Holly Walk Tickets On Sale Now In Morristown

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Tickets for the Morris County Tourism Bureau's annual holiday Holly Walk are now on sale. During the walk participants can visit six local historic sites decorated for the winter holidays.

The walk takes place over two days, Dec. 2 and 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. One ticket gets to access to all six sites over both days, including:

• The Morris County Historical Society at Acorn Hall
• The Ford Mansion at Morristown National Historical Park
• Macculloch Hall Historical Museum
• The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
• The Schuyler-Hamilton House
• The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms

The Tourism Bureau shared descriptions of each site:

Acorn Hall will be decorated in Victorian fashion. Dr. Britton D. Evans, long-serving director of Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital (1890-1920), will be on hand to discuss his philosophy that all patients should receive a Christmas gift. Visitors can tour the current exhibit “The Cutting Edge: Medicine in Morris County, 1876-1976.” Acorn Hall will only be open on Sunday 11am-4pm.

At the Ford Mansion at Morristown National Historical Park in Morristown, visitors will see the conference room ‘decorated” as though General George Washington and his staff have just finished a sumptuous holiday meal and have gone to make merry in town. Outside the Ford Mansion soldiers in period costume will stand guard. On Saturday, enjoy period entertainment (games and storytelling). On Sunday, there will be festive live music. The site is open both days.

Macculloch Hall will fully deck its halls with a tree in every room. Visitors can make an ornament on Saturday (11am-3pm) for the Drawing Room tree in memory of famous presidents celebrating Christmas at the White House. Tour the current exhibit of Thomas Nast’s famous holiday drawings including many images of Santa Claus. The site is open both days.

At the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, this historic building will be decorated for the holidays and offer musical entertainment throughout the day. Tour their exhibit “Spark: The Explosive and Dirty History of Light” and learn how early NJ residents lit their holiday homes with lights, lamps and early electric devices. Winter artifacts from the collection will also be on view. The site is open both days.

At the Schuyler-Hamilton House, there will be an exhibit of historic quilts gathered from four historic houses owned and managed by the Daughters of the American Revolution throughout New Jersey. Dating from 1821 to 1976, quilts are coming from The Isaac Watson House, Buccleuch Mansion, the Van Bunschooten Homestead, and Schuyler-Hamilton’s own collection. The site is open both days.

At the Stickley Museum, tour the 1911 Log House festooned in period Arts-and- Crafts style. The museum is suspending guided tours for the day so that visitors may stroll through the former Stickley family home at their own pace. Enjoy jazzy holiday tunes courtesy of the Aubrey Anne Trio. Stickley will only be open on Saturday.

Tickets are $30, and can be purchased online here. The Tourism Bureau is also selling a special ornament this year, commemorating Alexander Hamilton-Elizabeth Schuyler and their "match made in Morristown." You can reserve your ornament for $10 online here, but must pick it up in person at 6 Court Street in Morristown.

Image via Morris County Tourism Bureau