Olde Fashioned Christmas 2019 Christmas in the Woods
Friday, Dec. 6 • 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 • 1-9 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 • 1-5 p.m. Pioneer Park, Ferndale WA Tickets: $5 for adults • $3 for children
27 th Annual Celebration Hosted by the Ferndale Heritage Society For information call (360) 384-6461 A supplement of the Ferndale Record
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Mission Statement
he business and purpose of the Ferndale Historical Society shall be to educate the community on the history of Whatcom County, promote Pioneer Village and tourism, and bring together those people interested in preserving history and maintaining the Pioneer Village log cabins and collections. The corporation’s major function will be to discover, collect and maintain any material, which may help to establish or illustrate the history of the area. General membership meetings are held in the Tillicum House the last Tuesday of each month (none in December) at 7pm. Come check us out!
Ferndale Heritage Society Pioneer Village Annual Activities: • Education Program: Hundreds of local school children attend an educational experience that is ongoing at Pioneer Park for two weeks in April and May. • Guided Tours of Historic Pioneer Park Village run from May 15 to September 15. Tours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11:30am to 4:30pm. Cost is $5 per person. • Fashion Show: Vintage fashion shows are performed per special event requests made to Louise Sager, Heritage Society member. • Olde Fashioned Christmas: The three-day event takes place annually the first weekend in December. Our wonderful new walkways throughout the park make it more accessible to wheelchairs and in bad We the Ferndale Heritage Society would like weather. No more tramping through squishy wet to dedicate this program and the Olde Fashioned Christmas event 2019 to Michael Knapp. Michael grass and puddles! Many buildings are now easily and Nancy have been active members for many years accessible by wheelchair from the paths into the and adopted the Rogers House-Veterans Museum, first floor of the building. enhanced and maintained the cabin to
For more information, please contact: Community Coordinator P.O. Box 3127 Ferndale, WA 98248 Telephone: 360-384-6461 Website: www.ferndaleheritagesociety.com Email: park@ferndaleheritagesociety.com
it's present condition. Michael loved the park all lit up at Christmas and had proclaimed, "This is why I love Ferndale".
We are all blessed to have been able to call Michael our respected friend; you will be missed.
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Heritage Society Welcome Christmas in the Woods
The Ferndale Heritage Society would like to welcome you hosts in period costume greet you at the entrance and in to the 27th Annual Olde Fashioned Christmas at Pioneer each cabin to share with you some old and newer traditions Village. of this holiday season. Step out of the winter chill into the warm, cozy cabins for the scents of apples and cookies This year we celebrate life in our Pacific Northwest woods, baking, and where children can make a holiday craft or recalling the early days of the settlers living in this once write a letter to Santa and mail it at the pioneer post office. heavily wooded region. Experience the sights, sounds, smells and simple pleasures of the Christmases of long ago in the woods of the PaDuring our 2019 Olde Fashioned Christmas our cabin hosts cific Northwest. are excited to showcase examples of wild animals and plants found in the woods, natural tree ornaments, a miniature Please be sure to bring this program along with you so you snow village and an example of a World War I soldier’s can join in the singing of Christmas carols as you trot Christmas in the woods! Our barn will again be home to through downtown Ferndale on a horse-drawn wagon ride the hard-working horses that take visitors on an old-fash- that is included in your paid admission. And please don’t ioned carriage ride around the town. Larry Hanson’s won- forget to thank our wonderful volunteers for their many derful model train set will be on display with the train hours of preparation and hosting. We will look forward to busily running around the track. Our cabins will be wel- your return each year, as so many families have made Olde coming children and adults alike to make crafts, food items Fashioned Christmas an annual holiday tradition. and participate in activities that take visitors back to the early days of settlement. Proceeds from our events maintain and support continued improvements, acquisitions, and educational programs for Year round in the log cabins at Pioneer Village you can see historic Pioneer Village. museum display collections such as sad irons, dolls, furniture and so much more. We wish you and yours the very best during this holiday season. Come walk back through time with us as our volunteer Ferndale Heritage Society
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evergreen branches for decorating the house. Weary travelers enjoyed the sight of candlelight brightening the house and home fires burning as they arrived to celebrate hristmas in the Woods the holiday season together, share their simple foods and Pioneer settlers living in the northwestern forests enjoyed gifts and carry on their family traditions. much that the woods provided: fuel for their fires, logs to build a home with, shelter from the storms, and an This year, we again invite you to step into the warmth and abundance of fish and game for food. However, families brightness of each of the cabins to explore the treasures also needed to develop a healthy respect for the wildlife inside, learn about life in the woods and participate in the that shared their woods. Children were taught to be activities each cabin offers. home before dark and to stay together. Often, small wild animals and birds became pets and the children learned Pioneer Village hosts a collection of antique buildings, furniture, and items from a past era. We invite you inside to be responsible for their care. to enjoy the atmosphere of life as it was lived long ago, At the Christmas holiday season, the woods provided and to hear the stories about the collections inside as well wonderful resources such as Christmas trees, nuts and as to enjoy what each cabin has to offer.
