On Saturday, December 2, Heritage Farmstead Museum of Plano welcomed a record-breaking crowd of more than 2,350 guests to its 31st annual Lantern Light, a holiday family event for all ages.  This year's event was themed "1929: The Great Texas Snow."
   
"Lantern Light is a unique holiday experience that provides Heritage Farmstead Museum visitors the opportunity to recall holiday traditions from days gone by," said Heritage Farmstead Museum Executive Director M'Lou Hyttinen.
   
The event included tours of the holiday exhibit in the Farrell Wilson House, children's crafts in the one room school house, wagon rides, candle dipping, historic demonstrations, storytelling, songs of the season in the historic pole barn, delicious treats and photos with Santa.
   
The event also featured a snow mountain and sledding area, which was made up of 64,000 pounds of shaved ice.

Heritage Farmstead Museum is located at 1900 West 15th Street in Plano. To learn more about Heritage Farmstead Museum, please visit www.heritagefarmstead.org or call 972.881.0140.

About The Heritage Farmstead Museum:
The Heritage Farmstead Museum, a four-acre historic site consisting of a restored, 14-room 1891 Victorian farmhouse with its original outbuildings, interprets rural life on the North Texas prairie between 1890 and 1925. The museum provides tours, field trips and programs for 35,000 visitors each year.  For more information, call 972.881.0140 or visit www.heritagefarmstead.org.