Winterthur Opens Holiday Show With Focus on Lights

The Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in Delaware is giving visitors an early look at Christmas and the history behind light displays.

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The museum that once was Henry Francis du Pont's country mansion has opened its annual holiday decorations display. The show had a soft opening Saturday and will run through Jan. 5.
 
The News Journal reports this year's "Yuletide at Winterthur" show celebrates holiday lighting traditions, such as the Swedish-American tradition of decorating a tin candelabra with fringed paper in the early 20th century.
 
Winterthur has made a specialty in its celebration of American Christmas traditions as a museum of decorative arts.

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