A Dutch Christmas at Meadow Croft

Bayport Heritage Association invites all area residents to its event Dec. 3-4 at the Meadow Croft estate, located at 299 Middle Road at Brown’s River on the Bayport-Sayville border.

Meadow Croft is the 1891 estate of John E. Roosevelt and family. The Roosevelts were, of course, Dutch by ancestry. The house will be decorated in a Victorian/Edwardian motif with beautiful wreaths, poinsettias and greenery magnificently reminiscent of a hundred years ago and tied in with a Dutch flavor.

Here are some of the decorators and donors that have contributed to this weekend event: Audrey’s Bakery, , , Bayport Homemakers, Bayport-Blue Point Neighbors and Gardeners, , , local Girl Scout troops, Lea Rose Interior Designs, , Rambling Rose, , Sayville Flower and Garden Shoppe, Sayville Flowers, and the Sayville Garden Club.

Musical selections will be played on the original Roosevelt grand piano filling the house with the music of the season. Upstairs, special exhibits, including electric trains, dolls, vintage clothing, wood carvings, Christmas specialties, and the “Evolution of Lighting in America” exhibit, will be on display for public enjoyment. Hot chocolate and cookies will add to the coziness of the occasion.

St. Nicholas, the Dutch version of Santa Claus, will be there to look up individual children’s names in his ledger and he’ll find out who’s been ‘naughty and nice’ in 2011.

This Dutch Christmas at Meadow Croft is open from noon-4 p.m. both days.  Admission is only $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and children age 4-12.  Not suitable for children under 4 years of age.

All the decorations will be raffled off.

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