LITTLE FALLS - The ninth annual Christmas at the Mansions holiday event is coming and will run daily from Nov. 27 through Dec. 6 at Linden Hill in Little Falls.
Both of the mansions - the Weyerhaeuser and Musser - were built in 1898 and will be decorated and open for self-guided tours.
This year's theme is "Deck the Halls." Between the two mansions there will be 50 decorated rooms with volunteers in many of the rooms to help tell the story of the two lumber magnate families who once lived in these mansions, the Weyerhaeuser and Musser families. Of these two homes, the Weyerhaeuser mansion is open in the summer for guided tours and the Musser mansion is typically used as a conference/event center and lodging thus closed to tours, so it is a rare opportunity to view both mansions in the wintertime.
Cookies and hot cider will be available for guests as well as live music in the Musser mansion. Christmas at the Mansions tours will run from 1-7 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays from Nov. 27 through Dec. 6 and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the two Sundays during that time period.
Adult tickets are $12, students aged 12-17 are $5 and children 11 and under are free. Families and groups of all sizes and ages are welcome.
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Along with Linden Hill, there are two other attractions in Little Falls that are also decking their halls with the Christmas spirit and will be open during the same time period of Nov. 27 through Dec. 6.
The Burton-Rosenmeier house, which is the site of the Little Falls Convention and Visitors' Bureau also is decorated with Christmas trees, wreaths and nutcrackers. The home is a free, self-guided tour of the historical mini-mansion and will be open from 1-7 p.m.
The Minnesota Fishing Museum and Hall of Fame boasts more than 100 decorated Christmas trees and wreaths with fun-themed trees such as their Fishing tree and Fourth of July tree. Many of the trees will be for sale at their silent auction on the last day, Dec. 6. The Fishing Museum is open from noon to 6 p.m. every day and admission is free.
For more information call Linden Hill at 320-616-5580; the visitor's bureau at 320-616-4959 or the Fishing Museum at 320-616-2011.
