Southern Indiana's Dubois County is pleased to welcome guests to its annual “Olde World Christmas”. Sponsored in part by the Dubois County Visitors Center, this series of traditional olde world events takes place in the towns of Huntingburg, Ferdinand, and Jasper on November 7-9, November 15-16, and December 5-7 respectively. Special holiday lodging packages are available at area hotels and B&Bs.
The Olde World Christmas experience begins with a stroll into the past at the 23rd annual Huntingburg Christmas Stroll November 7-9. Visitors will delight in holiday home tours, carriage rides, and dozens of decorated antique and specialty shops along Huntingburg's 4th Street Shopping District. Pictures with Santa, lively carolers, and the ever-popular cookie walk round out the wonderful Christmas weekend!
Guests are invited to take a step back in time with a visit to the Ferdinand Christkindlmarkt on November 15-16. A festival-like setting where Christmas gifts and wares are sold, this event mimics German customs from the 14th century. New to this year’s event is the "Holiday Cabaret on Strings" marionette theatre and the Markt Bier Stube, where two Indiana microbreweries and a local winery will have their drinks for sampling, the Rhein Valley Brass Band will entertain with German songs, and food will be served by the renowned Schnitzelbank restaurant. Other major highlights include a special Friday night appearance by the Christkindl Angel, followed by dinner with music (reservations required for the dinner), seasonal concert by Stillpoint and Sisters of St. Benedict, "Lights on the Grotto" display, live Glockenspiel performances and the well-known markts, featuring lavishly decorated booths filled with Christmas wares, antiques, delicious foods, and live entertainment. Visitors will also enjoy visits with Sankt Nikolaus, a mass with German Hymns, and free tours of Monastery Immaculate Conception, home to one of the nation's largest communities of Benedictine women.
The colossal, lighted Christmas tree in the center of downtown Jasper welcomes shoppers to the O'Tannenbaum Days celebration December 5-7. Guests will enjoy unique shopping, carolers, visits with Santa, free carriage rides, two church bazaars and cookie walks. Special performances include the Annie Moses Band Christmas Show at Jasper Arts Center and the Celebration Singers at the Dubois County Museum. Features include gingerbread cookie decorating, demonstrations by skilled artists and artisans inside the shops and tours of St. Joseph Church, an 1880 Romanesque, olde world-style church listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
For more information, including a free brochure on specific events and hotel packages, and a complete list of events and times, please go to www.visitduboiscounty.com or contact the Dubois County Visitors Center at 800-968-4578.