Photo provided by Troy Historic Village

TROY — Troy Historic Village, 60 W. Wattles Road in Troy, will offer an educational “Victorian Christmas” experience, 6-8:30 p.m. Dec. 12, as well both 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and again at 6-8:30 p.m. Dec. 13.

Talented reenactors from Bonnets and Crooked Hats will move into the Village that weekend and live inside the historic homes as people would have done in the 1860s. They will prepare meals, read and sew by candlelight, play games, decorate and celebrate Christmas as many Americans did during the Victorian Era. They will also be dressed in the fashions of the time.

“A lot of what we associate with Christmas today in the United States started in the Victorian Era. The reenactors do a great job of connecting what we are familiar with to the past,

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