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| The Rocks' Green Father Christmas with Nigel Manley |
At The
Rocks, we introduced a Green Father Christmas in 2008, and he’s returned to the
farm every year since during the holidays, spreading the cheer of the season
and the hope of brightening days to come. Green Father Christmas will visit The
Rocks each Saturday from November 23 thru December 14.
The
red-and-white clad Santa who sets visions of sugarplums (and new toys) to
dancing through children’s heads is likely the combination of many Christmas
legends from various times and customs. He is St. Nicholas dropping coins down
chimneys and into stockings, King Frost bringing cold and snow, Father Winter
representing the hope of longer days and approaching springtime, Odin
delivering gifts on his magical eight-legged horse, and more.
When
Nigel Manley, the longtime manager of The Rocks, discovered images of a
green-clad Father Christmas carrying evergreen boughs in 2008, he knew this character
would be the perfect representative of the holidays at The Rocks. At the farm,
Green Father Christmas embodies the joyful and hopeful spirit of the season as
well as the importance of land conservation and forest preservation, which are
central to our mission as the North Country Conservation & Education Center for the Forest Society.
Once
again, The Rocks’ Green Father Christmas will wander the farm this season with
his bag filled with fir tree seedlings. These he will give to children, who may
bring the seedlings home, tend to them through the winter, and plant them outside
once the green of spring replaces winter’s snowy white – a symbol of the
lasting joy of Christmas and the hopeful beginnings of days to come!
For more about the holidays at The Rocks, check out the latest news on our website or visit our online calendar.
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