Try a little holiday magic Mystic
MYSTIC, Conn. - With Christmas over Thursday, and the kids home for the next week, you'd better have something up your sleeve to keep the monkeys at bay. Fret not, with programs like Holiday Magic week at Mystic Seaport.
Start your visit aboard the tall ship L.A. Dunton, in Mystic Harbor, and travel back in time as the museum staff regales you with tales of sailors, captains, and their families who were at sea during the holidays.
Then head inside to check out the museum's newest exhibition, "Frozen In: Captain Comer and the Hudson Bay Inuit," and learn about the East Haddam seafarer and his relationship with the natives of the Canadian Arctic. Later the kids will not want to miss creating Inuit keepsakes at the Children's Museum.
The magic arrives at noon when visitors can learn how to perform magic tricks of their own in daily Abracadabra Magic Workshops.
Aspiring Merlins can watch E.A. Davis at 1 and 3:15 p.m. as he presents a 19th century magic show.
Leave time to attend the Celebrations of Light Planetarium program running at 12:30 and 2 p.m.
The show looks at the winter stars and constellations with an eye toward the celebrations of light practiced by different cultures.
Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, Conn. 860-572-5315 or 888-973-276, www.mysticseaport.org. Dec. 26-Jan. 4, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. [Museum closed Monday, Dec. 29.] Adults $15, 6-17; $9.50, under 5 free. Planetarium show is $2.50.
KIMBERLY SHERMAN 