>> HERE IS WHAT IS COMING UP ON "YOU OUGHTA KNOW"...

CHECK OUT HUNDREDS OF CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURES NESTLED IN NEW JERSEY.

>> I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE DELAWARE DESERT.

>> ALL ABOARD AT THE MORRIS ARBORETUM.

>> FIND OUT WHY HISTORIC SMITHVILLE IS A FAVORITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION.

>> WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

I AM SHIRLEY MIN.

>> I'M REGINA MITCHELL.

THE HOLIDAYS ARE HERE.

SHIRLEY: THANKSGIVING IS BEHIND US.

NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT SHOPPING FOR PRESENTS.

REGINA: I CAN TALK ABOUT SHOPPING ANYTIME.

BUT, SPEAKING OF PRESENTS, THANKS TO A LITTLE GIRL'S REQUEST, THERE WILL BE REDESIGNED TO TOY SOLDIERS UNDER THE TREE THIS YEAR.

SHIRLEY: SHE SENT A LETTER TO A PENNSYLVANIA TOYMAKER.

THEY AGREED IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE.

>> WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1991.

I STARTED TO SELL MORE TOY SOLDIERS IN THE MID TO THOUSANDS.

I WOULD GET A MESSAGE, DO YOU HAVE ANY FEMALE SOLDIERS?

I WOULD SAY, NO, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THOSE.

IN THE SUMMER OF 2019, I GOT ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MESSAGES.

THIS ONE HAD A PICTURE OF A LITTLE GIRL'S LETTER.

>> I PLAY SOCCER.

I AM SIX YEARS OLD.

WHY DO YOU NOT MAKE GIRL ARMY MEN?

MY FRIEND'S MOM IS IN THE ARMY TOO.

SO WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THOSE TOO?

PLEASE, CAN YOU MAKE ARMY GIRLS.

I WOULD PLAY WITH THEM EVERY DAY AND MY FRIENDS WOULD TOO.

>> THAT WEEKEND I WENT TO MY SISTER TO DO QUICK SKETCHES.

THE STORY TOOK ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN AFTER THAT.

>>[BUGLE MUSIC] >> COVID-19 SLOWED EVERYTHING DOWN.

IT MADE EVERYTHING TAKES LONGER.

I SAID IF I WAS GOING TO DO ONE THING IN 2020, IT WOULD BE TO GET VIVIAN HER ARMY WOMAN FOR CHRISTMAS.

THAT WE DID.

AT LEAST WE HIT THAT GOAL.

>> I HAVE A FEW HERE.

HERE IS ONE.

YOU CANNOT REALLY TELL IF IT IS A BOY OR A GIRL.

BUT WHEN YOU TURN IT OVER.

I CAN TELL IT IS A GIRL.

>> LITTLE VIVIAN ASKING THE QUESTION, WHY AREN'T THERE GIRL ARMY MEN PLAYING WITH HER BROTHER WITH SOLDIERS I GOT HER TO CARNIVAL, IT TURNS OUT GIRLS HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME QUESTION SINCE THE 60'S.

THIS HAS BEEN A DECADES LONG CHRISTMAS WISH FULFILLMENT.

>> WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER.

HE COULD HAVE JUST PUT IT TO THE SIDE.

HE MADE HER DREAM COME TRUE.

>> IT HAS BEEN A TERRIBLE TIME FOR KIDS BUT MAYBE SOMETHING GOOD THAT COULD COME OUT OF IT IS HAVE TIME FOR QUIET, CREATIVE PLAY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO HELP SOME KIDS BE THE HERO OF THEIR OWN STORY.

>> WHEN I AM HOLDING ONE IN MY HAND THAT LOOKS LIKE ME IT IS REALLY COOL SEEING SOMETHING THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE ME.

IN A LITTLE TOY.

REGINA: THE FEMALE SOLDIER FIGURES COME IN A VARIETY OF COLORS WITH 36 PIECES IN A PACK.

SHIRLEY: YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT MACAROONS.

IN DELAWARE, THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE TO GET THEM.

I GOT TO SEE WHAT GOES INTO MAKING THE HOTEL DUPONT SIGNATURE ALMOND MACAROONS.

>> IT IS TRADITIONAL MACAROONS WE HAVE BEEN MAKING HERE AT THE HOTEL DUPONT FOR MANY YEARS.

