Saturdays and Sundays, November 30 – December 22,
11 am – 3 pm
New Weave Commons, Savage Mill
Santa and Mrs. Claus are taking time out of their busy schedule to visit our “New Weave Commons” each weekend throughout Yuletide. They’ll be available for photos with visitors…including your well-mannered four-legged companions.

Sunday, December 15, 1:30-3:30 pm
Schoolhouse Theatre Arts
Inside Savage Mill
This youth theater troupe based in Howard County consists of elementary, middle, and high schoolers from around Maryland. They will be singing some holiday classics and favorites. Please feel free to join in their caroling!

Sunday, December 15, 4-5 pm
“Flash Mob” Parranda
Inside Savage Mill
A parranda is a Puerto Rican holiday musical tradition that typically involves visiting the homes of friends and family and singing traditional holiday music. It is the Puerto Rican version of caroling, but parrandas are generally considered secular events enjoyed by all Puerto Ricans regardless of their religious beliefs. Join us for this first-ever collaboration with the non-profit Cultura Plenera. 

Saturday, December 21, 12–4 pm
Alex Barnett Classical Guitar
New Weave Building Bridge
Alex Barnett is an Annapolis-based Classical Guitarist who plays a wide range of style from Classical to Latin to Pop Arrangements of Coldplay and Queen. He will be doing arrangements of holiday tunes like Christmastime is Here, Silver Bells and The Nutcracker Suite. Alex has played around the world at The Copacabana Palace (Brazil), The Lake of Meneith Hotel (Scotland) and National Museum (Colombia)!

Santa Heim, Merryland: A Savage Christmas Story
November 30, 2024 – January 10, 2025
New Weave Building
An exhibition of historic photographs, Christmas ornaments, and other souvenirs from the years 1948-1951, when the Mill and the neighboring town of Savage were transformed into Santa Heim, a year-round Christmas village, and the Mill produced a third of all hand-blown Christmas ornaments sold in the U.S.

Organized in cooperation with the Savage Historical Society.

The Evolution of Glass Christmas Ornaments in America: the late 1800’s to the 1950’s 
Friday, December 13, 12–1 pm
More Than Java Cafe

Introduced to Americans in the 1880’s, German Christmas balls quickly became sought-after items. World War II and the resulting ban on imports from Germany in the 1940s precipitated the start of ball production in the United States. Lois Landvoigt (Savage Historical Society) will unveil details about the evolution of American-made Christmas ornaments and show examples from across the years. You will learn to identify ornaments in your collection, as well as how the Savage Mill-based Santa Novelties factory played a unique role in the American Christmas ornament industry.

Organized by the Savage Historical Society