St. Nicholas
will be among the hosts at the Lefferts Homestead Winter Festival
in Prospect Park on Sunday, Dec. 1.
From 1 pm to 4 pm, St. Nick will distribute chocolate coins and
oranges to children while artisans from a variety of disciplines
demonstrate handicrafts from the 1880s. Enjoy the olekeoks (doughnut
holes) at the outdoor cooking demonstration as well as quilting,
spinning, weaving and woodworking demonstrations and toymaking,
scharren-knippen ornamental paper cutting and candlemaking workshops
at one of Brooklyn’s last remaining Dutch farmhouses.
To reach the Lefferts Homestead Children’s Historic House, enter
the park at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard.
Admission is free. For more information, call (718) 789-2822.