IT IS A COOKIE MADE OUT OF FOUR INGREDIENTS, ALMOND PASTE, EGG WHITES, VANILLA AND SUGAR.

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE THE REST BECAME FROM.

MANY PASTRY CHEFS HAVE SAID THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM.

REALISTICALLY, IT COULD'VE BEEN THE START OF THE HOTEL IN 1913.

THE FRENCH MACAROON IS THE SANDWICH COOKIE YOU THINK OF THAT IS USUALLY BRIGHTLY COLORED AND FILLED WITH FLAVORED BUTTERCREAM'S OR JELLY.

OUR MACAROON IS SIMILAR TO A COCONUT MACAROON.

A COCONUT BACKROOM AND AN ALLMAN MACAROON ARE CRUNCHY ON THE OUTSIDE AND CHEWING ON THE INSIDE.

THE FIRST DAY ON THE JOB AS A PASTRY CHEF AT THE HOTEL DUPONT YOU ARE TOLD THAT WE MAKE MACAROONS AND WE MAKE A LOT OF THEM.

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO MAKE THEM.

>> WE HAVE OUR ALMOND PASTE IN THE BOWL TO START, THEN YOU SLOWLY ADD SUGAR, THEN EGG WHITES.

♪ >> I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE MAKING THAT LOOK EASIER THAN IT IS.

>> ARE YOU GOING TO TRY?

SHIRLEY: AFTER YOU PIPE THE MACAROONS ONTO YOUR TRAY LET THE TWO HOURS BEFORE POPPING THEM IN THE OVEN.

CHEF LEAH MAKES THE HOTEL MACAROONS BY HAND.

BUT, SHE CANNOT MAKE ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND.

WITH HELP FROM THIS MACAROON MACHINE, SHE CAN CRANK OUT TRAYS OF COOKIES, SOMETIMES, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.

>> SO GOOD.

>> EVERY DAY WE MAKE THEM FRESH.

WE RUN BATCHES OF ABOUT 3,300 AT A TIME.

SHIRLEY: THAT IS A LOT OF MACAROONS.

WHO IS EATING ALL OF THESE MACAROONS?

>> EVERYBODY WHO COMES THROUGH THE HOTEL.

SHIRLEY: CHEERS.

MMM.

SO GOOD.

BEFORE YOU HEAD OVER TO THE HOTEL DUPONT, CALL AHEAD.

THERE ARE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MACAROONS MADE DAILY.

IT IS BEST TO ORDER YOURS IN ADVANCE.

REGINA: SEASONAL FALL BEERS ARE IN FULL HARVEST.

GARY MONTEREY SHARES SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

♪ >> AUTUMN SEASON IS UPON US.

TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING.

BEERS ARE GETTING HEARTIER.

WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS.

I AM STARTING WITH PROBABLY THE GODFATHER OF FALL BEERS, AND OKTOBERFEST BEERS FROM CAPE MAIN.

THIS STYLE OF BEER GOES BACK TO 1841 IN MUNICH, GERMANY.

IT USES A LOT OF GERMAN BASED GRAINS.

IT COMES IN A LITTLE OVER 5% ALCOHOL BY VOLUME.

MY NEXT GUEST TO LOUISIANA.

THIS IS A PECAN ALE FROM A COMPANY CALLED ATHENA BREWING.

THE COMPANY GROWS THESE PECANS AND TOASTS THEM INTO THE MIX.

IT GIVES A NUTTY FLAVOR AND AROMA THAT IS VERY SUBTLE.

WOW.

WHEN YOU THINK OF FALL BEERS, YOU HAVE TO GO TO PUMPKIN ALE.

PUMPKIN BEERS ARE SO BIG AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

IT IS A STYLE THAT GOES BACK TO THE COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD, THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY.

PEOPLE WOULD GROW PUMPKINS.

THE STARCH COULD BE CONVERTED INTO FERMENTABLE SUGAR.

THE STYLE, UNFORTUNATELY, DIED OUT AS GERMAN AND ENGLISH SETTLERS CAME TO THE NEW WORLD.

THEY HAD BEEN USED TO BREWING BEER USING GRAINS.

SO PUMPKINS DISAPPEARED UNTIL A FELLOW BY THE NAME OF BILL OWENS CAME AROUND AND FOUND A GEORGE WASHINGTON'S RECIPES FOR MAKING PUMPKIN ALE.

SINCE THEN, IT TOOK OFF.

