people may meet under the mistletoe for the blessing of harmony. The origins of other holiday customs are explained, as for example, how in an age before cheap glassware, a piece of toasted bread was dipped into the wassail bowl by one and all to make a festive "toast."