CHRISTMAS EXHIBIT: A Jane Austen Christmas at 250

Commemorate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austin’s birth while visiting the Historic Odessa Foundation’s National Historic Register Wilson-Warner House this holiday season to tour A Jane Austen Christmas at 250 exhibit.  Austen’s beloved novels with the iconic titles of Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Northanger Abbey & Persuasion are recognized world-wide.  Austen provides brief accounts of Christmas customs and traditions celebrated in Georgian England in each of her novels which provide inspiration for each room vignette.

The holiday season became a festive time of the year to divert one’s attention from the cold and dark months of winter with parlor games, evening balls, family parties, with decorations of mistletoe and holly and ivy.  In Austen’s time, the holiday season stretched from December 21 through January 6 which included festive celebrations of the Winter Solstice, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve, and Twelfth Night.  Plan a visit during the holiday season to create your own traditions with family and friends while experiencing festive vignettes in an historic house thrown open at Christmas with remarkable hospitality.