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN COLOR BETWEEN THESE TWO.

THIS FIRST ONE IS A DERIVATION OF A CREAM ALE.

THEY ADD SPICE TO IT.

THEY RIM THE GLASS IN PUMPKIN SPICE AND CINNAMON SUGAR.

THE NEXT IS FROM EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

THIS IS MY GO TO PUMPKIN ALE.

THIS IS THEIR IMPERIAL PUMPKIN.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.

YOU GET ALL THE SPICES: NUTMEG, CLOVES, CINNAMON, CARDAMOM, A DERIVATION OF NUTMEG.

IT IS A DELICIOUS BEER.

I WILL TAKE A SIP NOW.

DELICIOUS.

AS YOU ARE CONSIDERING YOUR FALL BEER PURCHASES, THESE BEERS WILL ONLY BE OUT FOR A FEW WEEKS.

THEY MATCH WITH HEARTIER FOODS.

THESE STYLES ARE OKTOBERFEST, A LOCALLY INFUSED WITH PECANS, AND ALSO THOSE TREMENDOUS PUMPKIN BEERS.

THAT IS IT.

ENJOY YOURSELF, STAY HEALTHY, AND ENJOY GOOD BEER.

SHIRLEY: THE TREE STILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL FOLIAGE.

ONE WAY TO TAKE IT IN IS ON A BIKE.

>> THERE IS A GROUP VIBE.

YOU ARE NOT JUST ON THE ROAD AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ARE WORKING TOGETHER.

THERE IS DRAFTING THAT TAKES PLACE WHEN IT IS WINDY.

WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM, WE STOP AND LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER.

YOU GET MORE RESPECT ON THE ROAD WHEN YOU'RE WITH A GROUP.

THE RIDE LEADER ORGANIZES THE RIDE AND IT NAVIGATES AND SETS THE PACE SO EVERYONE CAN STAY TOGETHER.

CURTIS' JOB IS TO KEEP PEOPLE TOGETHER, KEEP THEM ORGANIZED AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED FOR A RIDE TO START AND COORDINATE MATTERS.

WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP.

I HAVE BEEN WRITING WITH THE CLUB FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I HAVE MADE OCEANS OF NEW FRIENDS I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE OTHERWISE.

IT IS NICE TO GO OUT AND FEEL LIKE YOU ARE PART OF SOMETHING RATHER THAN ON YOUR OWN.

>> A ROAD BIKE, YOU WANT COMPLETE EFFICIENCY FOR SPEED AND EASE OF USE, BEING ABLE TO CLIMB FAST ON THE ROAD.

MOUNTAIN BIKES HAVE A LOT OF SUSPENSION.

THE FRONT SHOT, THE REAR SHOCK.

>> WHO DOESN'T REMEMBER GETTING THEIR FIRST BICYCLE WHEN THEY WERE A KID AND GOING OUT AND WRITING?

ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES WHEN I WAS A KID WAS LEARNING HOW TO RIDE AND THE FREEDOM OF DOING WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

IT GIVES YOU FREEDOM TO NOT ONLY HAVE THE FREEDOM YOU HAD AS A KID RIDING A BIKE BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE IT.

>> IF YOU ARE JUST GETTING INTO MOUNTAIN BIKING THIS IS A FANTASTIC TIME.

THE WAY TRAILS ARE BEING BUILT NOW COMPARED TO 20 OR 30 YEARS AGO WERE MOST ARE HIKING TRAILS ARE UNIMPROVED TRAILS, CURRENTLY, WITH TRAIL BUILDING, THERE IS A LOT OF ART AND SCIENCE GOING INTO BUILDING MOUNTAIN BIKE SPECIFIC TRAILS WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

>> VALLEY MOUNTAIN BARKERS WERE A LOCAL CHAPTER IN THE INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN BIKING ASSOCIATION.

WE HAVE GROUP RIDES WITH THE CLUB FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AVID RIDERS.

WE DO BEGINNER RIDES.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL PRESSURED.

>> ONCE I STARTED TRYING IT I FELT LIKE A KID AGAIN.

THE ADRENALINE RUSH IS AWESOME.

I FEEL LIKE I AM 12 YEARS OLD.

I HAVE SIX BROTHERS.

JUMPING OVER ROCKS AND STUFF.

WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE WOODS IT IS A DIFFERENT FEELING BEING SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL NATURE INSTEAD OF BEING ON THE ROAD WITH CARS.