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The Ticket Booth Your first stop at the park is the ticket booth outside the Tillicum House, where Steve and his helpers collect money from the ticket sales. This smiling group of volunteers and gate greeters will start your Olde Fashioned Christmas visit with a cheerful greeting, a hand stamp and all the information you need for a magical trip back in time through the Christmases of the past.
The Holeman House - School House Come visit our rustic schoolhouse to see our display of bears, cougars and wolves that children and families in the woods developed a healthy respect for! Learn how these animals lived and how settlers shared the woods and farmlands with their animal neighbors. At the schoolhouse, children 12 and under can sit at an old school desk, write a letter to Santa Claus at the North Pole and then take it to the park's Barrett Post Office to be mailed to Santa. Santa and his helpers work hard to see that all letters are answered in time for Christmas. Don’t forget to write your full name and address NEATLY and CLEARLY on your letter so that Santa will know exactly where to send his letter. While in the schoolhouse, ask the Schoolmarm to tell you all about going to school in a one-room schoolhouse in pioneer days. It was a very different experience for both pupils and their teachers!
Barrett Post Office
letter in the special Santa mailbox located just inside the Trudder Post Office! We’ve asked Santa, if he has time, to The Barrett House, known as the Trudder Post Office is please write back to each child in the weeks leading up to showcasing trees with a variety of birds to celebrate our Christmas. After mailing their letters, each child will be theme this year of Christmas in the Woods. able to select a toy from our Santa treasure toy box. We invite you to stop by and visit the Trudder Post and don't Children will have the opportunity to bring the letter forget to write, stamp and mail your own Christmas cards they wrote to Santa in the School house, and mail that and keep this holiday tradition going.
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Lopas House, the Print Shop Welcome to the Lopas House at Pioneer Village for Olde Fashion Christmas 2019. This year you will be greeted by a wide assortment of materials and supplies for children to fabricate a holiday greeting card or tree ornament. Kids can choose from over forty (40) stamps; dozens of peeloff stickers; and numerous selections of colored pens, pencils and crayons for their creative enjoyment.
on a high knoll and was Postmaster at Mountain View from 1899 to 1908. Afterwards, he acquired and successfully operated a shingle mill. This two-story cabin was remodeled several times to accommodate his growing family.
The Jenni House
Pioneer Park’s Outhouse
The Jenni House has been decorated for the theme, "Christmas in the Woods," with a tree in the front room adorned with birds, pine cones and wild animals. The house is filled with the smell of fresh baked cookies. The first stop is the kitchen, where visiting children can cut out their own Christmas cookies. After they finish enjoying activities in the rest of the house, they can stop back in the kitchen to enjoy the cookies fresh out of the oven. In the back room is the big table decorated for a Christmas dinner, where with the help of volunteers, children can get creative with crafting. Follow the sound of Christmas music playing upstairs where you can admire the festive Christmas tree and the amazing doll house that was beautifully put together and donated to the park by Barb De Freytas. I hope you will enjoy our Jenni House!
