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Monday, December 1, 2008 2:44 PM CST
Lincoln Log Cabin to host 19th century Christmas event Friday



LERNA — A Christmas holiday tradition that looks like it came straight off of a greeting card can be experienced during the Christmas Candlelight tours scheduled for Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site near Charleston. The event is free and open to the public.

Visitors are welcome to tour the Lincoln and Sargent Farms by candle-lit paths to see how Christmas may have been observed by 19th century Americans. At the Lincoln cabin, the family will gather around the hearth and share the evening socializing, as was common with many farm families after the busy harvest season, all the while continuing to stay busy spinning wool, knitting and performing other small tasks.

Meanwhile, at the Sargent Farm, members of the family will celebrate the holiday with good food and simple decorations, with an emphasis on Christmas as a family holiday. Christmas as we know it today was not widely celebrated on the Illinois prairie, but the Sargent family represented a growing trend in the 19th century to observe the holiday as a family affair.

This was a break from some earlier traditions where Christmas was a raucous holiday which in many ways rivaled New Years celebrations of today.

Harpist Hannah Drake will perform seasonal music in the Visitor Center during the event.

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, administered by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (www.illinois-history.gov), is an 86-acre pioneer farmstead that was the last home of Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s father and stepmother. It is located eight miles south of Charleston.

Although the site closed Sunday due to state budget cuts, it will be open Friday only for the Christmas Candlelight tours.

For more information, call 345-1845 or visit www.lincolnlogcabin.org.


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