Holidays at the Houses

Name: Holidays at the Houses
Start: 2024-12-14T10:30:00-06:00
Location: 410 McIndoe St, Wausau, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54403

Schedule

Sat, 14 Dec, 2024 at 10:30 am

UTC-06:00

Location

410 McIndoe St, Wausau, WI, United States, Wisconsin 54403 | Wausau, WI

The Marathon County Historical Society is proud to present the annual Holidays at the Houses event on Saturday, December 14th from 10:30 am-4:30 pm. The Woodson History Center and Yawkey House Museum will be decorated for the holidays and visitors will experience the season with live entertainment, children’s activities, and the always popular Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks’ Sweet Landmarks Gingerbread Contest.
This year’s theme will be “A Century of Holiday Tradition”. Centered around the recently discovered book entitled “Growing to be a Christmas Tree,” authored by Alice Yawkey for her grandchildren in 1927. The tree will be recreated, as described in the book in the Yawkey House and a limited reprint of the book will be available for purchase in the gift shop, which ties in perfectly to the new 1920s exhibits. In addition, there will be a display of the Woodson China, a cookie decorating station, baked goods sale, caroling, vintage toy displays, coloring contest, and of course, Santa will be available for visits and photos.

Admission to the Woodson History Center is always free. Guided tours of the Yawkey House Museum will highlight the Yawkey family’s holiday traditions as well as the history and architectural details of the exquisite house itself. The last tour leaves the Woodson History Center at 3:30 pm. Tickets for the tour are $5 and can be purchased at the Woodson History Center.
Holidays at the Houses is made possible by our sponsors, Cornerstone Caregiving of Wausau, Festival Foods and TDS, along with grant funding from the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin.

For more information, please visit Marathon County Historical Society website www.marathoncountyhistory.org or call 715-842-5750.