Timeless Traditions - Celebrate The Holidays At The Historic Stranahan House Museum

Ho Ho Hold that pose! The Historic Stranahan House Museum is baking the season bright with Cookies with Santa, presented by Amazon, on Saturday, December 6th, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Families are invited to capture their holiday photos with a five-minute family photo session with Santa Claus inside the Historic Stranahan House Museum. Photo sessions for families of four are $45 and each additional person is $5.

Additionally, the Historic Stranahan House Museum is hosting Victorian Christmas Tours, presented by Amazon, from Tuesday, December 16th through Saturday, December 20th, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. each evening. The community is invited to step back in time to the Victorian era while walking through the beautifully decorated Stranahan House Museum. Attendees will learn how holiday traditions started, how the pioneers of Fort Lauderdale celebrated the season, and shop for everyone on their Christmas list in the gift shop. Tours are $30 per person or $25 for members.

Tours during Victorian Christmas are approximately 40 minutes long. New tours start every 10 minutes for groups of six or fewer. Festive and knowledgeable docents will guide each tour. There will be a mixture of information shared by the tour guides and signage to read, all while classic Christmas songs are played on a 1900’s piano. Guests are encouraged to take the Water Taxi’s Holiday Lights Tour before or after their tour through Stranahan House.

All proceeds will support the year-round historic preservation and education programs at the Historic Stranahan House Museum, one of the top cultural attractions in Fort Lauderdale. Built in 1901, Stranahan House is recognized as the birthplace of Fort Lauderdale and was home to the area’s first businessman, Frank Stranahan, and the first schoolteacher, Ivy Cromartie Stranahan. Stranahan House opened as a museum in 1984.

The Stranahan House thanks its generous sponsors. The Cookies with Santa Presenting Sponsor is Amazon, and is also sponsored in part by Memorial Healthcare System’s Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. The Victorian Christmas Tours Presenting Sponsor is Amazon.

When:

Cookies with Santa: Saturday, December 6th, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Victorian Christmas Tours: Tuesday, December 16th through Saturday, December 20th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Cost:

Cookies with Santa: Families of four: $45 | Each additional person: $5

Victorian Christmas Tours: $30 per person, $25 for members

How:

Cookies with Santa: Photo sessions are by appointment only. Online registration is required. No pets will be allowed in the museum.

For more information and to book a photo session, please visit: https://stranahanhouse.org/cookies-with-santa/.

Victorian Christmas Tours: For more information or to register, please visit: https://stranahanhouse.org/victorian-christmas-tours/

Groups larger than six people can book a tour by contacting: (954) 524-4736.

Where:

Stranahan House

335 Southeast 6th Avenue

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

About Historic Stranahan House and Museum:

The Historic Stranahan House and Museum, the oldest and most historically significant surviving structure in Broward County, has served as a trading post, post office, town hall and home to the Stranahans. Frank Stranahan is Fort Lauderdale’s first businessman and most respected pioneer. His wife, Ivy Cromartie Stranahan, was the area’s first school teacher and a champion of many civic, social service, environmental and educational causes. Today, the mission of the Historic Stranahan House Museum is to tell the story of the birth of the community through the lives of two extraordinary people and the homestead they created and to serve as an enduring legacy of historic preservation. Its purpose is to preserve, interpret and promote the House, historic site and history of our community’s founding family. Every year, more than 3,000 fourth-grade school children and 30,000 tourists and locals visit, making the House one of the top cultural attractions in Fort Lauderdale. Stranahan House and Museum is located at 335 Southeast 6th Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For more information, please visit: www.stranahanhouse.org.