NEWBURY PARK : Old-Fashioned Yule Celebrated at Inn

No tinsel, no icicles, no strings of lights. Those are the rules at the Stagecoach Inn in Newbury Park, where Christmas is being celebrated throughout the month with a display of old-fashioned trees.

The Conejo Valley Historical Society is inviting the public to visit the museum for spiced cider and cookies every Sunday until Christmas.

Members of the society have decorated a number of trees throughout the inn, including a Victorian-era tree with shiny baubles and paper ornaments.

Inside the Timber School, a rebuilt 1889 schoolhouse, local schoolchildren have decorated a tree with gingerbread men, red berries and yarn puffballs.

The inn itself is wrapped in evergreen garlands and red bows.

“It looks just like a big Christmas package,” said Miriam Sprankling, the museum’s historian.

The exhibits are open Wednesdays through Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m., but the edible goodies are only offered on Sundays.

The museum is at 51 S. Ventu Park Road.

For information, call 498-9441.