What's new...
Full-screen virtual tour of National Christmas Center's
"Woolworth's 5&10 Cent Store"
Take a virtual tour of a Woolworth's Five and Dime, circa 1940-1950's. For full-screen mode, see key in lower left corner. Left click and drag to change the speed. Right click and drag to zoom in and out.
National Christmas Center has a Blog
Visit the blog at: nationalchristmascenter.blogspot.com
National Christmas Center has a Cafe!
National Christmas Center Cafe is now open during regular business hours.
The cafe offers light fare - soups, hot and cold sandwiches, snacks, pastries, and soon, homemade Amish ice cream, to customers and the general public. Boxed lunches - and extended hours - are available by advance request.
National Christmas Center at the Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum
National Christmas Center's, Christmas Through the Decades exhibition at the Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum, in downtown Lancaster, PA, will be an annual event, it has been announced.
The seeds of America's Christmas celebrations were planted in Lancaster County. Discover how Lancaster's families observed Christmas in the 1850's continuing through the 1960's. The exhibit features authentic ephemera showing the wonderful toys, trees, gifts and memories of Christmases past.
See how Christmas customs and traditions changed with each decade as you walk through historically recreated room settings of each time period, accurately furnished and decorated to represent a precious piece of Pennsylvania Christmas history.
For further information, contact the Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum, 37 North Market Street, Lancaster, PA. Phone (717) 299-6440 or visit their web site at http://www.quiltandtextilemuseum.com.
Gift Cards
Do you want to treat your family and friends to a visit to National Christmas Center? We are now offering Gift Cards for sale. Call, email, fax or stop in to purchase a card valid for admission to National Christmas Center. Cards are available in any denomination and make great gifts.
Season Passes
Many of our guests return to National Christmas
Center several times throughout the year. We are pleased to be
able to offer Season Passes. Pass holders receive unlimited
regular admission throughout the season (weekends in March & April, then daily
May through January - excluding Thanksgiving and Christmas Day). Guests
accompanying pass holders are admitted at a reduced fee, and special
offers will be available exclusively to season pass holders throughout
the year.
More information