(Chillicothe) -- The Ross County Historical Society invites the public to celebrate the holidays at its Christmas Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday December 11, at the Ross County Heritage Center, 45 West Fifth Street in Chillicothe.
Features will include:
- a beautiful, one-of-a-kind Christmas tree decorated with hundreds of hand-cut paper ornaments by local artist Bonnie Grove
- a charming Victorian Christmas parlor with late 19th & early 20th Century holiday decorations and toys
- other exhibits including “Toys from the Attic,” and “Chillicothe’s Model Railroad.”
- New this year will be a special exhibit on Ross County Samplers & Needlework from the historical society’s textile collections.
Enjoy traditional holiday dulcimer music and browse the Museum Store for special holiday gifts including many books and other hard-to-find publications on local and regional history for those history buffs on your shopping list.
Melody Lapczynski, author of The Carlisle: The History and Renovation and Lynn Carden, author of The Women of Robertson Place will be on had to sign copies of their recently published award-winning books.
Admission is free, and everyone is welcome.