Vermont Winter Vacation Guide 2008 - (Page 18) 1 Enjoy an oldtime Christmas at Plymouth Notch with the Coolidge Christmas Open House, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Plymouth Notch on December 15, 2007. The Coolidge Birthplace and several other historic buildings will be decorated for the season in keeping with tradition, featuring period music, craft demonstrations, wagon or sleigh rides, a special postal cancellation, and more. www.historicvermont.org/coolidge, 802672-3773. 2 The Mountain Kids Club at Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe offers independent fun for kids visiting with their families, including traditional snow sport options, indoor activities like board games and movies, and a chance to scale the 35-foot climbing wall at the spa. www.trappfamily.com, 802-253-8511. 3 Kids of all ages love snow tubing! Bouncing down the trails and fields on a round tube can bring out the child in everyone. Most major ski areas offer the opportunity, as well as some lodging properties. www.skivermont. com, 802-223-2439; www.vtchamber. com, 802-223-3443. 4 Stop in to the Vermont Teddy Bear Company in Shelburne for an informative tour revealing the magic of hand crafting teddy bears, and watch teddy bears come to life before your eyes. Browse for gifts in the Bear Shop and create your own Make a Friend For Life teddy. Tours are $2.00/adult, children under 12 are free. www.VermontTeddyBear.com, 802-985-3001. 5 Explore the science of how things move by land, sea, and air at a new traveling exhibition, From Here to There, open February 5 - May 25, 2008, at the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. Ride a hovercraft, launch a rocket to explore propulsion, and sail your boat as you experiment with the effect of wind, rudder and sail positions. Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. www.mont shire.org, 802-649-2200. 6 Fun and delicious: come to the Cabot Creamery Visitors Center in Cabot to see where the “Best Cheddar in the World” begins! Watch the video, take the tour, nibble Cabot cheddar and sample Vermont specialty foods in the gift shop. Tours are $2.00/adult, children under 12 are free. www.cabotcheese.com, 800-837-4261. 7 Bring back a family holiday tradition and go a-wassailing in Woodstock on December 7-9, 2007. The entire historic village participates in 18 Vermont Winter Vacation Guide 2008 events throughout the Woodstock Wassail Weekend, culminating with a parade of horses and their riders in 19th century garb and costume. www.woodstockvt.com, 888-496-6378. 8 Vermont snow makes great snowmen. Step outside and start the ball rolling on Frosty’s midsection! Twigs, berries, sprigs of spruce, and other natural features look great on your new friend. 9 In 1925, Wilson A. Bentley, “The Snowflake Man,” wrote, “every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated.” The Old Red Mill in Jericho is the home of the Snowflake Bentley Exhibit, featuring The Snowflake Man’s first photographs of single snowflakes. The Mill also houses a milling museum, art gallery, and craft shop. Admission: Free. Open Wednesday and Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., January through March. www. snowflakebentley.com, 802-899-3225. 10 The 2008 Vermont Maple Open House Weekend is March 28 - 30. This is the seventh year that Vermont sugarmakers throughout the state open their sugarhouses to the public. Meet Vermont’s rural sugarmakers (you might run into several generations!), learn about their heritage, tour the sugarhouse, watch maple syrup being made, and sample maple products. www.vermontmaple.org. 11 Celebrate winter with the Stowe Winter Carnival, January 24-27! In its 34th year, the Carnival offers events for family and athletes alike. From ice carving demonstrations and competitions, to ski races and snowgolf, there is an event for everyone. The festival culminates with the enchantment of the Village Night Main Street Block Party, with its parade of sixty storybook characters and fireworks. www. stowewintercarnival.com, 802-253-7321. 12 Go back in time and experience a picture-perfect sleigh ride. At Adams Farm in Wilmington, five Belgian draft horses and two Percheron draft horses pull the sleighs through the 100-acre hillside working landscape. Through maple and pine groves, across an open meadow to take in the views, then to a log cabin in the woods to warm up by the wood fires, sip a steaming cup of hot chocolate and sing to the tunes of a player piano. www.adamsfamily farm.com, 802-464-3762. 13 Continue Jericho’s snowflake theme and tradition of no two being alike with a visit to Snowflake Chocolates, featuring premium chocolates and fudge handcrafted from family recipes by three generations of confectioners, created with Vermont butter, sweet cream, and maple syrup. www.snowflakechocolate.com, 802-899-3373. www.vtchamber.com http://www.Vtchamber.com
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