Unexpected Guests for the Holidays: Christmas Candlelight Tours
The time is the evening of Monday, December 23, 1878, at Rancho Los Cerritos. Owner Jotham Bixby and his wife have just returned from a business trip to San Francisco to check on wool shipments and to bring back their eldest son, who has been at boarding school in Oakland. Many relatives and friends are here helping prepare for Christmas, which the extended Bixby family will celebrate at Rancho Los Cerritos this year. Suddenly the Rancho’s evening activities are interrupted by unexpected visitors – YOU! Your stagecoach en route to Los Angeles has arrived at the Ranch, having been lost in the fog on the road from Santa Ana. After a brief rest for the horses, your coach will continue to Los Angeles. From there you can board the train for San Francisco tomorrow morning. While the horses rest, the Bixby family will most assuredly welcome you and provide for your comfort.
Step back in time to December 23, 1878 and celebrate a Victorian Christmas at Rancho Los Cerritos! Tour the decorated adobe home with a costumed living history docent, and meet the Bixby family, friends and workers on this active sheep ranch as they share holiday traditions and discuss daily life in the Los Angeles area through theatrical vignettes. You’ll hear how the Mexican, Basque, Irish and Chinese workers will spend the holidays, learn about advances in transportation and technology, and share in the children’s joy as they wrap gifts and prepare to decorate the tree. Your magical evening will conclude with light refreshments and live music in the gardens – and perhaps some shopping in the Museum Store where you’ll find decorative ornaments, gourmet jellies, children’s toys and unique handmade Christmas crafts.
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