Old-Fashioned Christmas in December

 Norskedalen's Old Fashioned Christmas 2010
Saturday and Sunday, December 4 & 5 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Bring friends and family to enjoy a memorable start to your celebration of the Christmas Holidays with the timeless sounds, smells and traditions of old.

  • Slow down and enjoy horse-drawn wagon rides around the quaintly decorated grounds, cabins and Bekkum Homestead
  • Hum along with area musicians as they share Christmas carols and other musical entertainment throughout the day
  • Make and take Christmas crafts and activities for the whole family including a scavanger hunt, cake walk and special ornaments. Get your Christmas tree here !
  • Watch as local artisans demonstrate (and offer for sale) traditional crafts
  • Buy delicious home-made baked goods including lefse, rosettes, cookies, pies and breads at our bake sale.
  • Follow your nose to our delicious a-la-carte lunch with everything from Norwegian stew to rommegrot (cream pudding) to tables filled with holiday baked goods.
  • Talk with our special visitor from the North Pole and take your photo with Santa in our old fashioned sleigh or with Rudolph, a live reindeer.
  • Take care of some Christmas shopping with gifts that you won't find anywhere else, in our gift shop including special Norskedalen merchandise.
  • If we are lucky enough to have snow, you can enjoy a variety of winter activities like a snowshoe hike!

There's more!  You can either mail your Christmas cards on Saturday morning and get the specially designed Norskedalen postal cancellation station stamp, or you can take that special family photograph at one of our specially decorated old-time holiday scenes.