Fri 11/24-Sun 11/26
Fri 12/1-Sun 12/3
Thu 12/7-Sat 12/23
Tue 12/26-Sat 12/30
Akron’s Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens was built more than a century ago as an estate for wealthy co-founder of Goodyear Tire and Rubber, F.A. Seiberling. In 1957, it was donated to a nonprofit foundation to become a museum open to the public.
And each year, its Deck the Hall holiday event gives visitors a taste of how the wealthy celebrated Christmas 100 years ago, with some modern flourishes. The first thing visitors will see is the huge, decorated, lighted tree in the Carriage House Courtyard with Santa greeting them nearby. Also nearby are the two animated shop windows of the Gingerbread Bakeshop and 1920s Akron at Christmas leading the way to Molly’s Shop, where you can actually buy holiday gifts. Get refreshments including hot gingerbread, giant pretzels, wine, beer and cocoa at Molly’s Courtyard Café.
Then go inside the Manor House to see 20 rooms decked out in holiday finery, each with a different theme, and 26 decorated trees. In addition, the Great Garden will feature lights choreographed to holiday songs, and the Corbin Conservatory will also be decked out in lights, with a large poinsettia tree. There visitors will also be able to buy poinsettias in many colors.
For more information and tickets go to stanhywet.org.
Akron, OH 44313