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Experience the magic and supernatural side of Christmas with beloved Christmas stories, including “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens during an evening tour of parts of the historic Hayes Home. Dickens, one of the most popular writers of the Victorian era, was a favorite author of President Rutherford B. Hayes and lived at the same time as Hayes. Hear Dickens’ beloved stories in Hayes’ Victorian mansion, which will be lightly decorated for Christmas. The Victorians believed Christmas was a time when the portal to another world was opened, which made the holiday popular for telling ghost stories. Many of Dickens’ works, including Christmas stories, feature the supernatural. Enjoy the warmth of the Hayes Home at night, a time when it is not often open to visitors, while it is decorated for the holiday while hearing stories that will tingle your spine but leave you with a warm feeling. A cup of wassail, a traditional holiday drink during Victorian times, will also put you in the Christmas spirit. Tours each day are offered at 5:30, 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30 and 8 p.m. If those slots sell out, additional tours will be added. Tickets for Hayes Presidential members are $15 for adults 19 and older, $8 for ages 6 -18 and free for kids 5 and younger. Tickets for non-members are $18 for adults ages 19 and older, $10 for kids 6-18 and free for kids 5 and younger. Advance tickets are recommended and can be purchased below. Members will need to log in to receive their discount. Tickets will be sold at the front desk the days of each event, pending availability.

NOTE: If you the system will only let you buy a certain number of tickets, there are only that number for tickets left on a tour. For example, if you need four tickets and it only lets you buy three, there are only three tickets available on that particular tour.

Tickets are non-refundable.

 

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