Open on Mondays in December
Tuesdays, December 8, 15, 22:
o Last tour tickets sold at 7:15 pm
o Stores open until 8:00 pm
o Dinner served in the Garden Café 4:30 pm-7:00 pm. For reservations, call 302.888.4826.

November 21: Mexican Jewelry Trunk Show
November 27-28: Chocolate Trunk Show
December 4-6: Jewelry Trunk Show
December 18-19: Jewelry Trunk Show

December 3-6: Purchase $50 and receive a free gift (while supplies last)
December 11-13: Family & Friends Days
December 26-January 10: Holiday Sale


Tuesdays, 11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm

December 1: Pomander-making
December 8: Flower-arranging
December 15: Napkin-folding
December 22: Gift-wrapping

Wednesdays, December 2, 9, 16
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Learn to prepare tasty holiday treats.

December 3, 3:30-5:30 pm
Details Discover tempting varieties of gingerbread with author Jennifer Lindner McGlinn and enjoy a recipe demonstration from her latest cookbook, Gingerbread. Program includes a book signing, gingerbread tasting, and coffee tasting with local roaster, Pike Creek Coffee Roasterie.


December 14, 11:00 am
Details Winterthur estate historian Maggie Lidz discusses her new book about Delaware's most influential family.

December 17, 12:15-1:00 pm
Details Curator Carina Evangelista, of the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, will discuss modern portraiture.

Good Tidings to You: Victorian Christmas Ephemera from the John and Carolyn Grossman Collection

Faces of a New Nation: American Portraits of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fridays, December 4, 11, 18
12:30 pm-1:30 pm
Enjoy holiday performances in the Garden Cafeteria.

Saturdays, Galleries Reception Area
Seasonal tunes and carols by an array of ensembles.

December 5, 1:00-3:00 pm: Saengerbund Choir
December 12, 12:00-2:00 pm: Music School of Delaware ensembles
December 19, 1:00-3:00 pm: Chorus of the Brandywine

December 13, 1:30 pm

December 6, 3:00 pm
$12; $8 Members, Yuletide ticket holders; $5 students and children 5+.


December 5, 12, 19, 9:00-11:30 am
Reservations required. $28 adults; $21 Member adults; $18 children 1-12.
Details It's a day full of family fun! Enjoy a delicious buffet breakfast with Santa, make special holiday crafts, and enjoy readings of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and other winter classics. 9:00 am or 9:30 am seatings.

December 6, 2:00-4:00 pm
Registration required. $60 adult/child pair; $48 Member pair. Includes optional Yuletide Tour before class.
Details With the expert guidance of Winterthur's floral designers, create a gorgeous dried-flower arrangement to take home for your holiday table. For children ages 7+ and an adult caregiver.

December 10, 10:00 am-3:00 pm
Registration required. $10; Members $5; children under 2 free.
Details Take a tour of the house to learn about holiday entertaining in the 19th and early 20th centuries and make some unique holiday cards to take home. Most appropriate for children age 5 and older.

Tuesday-Friday: 2:30-4:30 pm, Saturday & Sunday, 12:30-4:30 pm.
Mondays, December 7, 14, 21: 2:30-4:30 pm
December 28-January 1: 12:30-4:30 pm