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Free San Ramon Event: 'Victorian Christmas' At Forest Home Farms This Weekend

Live caroling, ornament-making and more are in store for guests of this old-fashioned holiday celebration.

Visit Forest Home Farms at 19953 San Ramon Valley Blvd.
Visit Forest Home Farms at 19953 San Ramon Valley Blvd. (Google Maps)

SAN RAMON, CA — Looking for some good, old-fashioned family fun? Step back in time at the "Victorian Christmas" celebration this weekend at Forest Home Farms, the city of San Ramon said.

The free event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the venue at 19953 San Ramon Valley Blvd.

There will be ornament-making, holiday entertainment, live caroling and refreshments. The Victorian Italianate Glass House will be decorated.

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Santa Claus himself will be coming down from the North Pole to make an appearance.

Come back the following weekend on Dec. 18 to make and take home Victorian-era-inspired Christmas cards.

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Forest Home Farms is a historic park bequeathed to the city of San Ramon in 1997 by Ruth Quayle Boone, who died at age 94 the next year. The 16-acre property was her family's farm and includes the Boone House, a 22-room Dutch colonial home built in 1900, according to the city.

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