Ohio Historic Village Dickens’ Christmas

Ohio Historic Village Main Street Nov.27,2021

We experienced a walk down main street featuring a recreation of an 1890’s Ohio Village.

Historic Church at Ohio Historic Village

This church building was recently funded by donations from a number of people in Ohio.

String Concert being held at Ohio Historic Village Church

The interior is quite striking and featured a performance by a string quartet

Schmidt House at Ohio Historic Village held a period cooking demonstration

This house was a recreation of a period house and featured a cooking demonstration with many period ingredients.

Period Cooking Demonstration being presented by period actors in dress appropriate for times.

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American House Hotel is where the Charles Dickens Christmas dinner was held.

This hotel was a recreation of a period hotel and contained a barber shop, bar and banquet facilities for the Charles Dickens dinner.

Large Fireplace with roaring fire in Dickens dining room at American House Hotel

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Ebenezer Scrooge actor at Dickens Christmas dinner at Ohio Historic Village confronting Gloria Goodtaste

The actors portray a number of characters from the Scrooge book

Charles Dickens actor who was interviewed by Gloria Goodtaste

The actors who portrayed the various characters of the Scrooge book had an intimate knowledge of the culture at the time period when the A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens and could answer many questions pertaining to that time period.

Hazelnuts and Popcorn being roasted on an open fire to the delight of Ohio Village attendees.

Various activities within the Ohio Historic village were time appropriate for the period of the 1890’s, like carriage rides, open fire roasting of popcorn, and the dress that old man representing old time christmas persons.

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