I GET A BETTER WORKOUT.

IT IS ABOUT 8.5 MILES.

THIS IS SO INTENSE.

IT IS SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

DON'T BE AFRAID TO GET DIRTY.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES.

THEIR KIDS COME OUT AS WELL.

IT IS A HEALTHY, FUN ACTIVITY FOR EVERYONE.

>> DO NOT BE INTIMIDATED.

WHEN YOU HEAR MOUNTAIN BIKING SOME PEOPLE THINK YOU HAVE TO, MOUNTING.

NO.

MOUNTAIN BIKING IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET OFF THE ROAD, ONTO A TRAIL, IN THE WOODS.

WHEN YOU ARE JUST GETTING INTO MOUNTAIN BIKING I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT CRASHING.

MY ADVICE TO EVERYBODY IS DO NOT WORRY ABOUT CRASHING.

WORRY ABOUT HAVING A GOOD TIME.

YOU MAY CRASH.

YOU MAY NOT CRASH.

IF YOU DO, IT IS NOT LIKELY TO HURT YOU.

IF YOU GO TO THE BEACH, YOU WILL GET SANDY.

IT IS UNAVOIDABLE.

CRASHING IS JUST LIKE GETTING SANDY.

DON'T WORRY.

HAVE FUN.

YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME.

SHIRLEY: WHETHER INTO CYCLING OR MOUNTAIN BIKING, BOTH CLUBS ARE READY TO HELP YOU IT STARTED SAFELY.

REGINA: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TOUCH A MUSEUM EXHIBIT?

PROBABLY NEVER.

BUT, IN HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY, TOUCHING THE ART IS PART OF THE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE.

♪ >> WE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN 1992, THE BRAINCHILD OF OUR FOUNDER STUART JOHNSON, SCULPTOR, PHILANTHROPIST.

HE HAD A VISION FOR A PLACE THAT WOULD MAKE SCULPTURE AND ART APPROACHABLE TO ALL.

IT IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF MUSEUM, AND OPEN-AIR MUSEUM.

THESE DAYS THE SAFETY THAT THAT PROVIDES IS IMPORTANT.

IT HAS BEEN PART OF OUR FOUNDING SINCE THE BEGINNING.

IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE ART IN NATURE LIKE STUART JOHNSON REALLY WANTED TO CREATE.

IT IS AN EMOTIONAL CONNECTION FOR PEOPLE WITH ART AND NATURE IN TERMS OF BOTH THE SCALE OF YOUR BODY.

IT IS ALSO ABOUT ALL OF THE CENSUS.

WE HEAR THE SOUNDS OF NATURE AS WE ARE EXPERIENCING ART.

THE GROUNDS ARE 42 ACRES.

THEY ARE INTIMATE IN SCALE.

THERE ARE SMALL ROOMS THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY A HEDGEROW OR BAMBOO.

THAT CREATES THE SMALLER, INTIMATE SPACES AND CURVING PATHS THAT BECKON YOU TO DISCOVER YOUR OWN JOURNEY.

THERE IS NOT ONE WAY TO EXPERIENCE SCULPTURE.

THE LANDSCAPE GROUNDS HAVE ABOUT 300 SCULPTURES PLACED THROUGHOUT.

SOME ARE QUITE LARGE SCALE.

SOME ARE MORE INTIMATE.

WE HAVE 50 SCULPTURES IN THE PUBLIC.

SOME LEAD YOU FROM THE HIGHWAY TO HEAR.

PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IF PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THEY SEEK OUT STUART JOHNSON SCULPTURES.

STUART IS OUR FOUNDER AND HAS A SERIES OF WORK THAT IS EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN EVERYDAY POSES.

THEY ARE HARD TO MISS.

THEY LOOK LIKE AN AVERAGE PERSON SITTING ON A BENCH.

HE HAS IMMERSIVE SCULPTURES THAT TAKE BELOVED IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS AND MAKE THEM THREE-DIMENSIONAL SO YOU CAN WALK INTO THE SPACE.

WE HAVE INCREDIBLE ABSTRACT WORK AT A LARGE SCALE.

WE HAVE A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE ARTIST BRUCE BEASLEY.

THE SCULPTURE BEHIND ME, DORIAN, IS A WORK OF HIS PERMANENTLY INSTALLED ON THE REFLECTING POOL.

