2 - 4 p.m.

The story behind Twas the Night Before Christmas. Listen to readings of the story in the historic Mack House at 2:10, 2:50, and 3:30 p.m.

Join us as we explore the traditions, revelry, and observations of what Christmas season meant to the early residents of Macktown and Illinois in the first half of the 19th century. 

$5 suggested donation. Children 6 and under get in free.

Macktown was Winnebago County's first settlement in the 1830s and the location of Native American campsites for thousands of years before that.

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