The celebration will also include gospel choirs, hand bell ringers and antebellum music and dancing. Noted storytellers, including Coleen Salley, Dee Dee Reilly, Ann M. Trousdale, Marsha Harrison and Berry Bateman, are scheduled to appear and will recount Christmas folk tales. Papa Noel will visit with children at the bonfire near the end of the day's activities. If you've started making your gift list but still haven't found the perfect idea for a certain someone, you're in luck. A large assortment of traditional Louisiana crafts, including hand-dipped beeswax candles, cypress wreaths, wrought iron crosses and lavender soap, will be available.
Admission is free for children ten years old and under.
The Rural Life Museum is located on the Burden Research Plantation near the Essen Lane entrance at I-10.