On Thursday we decided to do something new that we hadn't done before. For several years we had seen friends post pictures from An Old Kentucky Christmas, but we had never been to the event before. The weather looked good on Thursday (the warmest day of the four days of the event) and I could make the timing work since I didn't have anything too crazy at work. The event is a free one put on by the local First Church of Christ in Burlington, Kentucky.
Have you ever wished things were simpler? Like the good ole days? An Old Kentucky Christmas will take you back in time to the simplicity of a colonial Kentucky Christmas. The smell of Grandma's cookies, the sound of carols and laughter, the joy of watching children and adults decorating ornaments. And it's not just picture-worthy, we think it's memory-worthy. We hope this experience becomes a tradition for your family, and that's our gift to you."
--from
An Old Kentucky Christmas website
As I've worked at or on projects for the
ChristmasTown event at the Creation Museum for many years it was fun to visit another Christmas event where I wasn't working.
There weren't a plethora of lights or decorations, but enough to make the atmosphere feel festive. The entrance was fairly easy to find.
Everything was free including food, crafts, and activities.
There were a number of photo ops. After we visited this one we discovered that there were fun signs for people to hold up while their photo was being taken. Amy is holding some of our pretzels that were dipped in chocolate and then rolled in colored sprinkes.
Someone offered to snap a picture of all of us at this photo op.
In the schoolhouse building the kids got to try their hand drawing on a slate with chalk. Here a rainbow was being drawn.
We didn't all get to be part of the barnyard photo op.
Inside the animal area were several birds.
The girls were fascinated by the huge rabbit.
They also enjoyed looking at the larger animals.
I enjoyed looking at the lathes in the woodworking building.
As this guy was working he admitted that the electric powered equipment was much more fun, ;-).
The line for this building was long, but worth it. We got a string on a closepin for each kid and dunked it successively in buckets of wax and water to make candles.
There was also a place to color ornaments.
The ornaments were simple circles of pine with a string and 2018 An Old Kentucky Christmas label attached.
Many of the buildings had informational signs about Kentucky history.
Inside the church building
The girls loved meeting the bear character.
We didn't get to the photo booth in enough time. It was past 7:15 when we got there and the lines were still long.
They weren't all sure about the bear though.
We also enjoyed some live music.
The kids even got some bells to shake during the music.
The rest of the pictures from our evening can be found
in this album.
~Matt
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