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Christmas Themes Enliven House Tours

TTie Christmas season is a special time of year in Cape May, a National Landmark Victorian village, and for the first time visitors this year will have the opportunity to enjoy open house tours of four different “cottages” each decorated in a special seasonal theme TTye cottages, all Victorian bed and-breakfast inns, will welcome guests to enjoy their Christmas decorations and traditions in December. The Brass Bed, Captain Mey’s Inn, Hie Queen Victoria, and The Victorian Rose will be open from 7 to 9 p m, on Wednesday, Dec. 7,14 and 21, Tuesday, Dec. 27, and Thursday, Dec. 29, and on Saturday Dec. 11 and 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. Admission tickets will be available at each inn during open house tour hours at )6 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under, for all four inns. Groups interested in making special arrangements for tours of the decorated inns, may call 609-884-8702 for more information. Visitors to the “cottages” will be treated not only to a visual delight of decorating ideas but also to a small remembrance—perhaps a candy cane, or a miniature fruitcake—at each inn. THE BRASS BED, at 719 Columbia Ave., will feature a children’s Christmas, with toys and games surrounding the traditional family Christmas tree, as well as a train and a dollhouse belonging to the children of the house, Michael and Mary Kate Dunwoody. Innkeeper: John and Donna Dunwoody will tell visitors to their home about the history of Sbnta Claus as part of their open house. ^ A Dutch Christmas will be the theme at Captain Mey’s Inn, 202 Ocean St. Owner Carin Fedderman is Dutch, so decorations at the inn will feature her collection Delft pottery as well as the story of the Dutch heritage of Christmas. Dutch settlers brough the custom of celebrating Saint Nicholas’ feast day and his habit of bringing gifts with them to the New World, including Cape May, which was named by Dutch explorer Capt. Cornelius Mey Victorian Christmas trees and decorations will be featured at The Queen Victoria, 102 Ocean St., where innkeepers Dane and Joan Wells will show off trees decorated to reflect the styles of 184P, 1860 and 1890. It was Queen Victoria’s German-born husband, Prince Albert, nostalgic for his boyhood Christmases, who put up a Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1841 and began a tradition followed by the English and Americans throughout Queen Victoria’s reign and beyond. Therefore it Li appropriate that The Queen Victoria Inn emphasize the Victorian customs and styles of Christmas in their decorations for visitors to enjoy. Flowers, and especially roses, will be the

decorative motif at The Victorian Rose, 715 Columbia Ave., where innkeepers Linda and Bob Mullock will use evergreens and fresh, silk, and dried flowers to decorate their home for the holidays. Flowers had

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