Christmas with the Nicodemuses: A Wartime 1940’s Holiday
Saturday November 15, 2025 from 2:00-4:00pm
In-Person at Renfrew Museum and Park
1010 E. Main Street, Waynesboro, PA 17268
Limit 30 Participants. Pre-registration required.
$30 per person / $20 Renfrew Members
Celebrate a 1940’s Christmas with Renfrew! Explore what life was like for Emma & Edgar Nicodemus, Waynesboro’s citizens, and the nation at the height of WWII. Discover the beloved Christmas traditions Americans kept alive in the face of adversity. What made the perfect gift for men and women in the service? How did they send gifts to loved ones overseas? In what ways did families keep in touch? How did they keep the festive spirit of Christmas alive during troubling times? Learn all this and more while enjoying refreshments from original wartime recipes. This warm and festive evening is the perfect way to welcome the holiday season! Presented by WWII Historian Sarah Lee and Renfrew’s Kirsten Lamb. The presentation will take place between the Wagon Shed Room and Main Gallery inside the Visitors Center.
PROGRAM NOTES: Our special holiday-themed presentation with 1940’s period refreshments will take place both in the Wagon Shed Room and Main Gallery of Renfrew’s Visitors Center barn which is fully handicapped accessible. Limited seating for up to thirty (30) guests is available. Doors open thirty (30) minutes prior to event. Check-in at the Visitors Center Welcome Desk. Entrance is located on the eastern side of the barn directly across from the flagpole. Pre-registration is required to attend. No walk-ins, please. Refunds available until seven (7) days prior to program. No exceptions.
Due to the nature of this lecture-style program, Christmas with the Nicodemuses is not recommended for small children or those with limited attention spans. We suggest older children, teens, and adults will most enjoy this experience. Seating will be on metal folding chairs, so please ensure your own comfort and bring along a cushion if you wish.
Free parking is available at the Visitors Center lot located off of PA-16/East Main Street/Buchanan Trail East. Overflow parking is in Renfrew’s Lower Lot off of Welty Road. Guests should expect low lighting and slightly uneven terrain over grass and gravel as they make their way to the Visitors Center. We apologize for any inconvenience. Restrooms are located at the northeastern corner of the Visitors Center barn with entrances accessed from the exterior.
Pictured in the Nicodemus Room during Christmas on the Farm 2019, presenters Kirsten Lamb (left) and Sarah Lee (right) are historians of the World War II era who regularly research, write, and lecture for Renfrew as well as other museum institutions in the region. Both ladies will be dressed in authentic 1940s period clothing during their talk on November 15th. Discover all things WWII ahead of the program with Sarah Lee’s fascinating research into life on the home front, rationing and wartime recipes in The Victory Kitchen podcast.