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Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in Harrodsburg, Ky.
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KY’s oldest
city has frontier festivities, Shaker’s simple gifts, holiday home tour,
more
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Harrodsburg,
KY – October 2014 / Newsmaker Alert / Let your heart be light in Harrodsburg,
Kentucky’s oldest city, where yuletide fun recalls the happy golden days
of yore. Founded in 1774, Harrodsburg is home to Shaker Village of Pleasant
Hill, America’s largest restored Shaker community, which takes delight
in life’s simple gifts.
It
is also home to Old Fort Harrod State Park, a full-scale replica fort commemorating
the first permanent settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the
setting for frontier-style holiday fun. See Harrodsburg’s holiday calendar
here.
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Celebrate
the simplicity of the season
Holiday
activities and events at Shaker
Village of Pleasant Hill include Illuminated Evenings on Fridays and
Saturdays, Nov. 28-Dec. 20. Enjoy lively music, Village merriment and candlelight
illuminating the Village. The Village itself will be adorned with fresh
swags, wreaths and garlands and a massive Norway spruce tree.
Savor
Shaker fare during five-course Holiday Luncheons, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays
to Wednesdays and 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, Dec.
1-31: Pleasant Hill tomato celery soup, scones, a tart of the day, assorted
tea sandwiches and desserts fresh from the bakery. On Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays, Dec. 4-27, sip orange spiced tea served with freshly baked
scones and assorted homemade sweets and savories from 2:30-4 p.m. during
Shaker Village’s Holiday Afternoon Teas.
Dress
your little ones in their holiday best for Children’s Tea Time with Mrs.
Claus. They’ll enjoy spiced cider, sandwiches made for little fingers and
cookies. These teas are held at 3-4:15 p.m. on Saturdays, Dec. 6, 13 and
20. And put on your shopping shoes for The Shops Open House & Sale
on Saturday, Dec. 6. The Village shops have been filled to the brim with
new merchandise brought in to celebrate the holiday season. Best news:
Shoppers will receive 20 percent off all regular-priced items.
Homes
for the holidays
On
Sat., Dec. 6, Harrodsburg’s Holiday Homes Tours will show off six houses
and a church, including the Old Mud Meeting House, trimmed with everything
from decorations recalling Kentucky’s pioneer past to over-the-top Victorian
embellishments to contemporary motifs. Downtown shops will be open and
the Christmas Tea Room will serve soup, salads and home-style desserts
and spiced tea.
Festive
frontier
On
Nov. 14 and 15, the Friends
of Fort Harrod host the Early Kentucky Craftsmen Fair at the James
Harrod Conference Center in Old Fort Harrod State Park – Christmas for
re-enactors who will be able to find historical clothing, weaving, beadwork,
leather goods, knives, powder guns and accoutrements from highly acclaimed
18th century craftsmen and craftswomen. A Silent Auction will also take
place.
On
Friday, Nov. 21, 6-8 p.m., the sutlers (merchants) make way for Santa for
the Fort’s
free Holiday Open House. Tour the fort by candle lanterns to see all the
cabins dressed in their holiday finery and enjoy live music and free cider
and cookies. Visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus in the blockhouse. You’ll
find Santa sitting by the fireplace and ready to greet all the children.
Christmas
theatre and concerts
Join
the audience at the Ragged
Edge Community Theater for a performance of “Nuncrackers – The Nunsense
Christmas Musical,” on December 5-7 and 12-14. A lethal cook, the Little
Sisters of the Hobokon, a camcorder-packing Reverend Mother and 52 convent
dwellers accidentally killed . . . You know what the good sisters are going
to do: Put on a show.
Then,
on Dec. 19, 20 and 21, everyone’s favorite holiday story takes to the stage
when the Ragged Edge Community Theater presents “A Christmas Carol.”
Enjoy
the Larry Sanders & Borderline Country Christmas Concert at 2 p.m.
on Sunday, Dec. 7, at the James Harrod Conference Center in Old Fort Harrod
State Park. The Burgin Barn offers live music every Friday and will host
a special Country Christmas Show on Dec. 19. The Kentucky Fudge Company
has live music on Saturdays and features the Pickers N Grinners at 9:30
a.m. and guest musicians at 8 p.m.
Visit
www.HarrodsburgKY.com
and click on the Calendar
of Events to see all of Harrodsburg’s holiday happenings this season
and to learn about accommodations, including The Inn at Shaker Village
of Pleasant Hill, gracious Beaumont Inn and Bright Leaf Golf Resort.
Media
Contact:
Karen
Hackett, Executive Director
Harrodsburg-Mercer
County Tourist Commission
800-355-9192
or 859-734-2364
Photo:
Find your yuletide fun in Harrodsburg, KY.
Credit:
Harrodsburg-Mercer County Tourist Commission
Hi-
and Low-Res Photos Available.
About
Harrodsburg, KY
Sitting
amidst four National Register Historic Districts in the heart of Kentucky’s
famed Bluegrass region, Kentucky’s oldest city is one of the coolest places
in history. Harrodsburg is
full of the unexpected: Eight bourbon distilleries and a dozen wineries
are a short drive away. There are horseback riding trails, backroads and
byways for bicycle enthusiasts, and outdoor water sports from kayaking
to skiing. Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, America’s largest restored
Shaker community, and Beaumont Inn, the state’s oldest family-operated
country inn, are here. Commemorating the first permanent settlement west
of the Allegheny Mountains is Old Fort Harrod State Park with full-scale
replica fort. Providing an up-close view of one of the most unique ecosystems
in the country, the geologically ancient Kentucky River Palisades, is the
authentic 115-passenger Dixie Belle sternwheeler. Harrodsburg is
one of Smithsonian Magazine’s “20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2014”
– the only Kentucky city on the list – and one of BBC NEWS Magazine’s
“Five hidden US Travel Destinations.” Authentic, affordable, family-friendly
– and full of the unexpected. This is Harrodsburg. www.HarrodsburgUnexpected.com,
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