CAPE MAY – Don’t miss the chance to add to your holiday spirit on Cape May’s longest-running and most popular holiday tour, the Christmas Candlelight House Tour, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC), on Sat., Dec. 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Gather family and friends or venture out on your own to enjoy this beloved annual tradition and see Cape May’s Victorian homes, churches, inns and hotels, all beautifully decorated for Christmas. You will be welcomed with hospitality and warmth to enjoy lots of good old-fashioned cheer, carols by candlelight, strolling musicians, and vintage holiday decorations.
The properties featured on this self-guided tour include the following: The Bacchus Inn Main House, 719 Columbia Ave.; Beauclaire’s Bed & Breakfast Inn, 23 Ocean St.; The Bedford Inn, 805 Stockton Ave.; Congress Hall Hotel, Congress Place; The Fairthorne Inn, 111 Ocean St.; Franklin’s Key, 313 Franklin St.; The John Wesley Inn, 30 Gurney St.; The Linda Lee, 725 Columbia Ave.; The Mainstay Inn, 635 Columbia Ave.; The Mission Inn, 1117 New Jersey Ave.; The Primrose Inn, 1102 Lafayette St.; The Queen Victoria, 102 Ocean St.; The Summer Cottage Inn, 613 Columbia Ave.; Victorian Lace Inn, 901 Stockton Ave.; and The White Dove Cottage, 619 Hughes St.
Christmas Candlelight House Tours also include a visit to Cape May’s authentically decorated Victorian house museum, the Emlen Physick Estate at 1048 Washington St., and the exhibit “An Old-Fashioned Christmas: Holiday Traditions through the Years” in the Carriage House Gallery located on the grounds of the Physick Estate. The exhibit’s main attraction will be the Dickens Village collection beneath the boughs of a giant Christmas tree. This impressive Department 56 collection was generously donated by Ernie and Betsy Heegard.
Two conveniently located hospitality centers, at First Presbyterian Church of Cape May, Hughes & Decatur streets and The Carriage House at the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., will be open from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., allowing visitors to rest and enjoy warm beverages and traditional goodies. Free shuttle service on heated trolleys is provided throughout the evening.
Admission to the Christmas Candlelight House Tour is $25 for adults and $20 for children (ages 3 to 12). The tour is limited; it is strongly recommended that tickets be purchased in advance by calling 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278 or visiting www.capemaymac.org. Any remaining tickets on the day of the tour may be purchased at the Washington Street Mall Information Booth, Washington and Ocean streets, or the Hill House office or the Carriage House Visitor’s Center at the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St. Properties on tour are subject to change.
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