Is There a Santa Claus?

SANTA'S LAND USA

PUTNEY, VERMONT     "Where it's Christmas time all the time."

"Yes Virginia . . . And more than 100,000 visitors a year know I'm here all the time. (Except of course, for my important trip on Christmas Eve!)"  —  SANTA CLAUS

 

Source: Wikipedia

Maple Sugar Time

MAPLE SUGAR TIME IN VERMONT

(Gathering Sap)  "Cloudland Farm"

Vermont sugar makers climb up their maple mountains to drill the new "tap holes" into the hard rock maples. They select only the mature maples in the "sugar bush" to produce the sweet maple sap. Before a tree is mature enough to be tapped it mus be some 40 years old, "a foot through" and some 60 ft. tall.

photography by Tommy Lee Knappe

 

Vermont Countryside

Peacham, Vermont is high and delightful rolling country between U.S. 5 and U.S. 2 southwest of St. Johnsbury and douth of Danville. It is not far from Harvey's Lake. Settled in 1776.

Ektachrome by Carleton Allen

 

Vermont Pumpkin Patch

THE PUMPKIN PATCH

 Whimsical scarecrows invite all to stroll among thousands of huge orange pumpkins and share in a Vermont Harvest Tradition. Featured in Vermont Life Magazine  as "The Favorite Pumpkin Patch." Equinox Valley Nursery , Historic Rt. 7A, Manchester, Vt. 

Gathering Maple Sap

GATHERING MAPLE SAP IN VERMONT

Map: Vermont

 

Santa's Land Vermont

SANTA'S LAND USA

PUTNEY, VERMONT "Where it's Christmas time all the time"

" Welcome . . . to all the joys of Christmas, all the year 'round! Join me on a fun filled trip through the happiest land you'll ever find!"  – SANTA CLAUS 

The Dog TEam

THE DOG TEAM — 4 miles north of Middlebury, Vermont on U. S. Route 7. Built in an historic spot on the bank of the rushing New Haven River. Simple Vermont Roods served in real New England manner have made THE DOG TEAM known the World over.

The Beacon Store

THE BEACON STORE

THE HOUSE OF 1001 ITEMS

Grand Isle, Vermont

photography by Frank L. Forward

Packaging Maple Syrup

To keep maple syrup fresh it is packaged in airtight sterilized containers. Fancy, or grade AA syrup is light amber in color with finest maple flavor. Grade A is medium amber with stronger flavor. Grade B is dark amber, possible cloudy, with strong flavor.

Color Photo by Robert B Frazier

Gathering Maple Sap

GATHERING OF MAPLE SAP BEGINS WHILE SNOW IS ON THE GROUND

posttmarked Vermont, 1955

Chunky Cheese

 

CHUNKY® the Cheese House Mouse

THE CHEESE HOUSE

Arlington, Vermont

Sugaring in Vermont

In the early spring holes must be drilled into the maple trees and spouts inserted from which the sap bucket is hung. Then the wait begins for the warm days and freezing nights which cause the sap to run.

The Farmer's Daughter Gift Barn

"THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER COUNTRY STORE"

Traveling salesmen and everybody else welcome. Her famous Barn is over 100 years old. "She has everything!" 

On U.S. Route 2 just East of

St. Johnsbury, Vermont 05819

Photography by Frank L. Forward

mailed 1975

Hogback Mountain. Signpost

 

VIEW FROM HOGBACK MT.

(WHERE YOU GET THE 100-MILE VIEW)

One of Vermont's truly great scenic attractions. Located on the Molly Stark Trail, at an elevation of 2,000 ft. Rte. 9 between Brattleboro and Bennington.