Dickinson County Historical Society’s ‘Old Fashioned Christmas’ to deliver Music, Custom, and Vacation Enjoyable to Abilene

By: Ryan Duey

Photo Courtesy of Historical Society

The Dickinson County Historical Society will host its annual ‘Old Fashioned Christmas’ celebration on the Heritage Center in Abilene on Friday, December 5^th, from 6:00 to eight:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 6^th, from 4:00 to eight:00 p.m. Visitors can take pleasure in stay music, carousel rides on the historic C.W. Parker Carousel, kids’s actions, and way more.

Historical Society Director Austin Anders stated that one thing new this yr is holding the occasion on Friday and Saturday.

“We are changing up our dates this year. We’re actually going to do Friday and Saturday. We’ve done Sundays the last four years, but we’re going to try Friday.”

“We also have a mixture of new musicians who are coming into play. The Jammers will be in on Friday night. On Saturday, we have Cauy Hayes, who is new to us. We’re excited to have him come out and play. He’s a local.”

Visitors can even tour the brand new Farm Toy Museum, with practically 2,000 classic farm toys on show. Other actions included a Bazaar, a 4-H tree adorning contest, a lighted Christmas Village, and, in fact, Santa shall be in attendance.

Anders stated this annual custom is a approach to deliver the vacations again to easier instances.

“It gives us an opportunity to share with the community a little history, the way Christmas used to be.”

“It means a lot to people to have that throwback to maybe a better time when they were younger.”

Entry for patrons is 5 {dollars}, with the cash going to assist the Heritage Center with future actions; kids 5 and underneath are free.

More info on this yr’s ‘Old Fashioned Christmas’ could be discovered on the Historical Society’s Facebook web page.