Seasonal & Holidays
Picture Connecticut: The Santa House
It's a North Pole satellite office right here in the Nutmeg State.
VERNON, CT — This week's installment of the Picture Connecticut series takes us to one of the most unique holiday features in the state.
Welcome to the Vernon Santa House.
The Santa House hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays through Dec. 23 and 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays through Dec. 21. Children are invited to visit Santa and Mrs. Claus free of charge.
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The Santa House sits in Vernon's Central Park across from Town Hall, but is privately funded.
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Picture Connecticut is a weekly Patch series featuring unique images of the state, past and present.Previous featured images:
- Mile 4 Funnel, Manchester Road Race, Manchester
- UConn Lacrosse Giving Back, Connecticut River Valley
- The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 3, Hartford
- The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 2, Hartford
- The Capitol Grounds Tour, Part 1, Hartford
- The Doughboy, East Hartford
- The Walt Whitman Stone, West Hartford
- The indoor bush plane, Hartford County
- The Big Pink Chair, Ellington
- The Notch, Granby
- The CT 9/11 Monument, Westport
- Vintage Gas Pump, Somers
- Tobacco Harvest, East Windsor
- Late Afternoon, Lakeside, Coventry
- Fogarea, New Haven County
- Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, Washington Depot
- Connecticut River Police Boat, Rocky Hill
- The first dentist, Windsor
- The Frog Bridge, Willimantic
- The World War Bridge Rapids, Putnam
- The Peeking Cow, Tolland County
- The Ivy Lacrosse Tournament, New Canaan
- The Bradley International Airport runway, Windsor Locks
- The Underground Railroad, Unionville
- The cow carousel, Ellington
- Charles Island, Milford
- State Veterans Cemetery, Middletown
- Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry, Glastonbury/Rocky Hill
- The Old County Jailhouse, Tolland
- Agent Orange Monument, Andover
- The Sunken Garden, Farmington
- Lafayette Tour Monument, Vernon
- The Pinchot Sycamore, Simsbury
- Bob's Discount Furniture Studios, Manchester
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