Oh my, guess what reindeer is making a pit stop before heading out for a night of pulling Santa around in his sleigh? Yes, we are happy to accommodate Santa’s team member in our old-fashioned outhouse. In the early days, the outhouse was sometimes called a “privy” and this one within our pioneer village is a dandy.
Intalco Aluminum Corporation bought the original site in 1990, Intalco donated the cabin to Pioneer Park where it now displays a full array of Printing Industry memorabilia to include the "Linotype" Model 1914, typesetting machine. The Linotype is 105 years old and was last fully functional in 2017. Other artifacts include a 1908 F.B. Redington Gounting Machine (a trundle-operated printing press), slug cutter, paper shear press, several magazines for Lopas House was built in 1879 by Edwin Lopas, a former different matrices, bindery press and assorted tools and stove molder from Illinois. Lopas located his homestead machine components unique to the printing industry.
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The Barr Barn Welcome to the Barr Barn for Olde Fashioned Christmas a masterpiece. Paul and Gail Nelson of Reinbow Ranch 2019! Be sure to enjoy the draft horses on display as can't bring their whole prized collection, because the you step into a barn that was constructed in it’s time as barn won't fit all their thirteen North American Spotted Draft horses in it! The Barr Barn will be providing a nativity scene complete with backdrop for guests to use as a photo booth for your 2019 Christmas picture. While at the Barn, check out the complete draft horse harness collection and colorful ribbons won by these draft horses. Don't forget to hitch a ride on the festive horse drawn wagon at the front gate before you leave the Village. The last wagon leaves a half hour before event closing time.
The Larson House This year to stay with the “Christmas in the Woods” theme, the Larson cabin, known as the trapper’s cabin, has been decorated with the theme of animals. More snow village miniatures from the Chet Speziale Collection are on display. Birds and forest animals are found peeking out here and there. Come and participate in our Scavenger Hunt and try to find all the animals on the list!
on Van Buren Road, three miles north of Everson on the Milwaukee railroad. In 1891 it began its life as a post office and it served until 1918. The post office had four postmasters during its history: William Van Buren, Andy Kirkman, Allen Holstein, and For this year’s Olde Fashioned Christmas, the inside of Mary Atkinson. This cabin was the bank is adorned with a Christmas tree decorated with also used as a store during pretty do-dads found in the forest: feathers, antlers, rocks, this time. It was the original berries, colorful leaves and mosses, etc. to celebrate our "convenience" store. theme of Christmas in the Forest. Of course, we'll also When the Van Buren cabin have plenty of lights and traditional decorations as well. came to Pioneer Village it became the "First National The Van Buren cabin was built in 1879 and was located
Van Buren Cabin First National Bank of Ferndale
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Bank of Ferndale". Check out the variety of early banking artifacts on display. The prize item is a "cannon ball" safe from the old Custer State Bank. The combination has been lost, but a stethoscope will be available for anyone wishing to take a "crack" at it. Fully one half of any gold found inside will go to the person who can work the combination! (Or one genuine $American$ dollar bill, whichever is greater in value.) Good luck!
Parker House General Store Christmas spirit is bustling at the Parker House General Store! The store offers you the perfect present or maybe you’ll find that unique collectible for someone special. Come inside and feel the spirit of Christmas that isn’t your typical commercial mayhem found in the mall. Even our prices are very reasonable. Olde Fashioned store clerks are on hand to help you make the perfect selection and can even help you sneak away a treasure find.
Rogers House, Veteran’s Museum The Rogers House, which was built in 1877 by A. A. Rogers, is home to the American Legion Veteran's Museum. It honors the men and women who have served and are currently serving in all branches of the military. The cabin Christmas theme is a World War One soldier celebrating Christmas in the Woods. There is a children friendly camping display on the main floor and a Christmas tree ornament craft upstairs that children can create.
There’s candy and unique gifts for children of all ages who call this their favorite time of year. Stocked on the shelves are exciting gifts for everyone, with olde fashioned prices, penny candy, Olde English Crackers, and Pioneer Village souvenirs. All proceeds from store sales go back to fund park projects and ongoing maintenance.
