Events and Activities in Northwest New Jersey

WALPACK CHRISTMAS. Enjoy a Walpack Christmas at the Rosenkrans Museum and the Walpack Methodist Episcopal Church in the historic village of Walpack Center. Both buildings will be decorated for the holidays and staffed with volunteers from the Walpack Historical Society.  Come and experience Christmas traditions and exhibits from a late nineteenth-century rural farming community.  10 - 5. Old Mine Road.

FAMILY WINTER HIKE. An easy, child-friendly hike in the Garden's woodlands. Learn a bit about the plants and animals around you in a hike designed to fit the group. Wear sturdy shoes, meet at the Carriage House. 1pm. Free. 20 Morris Rd..

November 26-December 12 • A CHRISTMAS CAROL WRITTEN BY STEPHEN TEMPERLE. A Christmas Carol, probably the most popular piece of fiction that Charles Dickens ever wrote, was published in 1843.  Charles Dickens, through the voice of Scrooge, continues to urge us to honor Christmas in our hearts and try to keep it all year round. Stephen Temperle’s stage adaptation features CSC Director, Carl Wallnau, as Ebenezer Scrooge.$25-$29.50.

Ongoing • TOURS OF WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS AT THE FORD MANSION. The Washington’s Headquarters Museum includes includes three exhibit galleries, a 30-minute introductory video, and the Discover History Center. Tours of Fords Manion will be made available at 10 and 11am and at 1, 2, 3 and 4pm. There is no entrance fee to visit the park’s Washington’s Headquarters Museum.
The park’s grounds, parking areas, tour road, 27 miles of hiking trails, and restroom facilities at the Jockey Hollow area are open to the public, seven days a week, 9:30am - 5pm.