On Saturday, December 11, 2021, Starting at 5:30 PM, the United Methodist Church of Hyde Park will be starting the Christmas Season with an immersion experience based on Charles Dickens' tale A Christmas Carol. We will only be able to accommodate 30 people, so please be sure to sign up early. We are at capacity for the in-person part of this event and registration is closed! You can still register for the online event. Registration ends on Monday, November 29, 2021. Physical or ZOOM participation is available. On-Site Physical or ZOOM reservation forms are located at the end of this article! CLICK ON THE "READ MORE" BELOW FOR THE MENU, TIMES, AND TO REGISTER!

On Saturday, December 11, 2021,
Starting at 5:30 PM,
the United Methodist Church of Hyde Park will be starting the Christmas Season with an immersion experience based on Charles Dickens' tale
A Christmas Carol.
We will only be able to accommodate 30 people seated in the Fellowship Hall, so please be sure to sign up early.
The ZOOM participants are not included in the 30 seats.

Registration ends on Monday,
November 29, 2021.


Physical or ZOOM participation is available.

(Starting at 5:30 PM)

Garden Salad

Maple Glazed Turkey

Roasted Carrots and Broccoli

Potato Terrine

Twelfth-Day Cake*
Plumb Pudding

*"A cake made for a Twelfth Night celebration that contains a bean or a coin for determining the ruler of the feast."
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
We shall be using a token to determine the "Ghost of Christmas Present,"
at whose feast this cake makes its appearance in the book.
Our twelfth-day cake will be a bit of a hybrid. Tastes have changed with the passage of time, means of distribution, preservation, and refinement technology. We no longer generally find ingredients like treacle or candied orange peel to be sweet treats. So our adaptation of the twelfth-day cake will be a blond confection.

 The cost is a donation.
(suggested to be about $15.00 per person.
Please let me know if you would be willing to sponsor somebody who cannot afford to come.
Any residual funds will be donated to missions to go to one of their Christmas relief programs.)

 The evening will be filled with period music, an opportunity to share in a dance of Dickens' day, the Sir Roger De Coverley, Fred's parlor games, good conversation, and great fun.

RSVP to the church office,
umchpoffice@optimum.net
845-229-2114
or use the form provided below.

***Your reservation is not complete until you hear back from the church office confirming that we have received your information.***

Current Reservations:

We currently have the following 18 entries:

We currently have 38 reservations out of 30.

 In-Person Reservation Form:

♥ All reserved seats are taken. Thank you for your interest. ♥

We require reservations because the nature of the dinner means that we have to make up individual tables with special foods and items.

  ZOOM Reservation Form:

 ZOOM attendance is free. Once you submit the below information, I will send you the connection information for ZOOM. I do not know if the channel will be monitored, so please be on your best behavior.
The camera and projection will be "on the floor" for folks to interact with during the gathering and time of appetizers. During the dinner and for the rest of the evening, the camera and screen will be "seated" at a table, and everyone on Zoom will be a part of that table. Speakers will be "seated" as well, and audio will not be going through the main sound system. We are discussing a meal take-out option.