Celebrate the holidays at the Presidio and learn about the different celebrations that are held during the month of December by different cultures and religions:
- Carrillo School performing Las Posadas at 11:30am
- Jewish History Museum presenting a Hanukkah activity
- Travelers’ Tales including the story of Maria Feliciano Arballos, a woman of African descent who participated in the December 1775 fandango while on the Anza Expedition
- Living history demonstrations and displays
And don’t miss:
- Twas the Night Before Christmas and The Legend of the Poinsettia readings
- Victorian ornament making
In addition, a Holiday Book Sale with local authors selling and signing their books will be part of the event. Authors currently participating are:
- Homer Thiel (Local Deaths, Smoke Signal)
- Dorothy Yanez (Downtown Tucson Murals and Public Art Tours & Tucson’s Birthplace Through Pictures)
- Carolyn Niethammer (several cookbooks)
- David Devine (Historic Tales of Territorial Tucson: 1854-1912 and other local books)
- William Hartmann (Cities of Gold, Searching for Golden Empires)
- Jean Baxter and Judy Nostrant (Sweetie the Rooster)
