Timeless Traditions: Celebrate the Holidays at The Historic Stranahan House Museum
- Durée & Company
- Nov 12
- 2 min read
Deck the Halls with History. This holiday season, celebrate timeless traditions at the Historic Stranahan House Museum – the oldest house in Fort Lauderdale and the epicenter of Broward County’s long and fascinating history.
Ho Ho Hold that pose! The Historic Stranahan House Museum is baking the season bright with Cookies with Santa, presented by Amazon, on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Families are invited to capture their holiday photos with a five-minute family photo session with Santa Claus inside the Historic Stranahan House Museum. Photo sessions for families of four are $45, and each additional person is $5.
Additionally, the Historic Stranahan House Museum is hosting Victorian Christmas Tours, presented by Amazon, Dec. 16 through Dec. 20, from 5 to 8 p.m. each evening. The community is invited to step back in time to the Victorian era while walking through the beautifully decorated Stranahan House Museum. Attendees will learn how holiday traditions started, how the pioneers of Fort Lauderdale celebrated the season, and shop for everyone on their Christmas list in the gift shop. Tours are $30 per person or $25 for members.
Tours during Victorian Christmas are approximately 40 minutes long. New tours start every 10 minutes for groups of six or fewer. Festive and knowledgeable docents will guide each tour. There will be a mixture of information shared by the tour guides and signage to read, all while classic Christmas songs are played on a 1900s piano. Guests are encouraged to take the Water Taxi’s Holiday Lights Tour before or after their tour through Stranahan House.
All proceeds will support the year-round historic preservation and education programs at the Historic Stranahan House Museum, one of the top cultural attractions in Fort Lauderdale. Built in 1901, Stranahan House is recognized as the birthplace of Fort Lauderdale and was home to the area’s first businessman, Frank Stranahan, and the first schoolteacher, Ivy Cromartie Stranahan. Stranahan House opened as a museum in 1984.
The Stranahan House thanks its generous sponsors. The Cookies with Santa Presenting Sponsor is Amazon, and is also sponsored in part by Memorial Healthcare System’s Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. The Victorian Christmas Tours Presenting Sponsor is Amazon. Cookies with Santa: Photo sessions are by appointment only. Online registration is required. No pets will be allowed in the museum.
For more information and to book a photo session, please visit stranahanhouse.org/cookies-with-santa.
Victorian Christmas Tours: For more information or to register, please visit stranahanhouse.org/victorian-christmas-tours.
Groups larger than six people can book a tour by contacting 954-524-4736.