THE MAJORITY OF THE SCULPTURES HERE ARE PERMANENTLY IN PLACE.

BUT, WE DO HAVE ANYWHERE FROM A DOZEN TO TWO DOZENS CULTURES IN A GIVEN YEAR THAT ROTATE IN AND OUT.

WE HAVE VISITING THIS YEAR AND ARTIST FROM TAIWAN WHO CREATED THESE BEAUTIFUL EMBRYONIC FORMS THAT ARE COILED OUT OF INDUSTRIAL ELEVATOR CABLES, AND UNEXPECTED MATERIAL FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL NATURAL LOOKING FORMS.

SCOPE SURE IS A GREAT DAY EXCURSION FOR FAMILY.

THERE IS ROMANCE HERE.

IT IS A GREAT DAY FOR ALL AGES.

PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ENJOY THE DAY TOGETHER HERE.

SHIRLEY: SCULPTURE IS OPEN ALL YEAR LONG.

THERE IS A NEW EXHIBIT THAT STARTS NOVEMBER 26.

THE HOLIDAYS WOULD NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT TAKING IN AN OUTDOOR EXHIBIT.

AND FORTUNATELY FOR US, THERE ARE SEVERAL TO ENJOY LIKE THE HOLIDAY GARDEN RAILWAY AT THE MORRIS ARBORETUM.

>> THE MORRIS ARBORETUM WAS FOUNDED BY JOHN AND LYDIA MORRIS IN 1887.

IT WAS THERE PRIVATE ESTATE AND SUMMERHOUSE.

OVER TIME IT BECAME THEIR PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

JOHN DIED FIRST.

WHEN LYDIA RELIES HER TIME ON EARTH WAS RUNNING SHORT SHE WANTED TO PRESERVE HER PROPERTY.

SHE BEQUEATHED IT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WE BECAME A UNIVERSITY BOTANICAL GARDEN.

WE DO FALL FESTIVAL.

WE HAVE A CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL IN THE SPRING.

WE HAVE A BIG MOONLIGHT AND ROSES GOT UP.

THIS TIME OF YEAR WE DO A HOLIDAY RAIL DISPLAY IN OUR GARDEN RAILWAY.

♪ >> OUR GARDEN RAILWAY, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, EACH OF THE BOXCARS IS ABOUT THE SIDES OF A SHOEBOX.

THEY ARE ELECTRIC POWERED.

WE HAVE 14 TRACKS IN FOUR TROLLEY LINES.

ABOUT A QUARTER MILE OF TRACK IN A QUARTER ACRE GARDEN.

WE USE A COMPANY CALLED APPLIED IMAGINATION.

THEY MAKE MINIATURE BUILDINGS OUT OF NATURAL MATERIALS.

ESSENTIALLY, PHILADELPHIA CHRONIC ARCHITECTURAL BUILDINGS, CITY HALL, AND ART MUSEUM, BETSY ROSS' HOUSE IN MINIATURE AND MADE OUT OF NATURAL MATERIALS.

LOOK AT THE ROOF.

THEY ARE PINECONES OR PIECES OF MAPLE IN A SECTION.

OUR GARDEN RUNS IN THE SUMMER FROM MEMORIAL DAY UNTIL COLUMBUS DAY.

THEN WE TAKE IT DOWN AND THEN WE DECORATE THE BUILDINGS WITH GARLANDS, WREATHS, AND CANDLES.

WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US.

IT TAKES WEEKS TO SET IT ALL UP.

OUR HOLIDAY RAILWAY AT IS OPEN UNTIL THE DAY THAT FROM THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING UNTIL NEW YEAR'S EVE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

ALSO, ON WEEKENDS, WE DO A SPECIAL HOLIDAY NIGHTLIGHT WHERE IT IS OPEN IN THE EVENING.

THAT IS REALLY COOL BECAUSE ALL OF THE NIGHTS ARE TWINKLING IN ALL THE TRAINS ARE IN THE DARK.

IT IS A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE, ARE TWINKLING, AND ALL OF THE TRAINS ARE IN THE DARK.

IT IS A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE.

>> IS AN ANNUAL EXPERIENCE TO COME TO THE MORRIS ARBORETUM AND SEE THE LIGHTS AND WATCH THE TRAINS.

EACH YEAR IT IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE NEXT.

HAVING FAMILY TOGETHER AT CHRISTMAS, WHAT COULD BE BETTER?

