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Kline Creek Farm shows how different Christmas was 120 years ago

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Diego Vera, 6, of Carol Stream, and his sister, Leslie, 8, open a traditional 1890s Christmas gift call a "snowball" Sunday while visiting Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago for a historical interpretation of an 1890s DuPage County Christmas.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County celebrates Christmas on Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago Sunday with various traditional events, including wagon rides.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Wayne Hill, a historic interpreter at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago, makes Christmas cookies in the traditional 1890s way Sunday. It was part of a historical interpretation of what Christmas was like in the 1890s in DuPage County.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

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Kline Creek Farm this weekend found out what Christmas was like in DuPage County in the 1890s.One of the history interpreters, Dennis Buck, said Christmas back then had less decorating, and less gift-giving. Another difference is that Kline Creek Farm already decorated the house, but in the 1890s, they would have waited until Christmas Eve.
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    • Diego Vera, 6, of Carol Stream, and his sister, Leslie, 8, open a traditional 1890s Christmas gift call a “snowball” Sunday while visiting Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago for a historical interpretation of an 1890s DuPage County Christmas.
    • The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County celebrates Christmas on Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago Sunday with various traditional events, including wagon rides.
    • Wayne Hill, a historic interpreter at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago, makes Christmas cookies in the traditional 1890s way Sunday. It was part of a historical interpretation of what Christmas was like in the 1890s in DuPage County.
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