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The Pharmacy “Owls” is the theme for the Pharmacy upstairs in the Parker House. Come on up and see the Owls that inhabit our Washington State. Perhaps you will spot one while enjoying the outdoors in our beautiful Northwest. You will get a chance to try some “prescription candy” and participate in our free raffle for a special prize. The winners of the raffle drawings will be notified by phone if they are not present for the drawing. The original Ferndale Pharmacy opened around 1904. Walt and Donna Pollman bought the drug store in 1959, becoming the 4th owners. After 40 years they sold the pharmacy and retired in April of 1999. The Pollmans decided to start a museum here in Pioneer Park that pays homage to Ferndale Drug, including other pharmacies and drug stores that have been part of Ferndale's history.
Pioneer Village City Jail For the first time ever, the jail will be decorated during Olde Fashioned Christmas. Of course, what better building to use to showcase the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas? In the movie, Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion. Wander back behind the Shields House and see if you can find Oogie Boogie, Sandy Claws, or Sally. The jail is decorated by Whatcom Frightmare group who does the Haunted Barn in the Park in October. Their special effects are great. This Jail was constructed in the early 1880s near Lynden, WA. It has two cells. The original location of the 10’ X 12’ building is still somewhat of a mystery. In the 1930s or so, the building was moved to private property where it was used for storage. The building was then moved to Berthusen Park in Lynden where it remained for several years. The jail was moved to Pioneer Park by members of the Lynden Antique Tractor Association in 1996.
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The Shields House Come on over and step inside the Shields House. Feel the woodsy presence as you are greeted by Louise and her many helpers. Apples from local trees need to be peeled and cooked for the mini apple pies that are served to our visitors. Wildlife collectables and rustic trees will be on display downstairs, including the “Christmas in the Woods� theme tree. Also, in the living room the famous guy in a red suit will be waiting to visit with the guests and hear Christmas wish lists from the children. This is a great photo opportunity. Make the trek up the stairs and see one of the bedrooms as it has been transformed into a snowy scene in the woods. Even the animals gathered around the glowing bonfire are awaiting Christmas. In the other bedroom area, with help from our crafters, children will make a keepsake ornament to hang on their own tree.
Foster House Choo! Choo! Once again, the Foster House will feature Larry Hanson's train collection. This has become a very popular display at Olde Fashioned Christmas. We will also showcase Sue Brand's collection of a pioneer village in the woods. Make your way upstairs to see the several informational boards on what plants and animals you might see in the woods. Once again, our favorite tree wood ornament will be available for the kids to decorate for their tree at home. While here, make sure that you look around the Foster House to see the many early pioneer and Native American artifacts. We are looking forward to seeing everyone "In the Woods" at Christmas.
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The Church
The Granary
Step inside our wonderful 143-year-old church and sit for a reflective moment in one of the old wooden pews. Allow the music and the wonderful smells of the woods to captivate your memories of Christmases from your past. Our church has been a sanctuary for Pacific Northwest settlers and pioneers for a very long time. Come enjoy the different musical groups and choirs and allow Olde Fashioned Christmas to be the beginning of your family's holiday celebration.
Welcome to the Granary! Whooo…or what might you find in the woods? An owl? Maybe a logger, a busy beaver or a moose? Join us to grind some corn and enter a drawing for a prize! There will be one drawing for adults and one for children. While at the Granary, check out the many farming and logging artifacts that have been used over the years in our local area.
Tillicum House It might be cold and chilly outside but here in the Tillicum House it’s warm and friendly. This year’s Olde Fashioned Christmas theme is “Christmas in the Woods” and we are decorating with pinecones & cedar boughs. Enjoy the hot cider or cocoa and delicious cookies donated by local businesses. Check the bulletin board to see who has donated and be sure to thank those businesses next time you visit them. While you eat, listen to the wonderful musicians that donate their time and talents to add to our holiday spirit. When you’re finished in the Tillicum House, don’t forget that your paid admission ticket entitles you to climb in the awaiting horse drawn wagon for the next ride that leaves the park and makes a loop through downtown Ferndale. The wagon leaves approximately every 10 minutes and stages right outside the Tillicum House. (Last wagon ride leaves the park 1/2 hour before closing).
