Experience a late 18th-century celebration of "Twelfth Night." The
candlelit festivities begin with a visit to the home of one of the
wealthiest families of the post-Revolutionary era. Decorations made of
holiday greens and fruit adorn windowsills and mantles, live music is
performed in the parlor, and the tables set with Van Cortlandt family
china are laden with intriguing 18th-century desserts. A stroll through
the orchard, lit by candle-lanterns, takes visitors to the tenant house
to meet the Lord of Misrule. As visitors approach the ferry house, a
celebration is under way, and guests dance to the lively strains of the
fiddler and drink a toast to the season.
