Friends of JVH Holiday Fundraiser

Come Join us at the Colonial Christmas at the Historic Jacobus Vanderveer House
Friday, December 5 – Sunday, December 7, 2008
10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Displayed are photographs from last years Colonial Christmas event held at the Jacobus Vanderveer House.

Colonial Christmas comes to the Historic 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, and christmas caroling, all add up to an exciting holiday visit. Refreshments will be served. Special Exhibit: Silver Vanderveer Tankard from the Newark Museum The tankard is a short term loan from the Newark Museum and a special exhibit during our Colonial Christmas. Tankard in the Rococo style. Made by Abraham Dubois, Philadelphia, or Somerset, New Jersey. Silver, 1770-1780 Owned by Louis and Mary Van Derveer family of Somerset Bequest of A. May Van Derveer 1961 61.502 It is marked Dubois in rectangle, engraved with the initials L M VDV for Louis and Mary Van Der Veer, neighbors of Dubois before he went to Philadelphia in 1777. 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.

Interior Decorators to Design & Showcase Various Rooms

Coordinating the designers will be board member Susan L. Miniman of SLM Design & Interiors in Lebanon Township. Also displaying and representing will be Christine Ayan Design, Danielle Ann Millican, Inc, Greenbaum, Jardiniere, Honathan G. Hress Design, Laura Clare Design, NLM Design Interiors, Papyrus Home Design, and Pereaux.

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. This is the sixth year for Colonial Christmas, and we will have a lot more space as we now have the new Visitor Center/ Kitchen Wing. The hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. all three days. Event organizers are planning to have music and several fancy boutiques to make Christmas shopping easy.

Holiday Decorating Lecture , Friday, December 5, 11:30am

Come hear Laura Clare, from Laura Clare Design and help donate to the Friends of Jacobus Vanderveer House (Lecture & Admission Donation / $25.00)

 

Proceeds from the Colonial Christmas program will help fund the interactive exhibits and furnishings for the museum, which plans to open sometime in 2009. 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.

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

Santa Visits the Vanderveer House
Saturday and Sunday December 6 &7
from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

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.

Heading Colonial Christmas for the third year in a row is board member Susan Miniman. 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.

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