Press Release
November 6, 2024
Contact: Sue Teska
Hunter’s Home, Oklahoma Historical Society
Office: 918-456-2751
huntershome@history.ok.gov
www.okhistory.org/huntershome
Experience an 1850s Christmas at Hunter’s Home
PARK HILL, Okla. — Visit Hunter’s Home, the only remaining pre-Civil War plantation home in Oklahoma, for a genuine 1850s Christmas experience from Tuesday, November 19, through Friday, December 13, and again on Sunday, December 15.
During these dates, the historic home will be decorated in the style of an 1850s Christmas. At that time, Christmas was a more modest occasion. Christmas trees may have been just generous branches, small in size, and set up on a tabletop or the corner table of a room. The art of homemade decorations might have included making paper or straw decorations or stringing popcorn, cranberries, dried fruit rings and beads with a needle and thread. Handwritten missives took the place of Christmas cards, and gifts, if given, were hand-sewn and hand-made.
Hunter’s Home will have its Christmas open house on Sunday, December 15, from noon-8 p.m. Food will be available during the day, and candles around the home will be lit after dark. The house will still be decorated in the style of an 1850s Christmas with music playing throughout the day. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be ready for photos.
For more information, call 918-456-2751. Hunter’s Home is located at 19479 E. Murrell Home Rd. in Park Hill. Visit okhistory.org/huntershome to view admission prices.
Hunter’s Home is a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. Founded in 1893 by members of the Territorial Press Association, the OHS maintains museums, historic sites and affiliates across the state. Through its research archives, exhibits, educational programs and publications the OHS chronicles the rich history of Oklahoma. For more information about the OHS, please visit www.okhistory.org.
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Editor’s Note: Photos of Hunter’s Home are available upon request.
