The Catoctin Furnace Historical Society, Inc. is hosting a Traditional Village Christmas at the ca. 1810 Collier’s Log house located at 12607 Catoctin Furnace Road in Catoctin Furnace. On Saturday, December 1, from 10 am to 4 pm the public is invited to visit the log house and a ca. 1774 stone house across the street which will be decorated with Christmas greens and filled with traditional crafts and foods. Fresh holiday wreaths will be decorated to your design while you wait. Crafts will include pottery, basketry, plein air painting, wreath making, and weaving. Traditional music and foods will complete the ambiance of a village Christmas more than 200 years ago when the Catoctin Furnace was in blast. Hot apple cider and baked goods made from village recipes handed down over multiple generations will be available for sale as well as handmade crafts such as soaps, baskets, pottery, crocheted and sewn items, pine roping, wreaths, swags and holly. Period furniture and reproductions will also be for sale. Admission is free. Proceeds from the event will be utilized for the replacement of the hand split cedar shake roof on the historic structure, a critical need. For information, please call 410-243-2626 or visit www.catoctinfurnace.org

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