Exhibit on display November 21 - January 3, 2016

Our celebration to get you into the holiday spirit featuring dozens of themed decorated Christmas trees, unusual vehicles, vintage toys and cars, Hess Truck display, Model Train exhibits, Sammy the 29ft. snow plow, Grinch Scavenger Hunt and much more!  Each year we partner with schools in the community to have students decorate a themed Christmas Tree with ornaments they create.   Guests vote on their favorites throughout the holiday season.   The top 3 schools will receive gift cards.

We’ve got a few new surprises for 2015!

First, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – the US National Broadway Tour prop car!   Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is based upon a vintage racing car that was featured in many forms including the original novel by Ian Fleming, movie and stage productions. The inspiration for Chitty came from early racing cars and the sound that these cars made as they were started which sparked the idea for the name.

This prop car has many interesting details and functioning stage tricks. It has 15 separate circuits which control the car’s own theatrical lighting, both interior and exterior. The tires tilt 45 degrees and rotate and of course she has her wings! There will be sessions planned where guests will be able to see the operation of some of these tricks during the time the car is on display – check back for specific dates/times of these demos.  This fascinating vehicle is on loan from Mr. Tony Garofalo  who has been a life-long collector of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang memorabilia ever since he saw the movie at its premiere showing, Christmas 1968 at Radio City Music Hall.   Along with this prop car there will be additional memorabilia items on display including several toy versions of the famous Chitty flying car made by both the Corgi British toys 1968, 1:43 scale model and the beautiful Stevenson Toy company released in 2005 for the Broadway stage theatrical production 1:18 scale model toy car along with photos of Tony Garofalo with Dick Van Dyke and the famous movie Clown Costume to name a few. 

Have you ever dreamed of a GIANT pedal car? One that you could actually drive?  We’ve got one!  This one-of-a-kind creation has a body made from fiberglass with a steel under structure.  The creator, Dan Hryhorcoff, decided to copy a recognizable toy car and make it GIANT size.  This car is made with inspiration of the “Murray General” pedal car, also known as the “Murray Sad Face”.  Even more amazing is that this pedal car is  drivable!   A 1997 V6 3 litre Ford Ranger was the donor vehicle.   The necessary parts were stripped down to separate components, cleaned and reassembled in an arrangement suitable for the pedal car dimensions and structure.   The body was created in sections first sculpted in styrofoam and plaster (in the positive).  Then fiberglass molds were made for (the negatives) from these sculptings.  From those molds came the fiberglass panels (the positives) that make up the car body.  The owner, Dan wanted the car to be legally driven on Pennsylvania roads and still have the large center mounted steering wheel, a signature part of a pedal car.  To accomplish this the car was built with two driving positions.  One with the center mount oversize steering wheel and center mounted gas and brake pedal, and a second left hand driving position with a smaller standard size steering wheel and accompying gas and brake pedals.  In August of this year the owner received his PA title and registration plate making it street legal.