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Holidays at
Mount Vernon
The Holidays at Mount Vernon gives visitors an enchanting glimpse of an early-American Christmas, Washington style. December 1, 2006 - January 6, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily, visitors can learn about Christmas traditions and see the Mansion prepared for the holidays.
An elaborately recreated holiday dinner will be displayed in the large dining room with the Washingtons’ famed “Great Cake” as the centerpiece of the feast. Free copies of the “Great Cake” original cake recipe and a version adapted to the 21st century will be available. Mrs. Washington’s “Christmas Pye,” - made by stuffing a pigeon into a partridge, then a goose, and finally into a turkey will also be on display in the kitchen.
Exclusively for this event, the rarely-seen third floor will be open to the public.
While touring the third floor of the mansion, visitors can see the refurbished Martha Washington garret chamber, where Mrs. Washington resided following her husband’s death. The estate is open Christmas and New « Year’s Day.
The Holidays at Mount Vernon is included in regular estate admission: $13 for adults, $6 for children ageB 6-11, and free for children under 6.
Since 1860, over 80 million visitors have made George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens the most popular historic home in America.
Through thought-provoking tours, entertaining events, and stimulating educational programs on the Estate and in'classrooms across the nation, Mount Vernon strives to preserve George Washington’s place in history as “First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen.”
Mount Vernon is owned and operated by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, America’s oldest national preservation organization, founded in 1853.
A picturesque drive to the southern end of the scenic George Washington Memorial Parkway, Mount Vernon is located just 16 miles from the nation’s capital.
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