'Historic Holidays At Hallockville' Set To Delight Sunday

RIVERHEAD, NY — An event Sunday will celebrate old-fashioned holiday traditions on the East End.

Presented by the Hallockville Museum Farm, "Historic Holidays at Hallockville" take place Sunday, December 7, from noon to 3 p.m. at the farm's location at 6038 Sound Avenue in Riverhead.

The event is free, a "thank you" to the public.

Costumed docents will lead tours of the historic Hallock Homestead, which will be decorated for a Victorian Christmas, and explain why Christmas celebrations were banned by early East End settlers and eventually came to the North Fork primarily as a secular celebration.

Ella’s famous molasses cookies will be backing in the woodfire stove, organizers said.

Meanwhile, in the Cichanowicz Farmhouse, docents will recreate a Polish Christmas Eve celebration from the 1930s. The Hudson-Sydlowski House will welcome visitors for holiday shopping at the Museum Store featuring exclusively handcrafted items. Then step over to the Farming Family exhibit (based on Richard Wines’s book, A Farm Family on Long Island North Fork) and create family friendly art projects.

The Trubisz House will feature a charming toy exhibit. Outside, there will be a demonstration and sampling of , strolling carolers, children’s activities, a puppet workshop by Goat on the Boat and refreshments.

Sponsored in-part by Suffolk County.