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Delphi hosting annual holiday event Dec. 10 & 11, 2016

Last Updated on December 9, 2016 by cassnetwork

“What’s more inviting than an Old Fashioned Christmas in Delphi with nineteenth century crafts to peruse and you conversing with costumed docents all the while knowing you will soon enjoy one of the Canal’s famous hot baked Apple Dumplings” says Cecilia Henning, coordinator of the events at Canal Park.  “For all within our multi-county region, you’re invited to this festive once a year event—and it’s free.  It starts Saturday, December 10 and it runs from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, then Sunday from noon to 4:00 pm.  Canal Park is located a dozen blocks north of the Court House traffic light on Washington Street in Delphi.”

A special flare for Christmas in the 1850s is afforded to all that attend.  Visit the festive Case House with all its 1850s ambiance. Santa will greet individual children on Saturday from 1-3  p.m. in the Lobby of the Conference Center.  Fill your list with joyous things to buy as gifts.  Hum to the Christmas music in the air.  Take a moment and enjoy your hot apple treat with a dollop of ice cream, or other food offerings while enjoying an accompanying hot cider drink.

“Experiencing the outdoors will enlist your bundled up bodies for whatever weather conditions prevail that weekend.  The event is held indoors and outdoors and visits to Pioneer Village bring visitors to the crafters and artisans inside individual buildings.

“It’s a real Christmas treat” according to Henning.  “Feel the warmth of the potbelly stove or fireplace and enjoy the good smells in these buildings where at one time years ago many Carroll County families lived and raised their children.”

Take a walk on one of the trails beside the Canal.  Enjoy a narrated hike at 2 p.m. both days led by Dan McCain, President of the Association. Visit the Red Bridge Settlement where the Canal era industrial developments were once located and learn how they made plaster, mortar and whitewash from bedrock limestone.  Dan’s own ancestors had their commercial business producing these important lime products in mammoth kilns on this site.

As this year’s event captures the vision of past generations and children peer into the quaint cabins and see how life may have been back then we all enjoy our season that brings us the ‘Spirit of Christmas.’  Join us for this special event in Canal Park.  Call 765-564-2870 for further information.

SOURCE: News release from

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