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Article: Have a Victorian Christmas at Clarke House Museum
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
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- December 8, 2000
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The Clarke House Museum in Chicago will host tours to give people an idea how Christmas was celebrated in Victorian times.(PHOTO) (Photo Provided)
If you think it might be fun to turn back the clock on Christmas, here's your chance.
Chicago's oldest house, the Clarke House Museum in the Prairie Avenue Historic District, will be decorated for Christmas in the style of the 1850s, when Victorian holiday customs were evolving and decorating for Christmas was becoming popular in the United States.
Special Christmas tours of Clarke House Museum and nearby Glessner House Museum are being offered this month -- complete with ...