>> FOR SO MANY YEARS WE HAVE BEEN BRINGING THE KIDS HERE, SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE.

THE TRAINS ARE AWESOME.

THE LITTLE BUILDINGS ARE GREAT.

TO TOP IT ALL OFF, THE COOKIE AND THE HOT CHOCOLATE.

THEY BRING EVERYBODY IN.

>> IT IS GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE HAPPY WITH THE WORK WE HAVE DONE.

THE MORRIS ARBORETUM IS IN PHILADELPHIA.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE ARE SO CLOSE.

WE ARE OPEN 361 DAYS A YEAR.

WHETHER YOU ARE FIVE OR 105, YOU NEED TO COME HERE AND SEE THE GARDEN RAILWAY.

>> THE RAILWAY RUNS FROM NOVEMBER 27 THROUGH JANUARY 2.

REGINA: THERE IS SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT THIS TIME FEAR.

SHIRLEY: THERE IS.

YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THAT FEELING WHEN YOU VISIT HISTORIC SMITHVILLE COLONIAL VILLAGE IN SOUTH JERSEY.

>> IT STARTED AS A STAGECOACH STOP.

THEY CAME IN AND TURNED IT INTO A RESTAURANT.

THEY THEN STARTED TO BUILD UP AROUND THE SMITHVILLE INN BY BRINGING BUILDINGS IN FROM OTHER TOWNSHIPS CREATING A VILLAGE.

THEY ADDED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

THE VILLAGE GREEN.

THEN THEY BROUGHT AN ARCHITECT TO MAKE THAT INTO WHAT YOU SEE NOW, A COMPLETELY RESTORED VILLAGE.

MANY OF THE BUILDINGS ARE OF 18TH-CENTURY.

WE TELL YOU WHAT TOWNSHIP THEY WERE BROUGHT FROM AND THE YEAR THEY WERE BUILT.

IT IS A QUAINT COLONIAL VILLAGE.

EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS VERY WARM AND OFTEN WHEN YOU GO INTO A SHOP, THE OWNER IS THE PERSON AT THE REGISTER.

IT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE HAPPY TO WORK EVERYDAY.

THE COBBLESTONE WALKWAYS, THERE ARE SUPPORT BRIDGES, COVERED BRIDGES.

WE HAVE 30 ROOMS TO STAY OVERNIGHT THERE.

WE HAVE A WEDDING VENUE.

THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY.

ALL OF THE HOUSES ARE OUTLINED IN TWINKLING LIGHTS AND THE CAROUSEL IS LIT UP AT NIGHT.

THE TRAIN GOES AROUND IN THE EVENING AND IS LIT UP.

WE HAVE 50,000 CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.

ADULTS CAN HAVE SHOPPING AND COLLECTIBLES AS WELL AS A HIGH-END RESTAURANT.

THERE IS A LOT GOING ON.

THE SMITHVILLE INN HAS BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC FIREPLACES EACH EVENING.

THERE IS SHOPPING, LIGHTS, DINNER.

THE COLONIAL INN STARTED WITH EIGHT SMALL ROOMS.

WE ARE UP TO 30 NOW.

WE HAVE A MAGIC TALKING TREE.

IT SPEAKS WITH YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN.

WE HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SHOP.

IT IS ALL YOUR COLLECTIBLES, CANDLES.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND YEAR-ROUND.

YOU CAN COME TO THIS VILLAGE AND JUST ENJOY THE LIGHT SHOW AND LOOK AROUND AND FEEL WARM AND VALUED.

PEOPLE KNOW WE ENJOY HAVING THEM THERE.

COME FOR AN HOUR OR COME FOR TWO DAYS.

ONCE WE GET TO HERE YOU HAVE TO COME BACK.

REGINA: THERE ARE A LIST OF EVENTS HAPPENING THERE INCLUDING A HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW.

SHIRLEY: CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS.

REGINA: THAT'LL DO IT FOR THIS EPISODE.

SHIRLEY: WE WILL BE AWAY FOR A FEW WEEKS TO MAKE WAY FOR THE WHYY PLEDGE DRIVE.

BECOME A MEMBER.

IF YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER, THANK YOU.

REGINA: WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT SO MUCH.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU RIGHT BACK HERE DECEMBER 17 FOR ALL NEW STORIES YOU OUGHTA KNOW ABOUT.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.

SHIRLEY: GOOD-BYE.

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