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Follow on Google News | New Event Joins Six-Week ‘Christmas Round Bardstown’ CelebrationMy Old KY Home ‘Christmas with the Rowans’ makes 26 events for 2015 season
By: Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist/Conv. Commission No place like home for the holidays This year, My Old Kentucky Home will present “Christmas with the Rowans,” a special candlelight tour featuring a live interpretation of the family that once lived in Federal Hill mansion. Taking place 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Dec. 4 and 5, the tours introduce guests to the Rowans and their life here during the Christmas season. Bardstown will hold its annual Christmas Tour of Homes 2-9 p.m. on Dec. 12. Tour privately owned decorated homes (both old and new) as well as Federal Hill where guests will tour by candlelight. Candlelight tours with elegantly dressed guides will also be offered at My Old Kentucky Home on Nov. 27 and 28 and Dec. 11-12. A Christmas Tea will be held at another Bardstown home when historical figure Mrs. Julia Beckham hosts a Victorian Tea at Wickland, Home of Three Governors at 12 p.m. Dec. 12 and 4 p.m. Dec. 13. May your days be merry and bright PNC Bank’s Light Up Bardstown takes place 6-8 p.m. Nov. 27 at the Welcome Center Plaza. On the same evening, Barton 1792 Distillery presents Making Spirits Bright by Lantern Light, 7-9 p.m. And on Dec. 5 and 12, Maker’s Mark Distillery offers Candlelight Tours through a charming 1850s Victorian village. Don’t miss the annual Bardstown-Nelson County Christmas Parade, a spectacular celebration that takes place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3. Even before the parade takes place, Santa Claus will be making visits to Court Square, Saturdays beginning Nov. 28 through Dec. 19. Several open houses will add to the merriment: My Old Kentucky Home State Park Gift Shop Open House, Nov. 20-21; The Gallery on the Square Open House, Nov. 27; Holiday Open House, Downtown, Dec. 11. Dashing through the snow All aboard for the Kentucky Railway Museum’s (KRM) North Pole Express, Friday-Sunday, Dec. 4-20, and on Monday, Dec. 21, featuring cookies and hot chocolate. KRM will also have a Santa Express every Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 5-20, and on Monday, Dec. 21. My Old Kentucky Dinner Train hosts its popular North Pole Express, Saturdays, Dec. 5, 12 and 19, and Sundays, Dec. 6, 13 and 20. Children can make crafts and watch a movie in the depot before boarding the train, where Santa Claus will join everyone. Ring in the new year aboard a two-hour New Year’s Eve excursion on Dec. 31. (Reservations required.) Shopping round Bardstown Bring your holiday gift list for one-of-a-kind Christmas shopping, Bardstown-style. With more than two dozen independently- Where sugarplums dance There is enough holiday activity in Bardstown to fill a weekend getaway. Book one of Bardstown’s 17 bed and breakfast inns, including the Jailer’s Inn, which hosts a Dec. 3 holiday Open House; Beautiful Dreamer, which overlooks My Old Kentucky Home; and Bourbon Manor, a 10-room inn with bourbon-inspired full country gourmet breakfasts and a Bourbon Bar, called The Bunghole, serving tapas and dessert. See all the holiday events planned during “Christmas Round Bardstown” here (http://www.visitbardstown.com/ MEDIA CONTACT: Dawn Przystal (mailto:dawn@ Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist & Convention Commission (http://www.visitbardstown.com/) HI- and LOW-RES photos available. ABOUT BARDSTOWN (http://www.visitbardstown.com/) End
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