The Presidio Museum's Holiday Celebration

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Saturday, Dec 11, 2021  3pm - 7pm

Location

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Details

Celebrate the winter holidays at the Presidio Museum! The museum will be open until 7 pm, and attendees arriving after 3 pm will enjoy making ornaments, playing historic games, and drinking hot chocolate among festive lights and luminarias.

Tucson High School’s Mariachi Rayos del Sol will play holiday and traditional mariachi music at 4 pm, and Twas the Night Before Christmas and The Legend of the Poinsettia will be read at 4:45 pm and 6:15 pm.

The Holiday Tavern will also be open selling beer, wine, spiked and regular Champurrado and spiked and regular egg nog. Tastings of posole, cookies, and  champurrado will be available, and tamale dinners will be available for sale.  We’ll also have the soldado’s night musket and cannon firing and even a few shooting contests among the soldiers!  

Activities:

• Make Holiday ornaments
• Hear the Reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas and The Legend of the Poinsettia
• Enjoy Holiday and Traditional Mariachi Music by Tucson High’s Mariachi Rayos del Sol
• Play Historic Games
• Experience Evening Firings of Muskets and Cannon
• Taste Posole, Cookies, and Champurrado
• Embibe at the Holiday Tavern, serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (additional charge)
• Dine al fresco - Tamale Dinner Available for Purchase

Included in Admission