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Kline Creek Farm looks at Christmas of yesteryear

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Paper ornaments hang from a Victorian Christmas tree at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago on Sunday.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

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Heritage Interpreter Wayne Hill talks to the Beisel family of Elmhurst on Sunday about how tables were set for Christmas during the 1890s. The Beisels were visiting Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago, which is offering tours of its farmhouse to give visitors a sense of how the holidays were celebrated in the late 19th century. Matt and Jill Beisel, holding Jonah, 2, bring their family to the farm four or five times a year. Keegan, 8, and her grandmother, Floris Beisel, are on the right.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Wayne Hill, Heritage Interpreter at Kline Creek Farm, shows how presents were wrapped in one long sheet of material. Children would take turns unrolling the wrapped package, and whatever they unveiled was their gift.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

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Kline Creek Farm, a living-history museum in West Chicago that preserves the buildings and traditions of late 19th century farm life, offered tours of its farmhouse Sunday, giving visitors a glimpse at what Christmas was like in the 1890s.