Local Boxing Day Festivities

Friday
December
26

Holiday Open House at Home of Franklin D Roosevelt
Start Time 9:00am - End Time 5:00pm - Springwood, the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, is decorated according to Roosevelt family tradition! An FDR impersonator reads excerpts from Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" as he did for his family. $14.

Location: FDR Home National Historic Site, 4079 Albany Post Road, Route 9, Hyde Park

Holiday Open House at Vanderbilt Mansion
Start Time 9:00am - End Time 5:00pm - Come and enjoy the Vanderbilt Mansion, lavishly decorated for a "Gilded Age" holiday season! 11/29-12/31, tours daily 9am-5pm except Christmas Day & New Year's Day. $8.

Location: Vanderbilt Mansion, 4097 Route 9, Hyde Park

Contact (845)229-6432 for more information

A Gilded Age Christmas
Start Time 12:00pm - End Time 4:30pm - Guided tours of the lavishly decorated 79-room Mills family mansion highlight family history and showcase turn-of-the century decorations. Many Christmas trees, floral arrangements and spectacular dining room decorations. $5.

Location: Staatsburgh State Historic Site, Old Post Road, Staatsburg

Contact (845)889-8851 for more information, susan.delorenzo@oprhp.state.ny.us

Boxing Day
Start Time 1:00pm - End Time 8:00pm - Boxing Day: Children’s activities. 1-4pm, open noon-4pm. Additional evening hours 6-8pm.

Location: Staatsburgh State Historic Site, Old Post Road, Staatsburg

Contact (845)889-8851 for more information, susan.delorenzo@oprhp.state.ny.us

Rags, Blues And All That Jazz!
Start Time 8:00pm - Rags, Blues and All That Jazz with Peter Muir and The Diamond Jubilators

The Diamond Jubilators is an internationally acclaimed jazz band performing music of the 1920s-1940s in an unforgettable way. Since their formation in 1993, they have given thousands of performances in America, Europe, Britain and Australia, enthralling audiences everywhere with their special brand of musical delight. The quartet features the ever-popular Peter Muir on piano, vocalist Susan Burghardt-Diamond, Ivan Hunter on trumpet, and is led by the great Dr. John Diamond on drums. A holiday treat for the whole family!

Tickets: $18 adults; $16 seniors & children.

Location: Center For Performing Arts, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck

Contact (845)876-3080 for more information