{"id":31865,"date":"2014-12-04T04:02:33","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T09:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=31865"},"modified":"2014-12-09T01:09:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T06:09:00","slug":"stetson-mansion-christmas-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/04\/stetson-mansion-christmas-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Stetson Mansion Christmas Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My–Oh–My!!!\u00c2\u00a0 How I wish you all lived close enough that together we could all visit the breathtaking Stetson Mansion<\/a> in my hometown DeLand, Florida.\u00c2\u00a0 The historic (1886) Victorian home of John B. Stetson is\u00c2\u00a0 gloriously decorated for Christmas.<\/p>\n

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Even I,\u00c2\u00a0 whose Indian name surely would be “Woman of Many Words,” cannot begin to describe it.\u00c2\u00a0 Make Room for Quilts<\/em> by Nancy Martin features one style entitled “Too Much is Seldom Enough.”\u00c2\u00a0 That’s as close as anyone could come to accurately describing the look.\u00c2\u00a0 In a 10,000 square foot home, how could too much be enough?<\/p>\n

The 1-hour Christmas tour with my PlayGroup Mamas<\/a> was so spectacular that I am returning for another visit with my older grandchildren and other family members this weekend.<\/p>\n

Tour guests waited on the veranda until the tour began.<\/p>\n

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The Frozen-themed reception parlor was so realistic that it gave us Florida gals a chill.<\/p>\n

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Christmas music from the player set the mood. \u00c2\u00a0 At the base\u00c2\u00a0 was a display of almost 100 antique porcelain snow babies.<\/p>\n

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In keeping with the sewing theme of this blog, a few pictures from Mrs. Claus’ Quilting Room are shared here.<\/p>\n

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The local quilt shop, Quilt Shop of DeLand<\/a>, provided the quilts and textiles for this room.\u00c2\u00a0 It also featured a number of antique sewing machines.<\/p>\n

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There were several small yo-yo ornaments and trees about the room along with loose yo-yo’s scattered on tables.\u00c2\u00a0 Even my non-sewing friends were intrigued and asked if I could show them how to make yo-yo’s.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 We’ll do a mini-workshop at our Christmas dinner next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The tour guide encouraged us to look up, look down and look to the side.\u00c2\u00a0 Everywhere we looked there was beauty and incredible detail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In addition to the spectacular and beautiful decorations, there were several playful touches throughout.\u00c2\u00a0 One bathroom was decorated with snowmen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Aside from these dapper frozen men, it also included a snowman relaxing the clawfoot tub filled with some sort of bubbly snow.\u00c2\u00a0 And the toilet bowl was filled with snowballs!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That contrasted with the other 13!!!!! elegant bathrooms.<\/div>\n
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Guests were not allowed to take photos inside so the pictures included here have been taken from several web sites, though relatively few are from this year’s extraordinary decorating extravaganza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you are within driving distance or are in the area, I hope you can visit the Stetson Mansion Christmas Tour before it ends Jan. 15.\u00c2\u00a0 Or if you have any interest in historic mansions or elaborate decorations, you might enjoy viewing this YouTube video or visiting the links.<\/div>\n
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