Aylmer-Malahide Museum Tour of Homes by Peri Hayes
Larry Jeffery, in the position of advertising and sales for the Aylmer-Malahide Museum Tour of Homes, delightedly discusses this upcoming event: “This is the 20th year that the tour has been held.” Each year approaching Christmas, four unique houses are decorated for the season by the Aylmer Tour of Homes’ decorating committee of 12 dedicated members. This team has been diligently working on the event for several months. Following the tour, participants are invited to the fifth house — being the Aylmer Museum — to enjoy door prizes and refreshments. As Larry warmly invites, “One can also purchase tickets on Christmas baskets and view the exhibit, ‘The Roaring Twenties’.” As Larry proceeds to earnestly describe: “I am excited about this year’s tour since, like the rest of our customers, I do not get to see the homes until the weekend of. Last year’s tour was spectacular. We had no idea how well the tour would go after the three-year COVID hiatus, but we set records by having about 750 people visit our houses. That was 21% higher than any previous tour.” Moreover, Larry announces that there is an extra component this year: “In addition to the four decorated homes, we have a Christmas lighting display at the Goris’ home on Lyons Line. They have over 50,000 lights, homemade wooden decorations and 550 vintage blow moulds.”
visitors who travelled from Camlachie, Chatham, Edmonton, Kerwood, Kincardine, Listowel, Ottawa, Peterborough, To- ronto and more. “It helps put Aylmer on the map,” Larry cheers. This year, Aylmer-Malahide Museum Tour of Homes will be held on Friday, November 15th from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm, as well as on Saturday, November 16th from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm and on Sunday, November 17th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Tickets are available for $25.00 with entry for guests under 12 years of age being free of charge. Larry shares that 12 businesses are selling tickets throughout Aylmer, along with Tillsonburg Garden Gate and Lux Salon and Spa, and St. Thomas’ Family Flowers, Mugford’s and Railway City Brewery. Alternatively, tickets are available online through the Aylmer Museum’s website at aylmermuseum.ca/tour-of- homes/, or by calling the Museum at 519-773-9723.
“Each year we are amazed by the people that attend our event,” Larry expresses with gratitude. He reports that 300 guests attended from the Aylmer area in 2023, with 65 from London, 90 between St. Thomas and Port Stanley and a number of
Saturday November 23, 1pm & 7pm
A Christmas Carol Join us in Port Stanley for a wonderful yuletide experience for the whole family! All the characters come to life as two actors play and read all the parts. On Christmas Eve Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits, who take him on a journey into his past, present and future to show him the errors of his ways. A STAGED READING OF
Christmas Carol ~A~
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by Charles Dickens adapted by Liz Gilroy
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