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Franklin Township celebrates a Victorian Christmas

12/17/2019

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By Al Stilley
Editor

Southsiders enjoyed stories, recipes and carols Sunday night during the annual celebration of a Victorian Christmas at the Franklin Township Historical Society.

About 100 patrons of all ages enjoyed the one-hour celebration with Santa Claus, punch and cookies that is held yearly at the society’s Meeting House at 6510 S. Franklin Road. The home of the FTHS originally was the Big Run Baptist Church, built in 1871 and turned over to the organization in 1977 to preserve its history.
Visitors walked between luminaries that lined each side of the stone walkway to the front door of the Meeting House for the festive evening.

Historical society president Nancy Van Arendonk recalled Victorian Christmases in Boston and other cities and explained the original recipes for Christmas pudding and the boar’s head.

Dressed in a Victorian suit, Larry Van Arendonk led the guests in singing Christmas songs including the festive “Jingle Bells,” and somber “Silent Night.”

Bill Clark read the Christmas Story from the Holy Bible and a Victorian-garbed Santa Claus, portrayed by Jon Baugh, read “The Night Before Christmas.”

The Meeting House and museum preserves numerous Franklin Township artifacts, documents, maps and high school yearbooks.

The church’s original lectern and pump organ also were utilized for the Victorian Christmas. Jim Kemp played a solo on the pump organ and accompanied the singing of Christmas carols.

The Meeting House and museum are adjacent to the cemetery and are listed with the National Registry of Historic Places and the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures.

The Meeting House is open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday and third Sunday of each month. Admission is free.
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Membership and info: www.fths.org.
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Jingle Books

12/17/2019

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(SUBMITTED PHOTO) The Indianapolis Public Library’s “Jingle Books 2019” campaign is under way, following its launch at Central Library. Making the initial book donations into the “Jingle Books” receiving box are, from left, Lindsay Szostak of Sondhi Solutions, Library CEO Jackie Nytes, Indianapolis Deputy Mayor Angela Smith-Jones, and Jennifer Malins from Indy Reads. They donated the first books of the campaign that helps ensure that every child receives the gift of reading this month. “Jingle Books” displays are available at all Indianapolis Public Library branches where patrons can select children’s books from display boxes to take home. Library visitors also can donate new or gently used books by dropping them into the boxes. Free gift-wrapping stations are at most sites. During its first five years, “Jingle Books” has provided more than 7,000 books for local children.
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