Newtown Yardley, PA Holiday Announcements

Yardley Historical Association Holiday Open Houses in December

Trains, trolleys, a tinseled tree, and treats. Come see the Old Library by Lake Afton decked out in its holiday best on December 4, 11, and 18. The Yardley Historical Association will welcome visitors to Community Open Houses from 1 to 4 p.m. on each Saturday. The festivities will be held at the Association’s historic headquarters located in the heart of Yardley at 46 West Afton Avenue.

Amid the fir and the holly, the highlight will be an expansive model train layout with tooting engines and clattering cabooses. New this year will be a trolley. With familiar buildings and landmarks, the railroad scene will evoke Yardley’s past.

Standing tall above the trains will be a real fir tree decorated with the things found at Lake Afton on a fine winter’s day. Skaters, ducks and geese, sleeping fish and turtles, snowflakes, and icicles will encircle the boughs.  

Packaged cutout sugar cookies will be offered to all, and “Yardley” gifts – embroidered tea towels, books, notepaper, ornaments and prints – will be available to purchase for holiday gift giving or keeping.   

In the spirit of the season, the Open Houses are free. Donations are always welcome.   Proceeds will benefit the Historical Association’s efforts to maintain the Victorian library building and its collections of books, documents, and ephemera related to Yardley’s history.

For more information about the Association’s activities, please visit www.yardleyhistory.org, e-mail info@yardleyhistory.org  or call 215-493-6625.