{"id":14606,"date":"2013-12-08T02:41:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T10:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=14606"},"modified":"2013-12-08T02:41:52","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T10:41:52","slug":"victorian-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/victorian-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Christmas Brings Joy and Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/newn.jpg\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By C. MacDonald<\/p>\n<p>The Victorian Christmas Open House in Huntington Beach\u2019s oldest residence would have made William and Mary Newland, and their 10 children, proud.<\/p>\n<p>The HB pioneers and community leaders loved to celebrate the holidays in their 1898 home, which once overlooked more than 500 acres of sugar beets, celery and lima beans.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Huntington Beach Historical Society brought the ornate home to life with the aroma of freshly made tacos, cider and coffee; the sounds of holiday piano music; the singing of popular Christmas carols and the decor of candles and festive lights.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/museums\/huntington-beach-newland-house-christmas.html\"> Read more<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p>This historic home is one of nearly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/museums\/house-museums.html\">100 house museums<\/a> throughout California welcoming guests to special events for the holidays.\u00a0Here are a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/christmas\/house-museums-celebrations.html\">few celebrations<\/a> you might enjoy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ARCADIA \u00a0December 8, 2013 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Queen Anne Cottage&#8217;s An Old-Fashioned Holiday at Los Angeles Arboretum<\/li>\n<li>AUBURN \u00a0Bernhard Museum is all dressed up for Victorian Christmas 2013, open Tuesday through Sunday<\/li>\n<li>CALABASAS December 8, 2013 \u00a0Santa is Coming!<\/li>\n<li>CAMARILLO Camarillo House \u00a0December 11, 2013 Santa visits the Ranch<\/li>\n<li>CAMPBELL Ainsley House \u00a0Open House on Sunday, December 15 and Thursday, December 19th from 5:30-8pm.<\/li>\n<li>CHICO Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park Holiday Open House on Sunday, December 8, 2013; special evening tours on\u00a0December 12- 15<\/li>\n<li>CHICO \u00a0Stansbury Home Victorian White Christmas December 8, 2013, 1-4 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>DUBLIN Sunday School Barn Holiday Tea\u00a0December 8<\/li>\n<li>FREMONT Christmas at Ardenwood\u00a0December 7-8, celebrate the holiday season in Victorian style!<\/li>\n<li>FRESNO Christmas at Kearney Museum Victorian Christmas. Tours held Dec. 8, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 2013. Tours at 1, 2 &amp; 3 p.m. $10 adult admission, $5 car parking.<\/li>\n<li>HAYWARD Santa Claus is Coming to\u00a0Historic McConaghy House December 14, 2013<\/li>\n<li>LAKE FOREST\u00a0Heritage Hill Candlelight Walk Dec. 14 &amp; 15, 2013<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH Victorian Christmas at the Historic Bembridge House \u00a0December 8; \u00a0Holiday tours on Dec. 10, 14, 17, 21 and 28, 2013<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH Rancho Los Alamitos\u00a0Holiday Open House and Tour\u00a0Dec 12 &amp; 13<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH\u00a0Rancho Los Cerritos Old Time Christmas Festival\u00a0Dec. 8, 2013; Dec. 14-15 Christmas in 1878 Tour<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES Historic Victorian house tour at Grier Museum December 8, 1 to 5pm<\/li>\n<li>MARTINEZ \u00a0Martinez Adobe\u00a0Las Posadas celebration \u00a0December 14, 2013<\/li>\n<li>MENDOCINO Ford House Decorated for Christmas mendoparks.org<\/li>\n<li>MOUNTAIN VIEW \u00a0The Rengstorff House\u00a0Holiday Open House\u00a0December 10, 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By C. MacDonald The Victorian Christmas Open House in Huntington Beach\u2019s oldest residence would have made William and Mary Newland, and their 10 children, proud. The HB pioneers and community leaders loved to celebrate the holidays in their 1898 home, which once overlooked more than 500 acres of sugar beets, celery and lima beans. 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