HERITAGE
Stepping back in time A touch of festive nostalgia can be experienced at Christmas at the National Trust for Jersey’s Georgian House in New Street
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t the National Trust for Jersey’s Georgian House, it’s 1815, and preparations are underway for Christmas.
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From mid-November the charity’s Lands Team gather natural greenery from their sites across the island, including holly, bay, ivy, cornus and hydrangea heads. Then it’s over to the Trust’s army of volunteers who spend days decorating all three floors of the house at 16 New Street in St Helier, including the railings outside.
All the decorations are natural - not a tinsel string in sight - and by the time of the first ‘Christmas at 16 New Street Georgian House’ events at the end of November, the house looks and smells beautiful, with wonderful ‘Christmassy’ aromas, a gigantic Christmas pudding and Twelfth Cake in the Dining Room, Louisa the Cook preparing seasonal treats in the Georgian Kitchen and a Festive Trail and other fun activities for the children.
‘Christmas at 16 New Street is all about nostalgia, stepping back in time to learn about past traditions, and our most popular event is Father Christmas,’ says Catherine Ward, Museums and Collections Manager for the National Trust for Jersey.
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Christmas at 16 New Street is all about nostalgia, stepping back in time to learn about past traditions, and our most popular event is Father Christmas
