A Heritage Christmas

A chalkboard at the old schoolhouse, Heritage Park, Calgary

Today we spent the morning (and some of the afternoon) at a lovely historical village in Calgary, called Heritage Park.  Heritage Park is designed to showcase  life in the late 1800's and early 1900's in western Canada. I just love it there!

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During the Christmas season, the park is decked out for Christmas and features a wonderful weekend breakfast, which we attended at 9:30 a.m. in the historic Wainright Hotel.  

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Below is the Wainright's dining room, where we stuffed ourselves on eggs and bacon, French toast and pancakes, and lots of hot coffee: 

The Wainright Hotel, taken while we waited for a hay ride:

Our hayride providers, two gorgeous Percherons, arriving on the scene:  

After our frosty hayride, we visited some reindeer.  This is me petting a very soft reindeer:

Below is a shot of the historic town.  A huge and utterly amazing model train set-up was displayed inside the Snooker shop:

The old school house, a few days before Christmas (1885):

The Thorpe family house, decked out for the holidays:

I love old-fashioned Christmas decorations:

Some staff members, dressed in period costume:

The bedroom of another house, where my mother-in-law and I were very fond of the giant headboard:

I also admired the homestyle Christmas decorations (and embroidered drapes):

Not to mention the o-so-humble Christmas tree:

Hope your pre-Christmas weekend was lovely too!

~ Merry Christmas ~