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Caramel Corn 16 cups popped corn (1/2 cup unpopped) I make several batches of this each year and always get requests for more. 1 cup butter 1 cup packed brown sugar ¼ cup light corn syrup ½ tsp baking soda salt to taste Pop corn your using favorite method (I use a Whirly-Pop). Place popcorn in a deep baking dish and preheat oven to 275°F. In a stove-top pan, melt butter, add sugar and syrup. Stir until mixture comes to a boil. Continue boiling without stirring until candy thermometer reaches 250°F (soft ball). Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. Drizzle over popcorn and stir to distribute, sprinkle with salt. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Pour caramel corn onto parchment paper and break apart as it cools. Store cooled in air tight container.
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Classic Candied Pecans Fill a mason jar with these for a great gift. 1 Tablespoon water ½ teaspoon vanilla 1 egg white ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup brown sugar ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 8 oz pecan halves
Spritz Cookies These have been a holiday tradition in my house for more years than I can remember. Pair a small tin of these with a nice box of tea for another great gift idea. 1 cup salted butter, softened 1 cup powdered sugar 1 egg ½ teaspoon vanilla 2 1/3 cup sifted flour ¼ teaspoon salt colored sugar crystals or sprinkles Preheat oven to 400ºF, set cookie sheet in a cool area or in fridge while preparing dough. Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg and vanilla, mix until fluffy. In a separate bowl, mix salt and flour. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix just until blended. Place dough in a cookie press and press onto chilled cookie sheet. Add sprinkles or colored sugar crystals. Bake for 6-8 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer from cookie sheet immediately. Makes 4 dozen.
Preheat oven to 250°F Whisk together water, egg white and vanilla. Add pecans and toss to coat. In a separate bowl, mix sugars, salt and cinnamon until thoroughly combined. Add coated pecans to dry mixture and toss to coat. Spread nuts onto a cookie sheet and bake until sugar has dried, approximately 45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
Olde Fashioned Decorating
Punched Tin Can Lanterns Supplies: Clean, empty cans large Nail hammer vice/dowel small light source washable marker pattern/tape (optional)
Rinse cans and remove label. Draw image on can with water soluble marker. If you are using a pattern such as letters or clip-art, print and trim paper so that it wraps around can, secure with tape. Lay can down over end and punch holes along pattern lines with nail and hammer. Rinse can to remove remaining ink or remove pattern paper if used, and add light source.
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Christmas Carols! Let it Snow
Away in a Manger
Oh the weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful, And since we’ve no place to go, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Away in a manger, no crib for His bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head; The stars in the heavens looked down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
It doesn’t show signs of stopping, And I’ve bought some corn for popping, The lights are turned way down low, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! When we finally kiss good night, How I’ll hate going out in the storm! But if you’ll really hold me tight, All the way home I’ll be warm. The fire is slowly dying, And, my dear, we’re still good-bying, But as long as you love me so, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
The cattle are lowing, the poor Baby wakes, But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes. I love Thee, Lord Jesus; look down from the sky And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh. Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask Thee to stay Close by me forever and love me I pray! Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care, And fit us for Heaven to live with Thee there. Away in a manger, no crib for His bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head; The stars in the heavens looked down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinocchio) They never let poor Rudolph (Rudolph) Play in any reindeer games (like Monopoly)
You know Dasher and Dancer And Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid And Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all?
Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say (Ho Ho Ho) Rudolph with your nose so bright Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight? Then all the reindeer loved him (loved him) And they shouted out with glee (yippee) “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer) You’ll go down in history!” (like Columbus)
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer) Had a very shiny nose (like a light bulb) And if you ever saw it (saw it) You would even say it glows (like a flash light) All of the other reindeer (reindeer)
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God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen God rest ye merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember Christ our Savior Was born on christmas day To save us all from satan’s power When we were gone astray Oh tiding of comfort and joy From God our heavenly father The blessed angel came And unto certain shepherds Brought tidings of the same How that in bethlehem was born The son of God by name Oh tidings of comfort and joy(repeat) Fear not said the angel Let nothing you affright This day is born a savior Of the pure virgin bright To free all those who trust in him From satan’s power and might Oh tidings of comfort and joy (repeat) And when they came to Bethlehem Where our dear savior lay They found him in the manger Where oxen feed on hay His mother Mary kneeled down And to the lord did pray Oh tidings of comfort and joy (repeat) God rest ye merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember Christ our Savior Was born on christmas day
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White Christmas I’m dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow. I’m dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Let your heart be light From now on, our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas, Make the Yule-tide gay, From now on, our troubles will be miles away. Here were are as in olden days, happy golden days of yore. Faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us once more. Through the years we all will be together If the Fates allow Hang a shining star upon the highest bough. And have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
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Silent Night
Frosty the Snowman
Silent night! Holy night! All is calm, all is bright, Round yon Virgin Mother and Child. Holy Infant, so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.
Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul, With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal. Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale, they say, He was made of snow but the children know how he came to life one day. There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found. For when they placed it on his head he began to dance around. O, Frosty the snowman was alive as he could be, And the children say he could laugh and play just the same as you and me.
Silent night! Holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar, Heavenly host sing, Alleluia, Christ, the Savior is born! Christ the Savior is born! Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light, Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth, Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.
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Thumpetty thump thump, thumpetty thump thump, Look at Frosty go. Thumpetty thump thump, thumpetty thump thump, Over the hills of snow. Frosty the snowman knew the sun was hot that day, So he said, “Let’s run and we’ll have some fun now before I melt away.” Down to the village, with a broom stick in his hand, Running here and there all around the square saying, Catch me if you can. He led them down the streets of town right to the traffic cop. And he only paused a moment when he heard him holler “Stop!” For Frosty the snow man had to hurry on his way, But he waved goodbye saying, “Don’t you cry, I’ll be back again some day.” Thumpetty thump thump, thumpetty thump thump, Look at Frosty go. Thumpetty thump thump, thumpetty thump thump, Over the hills of snow.
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Acknowledgements The Ferndale Heritage Society would like to sincerely thank the following businesses and individuals for their contributions to the 2019 Olde Fashioned Christmas event. Without contributions such as these it would be difficult for us to continue to provide this non-commercial community event at such a minimal cost to our visitors. We deeply appreciate these local Ferndale Christmas tree farms for their donations of Christmas trees: Small’s Northwest Evergreens on Northwest Road and Manthey’s Christmas Treeland on Axton Road donated trees for inside the cabins. Check these out to find your perfect tree. Also thanking the Robert’s family and Lowell Carlson for donating the trees down the center of the village. We thank these local businesses for their continued support. For Refreshments We thank these local businesses for their continued support: Asian Bistro, Avellino Gluten Free Bakery, The Checkered Apron,
Chuckanut Bay Foods, Ferndale Grocery Outlet, Haggen Ferndale, Crave Catering/Kelly’s O’Deli, Papa Murphy’s, Starbucks, Subway on 3rd St., Subway – Pilot, The Meeting Place on Vista Dr., Tractor Supply-Ferndale,7-11 Ferndale, The Market, and all the other bakers of goodies. • Walgreens, Rite Aid in Ferndale. • Hempler (hot dogs). • VanWingerden Garden Center on Portal Way for poinsettias. • Jim and Sharon Campbell, McDonalds Restaurants for treasure chest toys. • Walton Beverage in Ferndale for lots of copies of the “to Santa” letters. • City of Ferndale for use of the Park and Tourism LTAC grant money for advertising, printing and postage. We would also like to thank all the businesses and individuals who advertised and supported our program through purchasing advertising in this program book. Thanks to the Ferndale Record and staff for their energy to make this program book a keepsake.
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