The 2023 Festival was very successful. 2024 should be even better.
Join us for an old-fashioned Christmas celebration all around the Bethlehem Green on the first Friday and Saturday in December. The next event will be on December 6 and 7, 2024. It will feature music performances, a tree lighting, photos with Santa, a hayride, a book and cookie sale, crafts and gifts galore (indoors and out), food and refreshments, Santa's workshop, scavenger hunt, bell choir concerts, a 5K "Santa Made Me Do It" road race, and fun for the whole family.
All Around Christmas Town
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Christmas Cachets
A visit to the Bethlehem Post Office to send holiday mail has become an annual tradition for many families. You can select one of the 85 “Christmas Cachet” designs to hand-stamp your holiday greetings before mailing them off to friends and family. Where: 34 East Street Hours: Fri. Dec 6 from 8 am to 8 pm; Sat. Dec. 7 from 8:30 am to 3 pm The Bethlehem Post Office has introduced a new cachet each year since 1938. There are now over 80 festive designs to decorate your holiday mail, all created by local residents, artists and children. |
Where: Bethlehem Post office, 34 East Street
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Regina Laudis Abbey
The Abbey’s 18th-century Neapolitan Crèche was given to the Abbey by artist and philanthropist Loretta Hines Howard, who also donated a similar Crèche to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Hand-carved figures of wood, terra cotta, jute and porcelain, vividly portray the Holy Family, angels, the Three Kings, merchants and peddlers, children, a lamplighter, a woman on her donkey transporting vegetables, peasants and farm animals. |
Where: 249 Flanders Road
Hours: Check website for latest information.
More information at http://abbeyofreginalaudis.org/
A second Crèche at the Abbey, The Lauren Ford Crèche, is located in a small farm shed near the Lower Abbey Chapel. This Crèche, created by revered Connecticut artist Lauren Ford, is a charming rustic Nativity scene with figures of Jesus, Mary and Joseph dressed in New England clothes. The Abbey also opens to visitors its Monastic Art Shop, featuring all products of the monastics' work on the land and in animal husbandry: crafts, beauty products, cheeses, jams and jellies, herbal teas, flavored vinegars, herbs, and honey.
Hours: Check website for latest information.
More information at http://abbeyofreginalaudis.org/
A second Crèche at the Abbey, The Lauren Ford Crèche, is located in a small farm shed near the Lower Abbey Chapel. This Crèche, created by revered Connecticut artist Lauren Ford, is a charming rustic Nativity scene with figures of Jesus, Mary and Joseph dressed in New England clothes. The Abbey also opens to visitors its Monastic Art Shop, featuring all products of the monastics' work on the land and in animal husbandry: crafts, beauty products, cheeses, jams and jellies, herbal teas, flavored vinegars, herbs, and honey.
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Bellamy-Ferriday House
Bethlehem’s beautiful eighteenth century Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden is located at the north end of the town green. Guides are on hand to give tours and inspire you to the way the one time owners of this historic home inspired past residents. |
Where: 9 Main Street North
Hours and Admission: : Call or check website for latest information
Call (203)266-7596 to book a tour
More information at www.ctlandmarks.org/bellamy-ferriday
Hours and Admission: : Call or check website for latest information
Call (203)266-7596 to book a tour
More information at www.ctlandmarks.org/bellamy-ferriday
