PRESS PHOTOS BY C. RICHARD CHARTRAND The 1803 House, 55 S. Keystone Ave., Emmaus, participated in the Old Fashioned Christmas in Emmaus Dec. 4. Visitors experienced a fire in the open hearth and viewed an apple cobbler baking. ABOVE: This wreath is decorated as it was in the 1800s.

RIGHT: Visitors to the 1803 House in Emmaus see an authentic Christmas tree decorated with Colonial decorations for the holidays. Window sills were decorated by members of the Emmaus Garden Club and Douglas fir-decorated-holiday wreaths throughout the house. There was also ornament crafting for children.

Andrea Grim sells “socked” wine bottles at the Dec. 4 event at the 1803 House. The “Very Merrie Wine Pull” included a donation to the 1803 House for a bottle of wine.