Family Fun and Folklife Demonstrations at Christmas on the Farm

From Kutztown University

Christmas on the Farm features live music in the barnyard, traditional crafts, folklife demonstrations, hearth cooking, farm animals, children’s activities, and more. Indulge your interest in regional folk culture on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center. Located on the historic Sharadin Farmstead, 22 Luckenbill Road, Kutztown, the event is free, fun, and educational for the whole family.

Enjoy some of the region’s finest in traditional music in the schoolhouse, featuring local Berks County folk musicians the Broken Spokes Trio, Mike and Linda Hertzog, and Dave Kline. The Belsnickel will pay visits to the schoolhouse at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., so be sure to be on your best behavior.

Traditional artisans from the Reading-Berks Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen will share their expertise in fine crafts in the historic log cabins on-site, along with folklife demonstrators in woodworking, tin smithing, blacksmithing, and more throughout the farm.

Grab lunch at the Lion’s Club, where you can enjoy a tasty burger or savory French fries. Visit the Sharadin Farmhouse, where Becky Manley will demonstrate open-hearth regional cookery in the kitchen, featuring traditional Pennsylvania Dutch food. Be sure to stop by the summer kitchen to taste Terry Berger’s ox tongue cookies, baked in a wood stove.

Children can explore Christmas craft activities, including creating penny ornaments or making quilled paper snowflakes. Puddin Heartland’s extraordinary potbellied pigs will also delight visitors of all ages. Enjoy a hayride around the farm, starting behind the barn.

Don’t forget to visit the new headquarters at the DeLight E. Breidegam Building to explore the featured exhibition, “Healing Herbs and Vibrant Roots: Transatlantic Botanical Traditions Among the Pennsylvania Dutch.”

Pick up a copy of the newest volume of the annual Heritage Center publication series, “Sauer’s Herbal Cures: America’s First Book of Botanical Healing,” by William Woys Weaver, hot off the press and available at the Heritage Center bookstand.

For more information, follow PGCHC on Facebook and Instagram, visit pagerman.org, or call 610-683-1589.

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