Christmas past in the present...A taste of Christmas in years gone by was sampled at Preston Hall Preston Hall is a Victorian mansion house in the grounds of Preston Park, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, England. Preston Hall was built in 1825, and stands in 100 acres (400,000 m²) of parkland. Museum. The clock was turned back at the museum in Eaglescliffe for a Victorian Christmas. A variety of stalls selling a range of Christmas crafts were set up, while Mr Scrooge encouraged visitors to get involved in the festive fes·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival. 2. Merry; joyous: a festive party. atmosphere. Some stalls were manned by youths from the YEA (Youth Environmental Activists). Younger visitors met Mrs Claus to tell her what presents they would like her other half, Father Christmas, to deliver on December 25. Craig Thornton, of Cleveland Independent Theatre Company, also donned a Victorian policeman's costume. All proceeds from the event will go the Butterwick Hospice hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. in Stockton. |
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