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ISLAND TREES PLAINEDGE
BETHPAGE PUBLIC IXrlARY
SEAFORD
VOL. 16 NO. 37 The Week of December 24, 1981 - December 30, 1981 20 cents per copy
Christmas Yesterday
Visitors will be able to hark back to the traditional
holiday togetherness and warmth characteristic
of early 19th Century Long Island,
such as this glimpse of the Old Bethpage Singers
gathered for hymn-singing at the Village's
Manetto Hill Church.
Candlelight
Evenings at
Old Bethpage
Village
Restoration
Flickering shadows cast by candleglow will
provide visitors with a glimpse of the past when
homes at Old Bethpage Village Restoration feature
Candlelight Evenings to welcome holiday
wayfarers on the week between Christmas and
New Years, December 26, 27, 28 and 29.
Nassau County Recreation and Parks Commissioner
Abram C. Williams said that for these
four days, the village will open from 2 to 9 P.M.
so visitors may join in re-creating the happy social
gatherings which characterized the holiday
season on Long Island in the first half of the 19th
Century.
Throughout the daylight hours, it will be business
as usual in the Village. As dusk descends
about 5 P.M., the shoemaker will lay aside his
last and the blacksmith will put out the fire in his
forge as they hurry to join other village folk in an
evening of music and merriment.
Sleigh or carriage bells will jingle and lanterns
will light the way to the 1857 Manetto Hill Church
where the Old Bethpage Singers will perform by
candlelight. The first concert begins at 7 P.M.
Jeff and Jeff will perform traditional music in
the Noon Inn ballroom, where everyone is invited
to join them in song throughout the evening.
The 1865 Layton House will be a scene of Victorian
festivity. A small decorated tree (floor ;o
ceiling trees come into fashion somewhat later)
will adorn the parlour table and music, from the
time when family sing-a-longs were much in
vogue, will be played on the organ.
At the village crossroads, a hog-guessing such
as took place in Rockaway and Freeport at
Christmas 1833, will be re-enacted with a prize to
the person who comes closest to guessing the
correct weight of the porker. Hot chocolate and
cider will be dispensed from kettles hanging over
an open fire and should help the participants'
sociability, if not their accuracy.
These annual happy evenings are especially
popular with visitors who wish to witness both
the workaday and leisure world of the. Nineteenth
Century Long Islander during the same
trip to the Restoration.
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| Title | Bethpage-Tribune_1981-12-24 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Island Trees, Plainedge and Seaford. |
| Creator | Florence Cullem |
| Publisher | Florence Cullem |
| Contributors | Scanned and Prepared by Hudson Microimaging, Port Ewen, New York 12466. |
| Date | 2010 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Bethpage Public Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | The Newspaper is in the public Domain and Digital Rights Held by Bethpage Public Library. |
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