1st Annual Christmas Gathering at D.D. Collins House

1st Annual Christmas Gathering at D. D. Collins House
Saturday, December 3rd
11:00 am - 3:00pm

Location: Corner of Combs & West Main St. 
Collinsville, IL 62234

Please join us as Take a step back in time to discover and learn about holiday traditions that were born in an era that carry through to our modern day customs.  

The D.D. Collins House will be simply and modestly decorated in the tradition of the late 1840s and early 1850s era Christmas and filled with the fragrances of the season.

To celebrate the First Annual Gathering: 

• Members of the Collinsville Garden Club will be  demonstrating how wreaths and apple cones were custom made and used to decorate homes during the period;
• Enjoy watching on-going demonstrations concerning hand-work, like tatting, an important craft that turned a house into a home;