Colonial Christmas
at the Vanderveer House

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New Jersey's Premiere Colonial Christmas spectacular.

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Colonial Christmas at the Historic Jacobus Vanderveer House
Friday, November 30 – Sunday, December 2, 2007

	Colonial Christmas is a holiday fund raising event at the Vanderveer House. Celebrated interior and floral designers decorate the house in trimmings of the times for a festive and beautiful look into Christmas’ past. Rooms throughout the Vanderveer House will be decorated with period Christmas furnishings and greens.Shopping Boutiques, Colonial Musicians, Christmas Caroling, all add up to an exciting holiday visit. Free Refreshments will be served.

English boxwood swags, trees decorated with lush fruits and natural elements, and holiday décor by New Jersey’s most celebrated florists and interior designers mark the historic Jacobus Vanderveer House’s Colonial Christmas show house and tour Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and 2.

This is the fifth year for Colonial Christmas, and we will have a lot more space as we open our new Visitor Center/ Kitchen Wing. The hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. all three days. A cocktail party for patrons will take place on Friday evening, Nov. 30, and JVH event organizers are planning to have music and several fancy boutiques to make Christmas shopping easy.

Proceeds from the Christmas Tour will help fund the interactive exhibits and furnishings for the museum, which plans to open sometime in 2008. For the tour, the rich Dutch colonial interior of the house will be decorated in Christmas trimmings of the times, with natural greens, berries, pinecones, and fruits predominating. Mantelpieces will be brimming with garlands wrapped with glass beads and silk ribbonry. Antique furniture from local antique shops will dress the rooms.

Eight Interior Decorators to Design & Showcase Various Rooms

Coordinating the designers will be board member Susan L. Miniman of SLM Design & Interiors in Lebanon Township. 

Jim Cline of Jim Cline Interiors in Bridgewater and President of the Friends of Jacobus Vanderveer House will decorate the new Kitchen Wing and Visitors Center in celebration of our opening .

First floor designers: Sandra McDonald of Sandra John Interiors, Inc. in Basking Ridge, will decorate the downstairs entry hall; John D. Colligan of Pereaux in Morristown, will decorate the parlor; Katja van der Loo of Papyrus Home Design Inc. in Boonton, will decorate the 1813 room; Sagri Frieber of Accents by Design in Bedminster, will decorate the main gallery room, and Nancy Mikulich of NLM Design Interiors in Bernardsville will design the first floor General Henry Knox office.

Upstairs, Robin Conners of Favourite Finds in Martinsville will do the bed chamber, and Susan L Miniman of SLM Design & Interiors will showcase the rare tea set that belonged to the family of General Henry Knox in the adjoining room.

Holiday Boutique

Several well known floral vendors will participate selling holiday themed designer floral arrangements for home and table. Boutiques will sell items for holiday entertaining, gifts, toys, chocolates, jewelry, women’s fashion accessories, handbags, and wrapping paper.

Santa will be there for Kids and Parents

There will be music of the period on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. and caroling by a school choir on Sunday. Santa will greet children and their parents both days. In keeping with the early history of the house, Santa will be dressed for a traditional Dutch Christmas.

Tax Deductible Contribution: Entry $10
Children under 12 are free.

Ornament Fundraiser

To raise money for museum exhibits, The Friends of JVH will sell a specially designed European-made Christmas ornament that depicts the red, white, and blue life size horse figure that has stood outside the house for several years. The horse is named “General Knox” in honor of the Revolutionary War general who occupied the house.

If you'd like to give a gift of this wonderful limited edition ornament"General Knox", just give us a call or drop us an email and we'll do our best to put aside whatever you'd like. The limited edition ornament of "General Knox" the horse is $30. Click Here.

Colonial Christmas is a holiday fund raising event at the Vanderveer House. Celebrated interior and floral designers decorate the house in trimmings of the times for a festive and beautiful look into Christmas’ past. Rooms throughout the Vanderveer House will be decorated with period Christmas furnishings and greens.Shopping Boutiques, Colonial Musicians, Christmas Caroling, all add up to an exciting holiday visit. Free Refreshments will be served.

Heading Colonial Christmas for the third year in a row is board member Jeanne Galbraith. She will be assisted by a group of local residents who volunteer to help JVH fundraising. If you would like to work on Colonial Christmas and be part of the organizing committee, please call the house at (908) 212-7000, ext. 611

Special Cocktail Reception
Friday, November 30, 2007 at 7:00 pm - 9:00pm

Formal dedication of the Vanderveer "Kitchen Wing" and Visitor Center.
Patron tickets for the cocktail party are $95 and $150 for benefactors.

If you would like an invitation, please contact (908) 212-7000, ext.  611.

Santa Visits the Vanderveer House
Saturday and Sunday December 1 & 2
from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Tax Deductible Contribution: Entry $10
Children under 12 are free.

For additional information and details, please visit their website at www.jvanderveerhouse.com.

Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House
PO Box 723
Bedminster, NJ 07921

Tel: 908-212-7000 ext. 61

 

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