Ohio Amish Country Christmas

Tour Inclusions: 4 nights’ accommodation, roundtrip baggage handling, 5 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 3 dinners, admissions, entrance, and guide fees as stated in the itinerary, including taxes, and gratuity. Except gratuity for guide fees is not included on adult tours unless otherwise requested.

• End of Commons General Store
• J.M. Smucker Company
• Berlin Farmstead
• Amish Country Theater Performance
• Amish Flea Market
• Make & Take Candle-Making Experience
• Amish Door Village
• Mrs. Yoders Kitchen
• Victorian House Museum and Glass Museum
• Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center
• Heini’s Cheese Chalet
• Berlin Village Gift Barn
• Back Roads Amish Country Guided Tour
• Amish Quilting Demonstration
• Ohio Star Theater Performance
• Alpine Hills Historical Museum
• David Warther Carvings

• Arrive at the End of the Commons General Store. Built in 1840, the End of the Commons General Store is Ohio's oldest operating general store. You know you’re in Amish Country when you’ve had a fry pie. So popular with Amish folks in the area, fry pies are like mini pies you can eat with your hand, no fork needed. Delicious pie filling and homemade dough, they are fried then sealed with a sweet vanilla-flavored glaze. Made right here in the bakery by Amish bakers. A great break stop and get an included Fry Pie!! Take a boxed lunch made by the Amish to go.
• Explore J.M. Smucker Company. With a name like Smucker’s® , it has to be good.  And it's even better when you visit the store and café where you can shop and purchase gift baskets with a wide array of familiar products.
• Check-in to your local accommodations to rest up and relax before this evening's activities.
• Enjoy a Welcome Dinner included at a local favorite restaurant, such as the Berlin Farmstead, where you can feast with a family style dinner with Broasted Chicken or Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes, Noodles, Creamed Corn, Dinner rolls, and Dessert.  Yum!
• An excited night is planned at the Amish Country Theater. Hold on to your seats and get ready for some explosive laughter! The shows are designed to be fun for the whole family, from the littlest young’uns to the orneriest grand pappy! You’ll meet nationally acclaimed Ventriloquist Ken Groves who has been featured on 14 national television appearances. You’ll laugh with comedian Lynyrd, a spotlight stealin’ country bumpkin, who’s as unpredictable as an Ohio spring. And don’t forget the famous Amish comedy trio “The Beachy’s” and Fannie Mae, whose parody songs and jokes about farm living will keep you laughing the whole way home. (Schedule: TBD, pending dates of travel).  This event has been rated 'Top 100 Event in North America" by none other than the American Bus Association (ABA).
• Return to the hotel to rest and relax.

• Enjoy a leisurely breakfast included at the hotel this morning.
• This morning, arrive to explore the Amish Flea Market. Get some Christmas shopping done - for yourself - or as gifts! Choice is yours!
• Arrive for lunch in an Amish home! This will be a traditional Amish “Haystack Meal.” A Step-on Guide will join the group at the Amish Home and provide a cultural and historical narrative of the Amish and the Mennonites.
• Experience a hands-on Amish candle-making experience with a make and take candle to bring home with you.
• Discover something new at the Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center where you'll go on a 30-minute tour of Behalt. This illustrates the history of the Amish and Mennonites from their origins to the present day.
• Enjoy some free time for shopping at the Amish Door Village.
• Conclude your relaxing day with a lovely dinner included at a local restaurant with homemade and fresh baked goodies.
• Return to the hotel for the evening.

• Enjoy a leisurely breakfast at the hotel this morning.
• Explore and shop to your heart's content at the ever-popular Ohio’s Market. Amish Country’s newest market—opened in the summer of 2022—offers a unique shopping experience, where a mix of local Amish-made, handcrafted items mingles with popular national brand products. Part home décor store, part gift shop, and part antique mall. When you walk through their doors, they want you to feel like you are in a museum surrounded by high-quality, interesting items at every turn. A place where you will find one-of-a-kind items and good deals.
• A delicious lunch included awaits at a popular country kitchen.
• Visit the Victorian House Museum and Glass Museum, found on the National Register of Historic Places, this 28 room Queen Anne-style home serves as the Holmes County Historical Society's museum of Victoriana and features a collection of Holmes County history.
• Enjoy free time to shop in Downtown Millersburg and enjoy dinner on your own at one of the many restaurants there.
• Return to the hotel for the evening.

• Enjoy a relaxing breakfast at your leisure this morning.
• Meet your Guide today at the Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center. Experience the history of the Amish & Mennonites. A 10 foot by 265-foot circular mural, called Behalt, houses a unique educational experience. Explore, stop in the one-room school & pioneer barn to learn about Amish education and Amish transportation, and enjoy a Guided Tour of the cyclorama.
• Arrive at Heini’s Cheese Chalet. Enjoy a tour at the retail home and tourist attraction of Bunker Hill Cheese. The cheese is produced with 100% local farm milk, primarily sourced from local farms. Foodies will love the unique experience of the Copper Kettle Room with sampling and demos of Jams, Jellies, Smoked Meats, Sauces, as well as Fresh Roasted Peanuts.
• A wonderful homemade lunch awaits you in another Amish home this afternoon.
• Enjoy free time at the Berlin Village Gift Barn. Converted from an old dairy barn, the Village Gift Barn offers unique shopping with a personalized experience. You will find modern home décor and the latest fashion trends throughout the shoppe!
• Your next stop is at Swiss Village Bulk Foods for a Guided Back Roads Amish Country.  Arrive at the Amish Bulk Food Store and meet an Amish Basket Maker. She is from the Swartzentruber Amish group. She also has goat soap, jellies, candy, rugs, and wooden stools for sale in her amazing shop.
• Enjoy an Amish Quilting Demonstration with Ada in her Dan Order Amish Home, where she will demonstrate Amish quilting.
• Hope you're hungry!  A delightful Farewell Dinner awaits you tonight at a popular local independent restaurant, such as the Barn Raising Buffet at Dutch Valley Sugarcreek Restaurant. Enjoy all-you-can-eat homestyle meats, dressing, real mashed potatoes, noodles, creamed corn, green beans, salad bar, and pie.
• Tonight, watch an incredible professional performance at Ohio Star Theater.  Spend a fun-filled evening enjoying a memorable performance at the Ohio Star Theater in Sugarcreek. Their family-friendly shows will introduce you to unforgettable characters, make you laugh out loud, and take you back to simpler times. Located at Dutch Valley, this beautiful venue is home to live musicals, concerts, comedy acts, and other special events throughout the year.
• Return to the hotel to rest and relax for the night.

• Enjoy a relaxing breakfast at your leisure this morning prior to checking out.
• Explore at the Alpine Hills Historical Museum. Watch a short video on the Amish culture and the Swiss immigrants impact on the area's rich history, and continue your tour through numerous audio-visual displays that take you back in time to an 1895 fire house, a 1900's Amish kitchen, an 1890 Swiss cheese house, an early wood shop, and even an early newspaper printing shop.
• Depart on foot and walk across the street to see the World’s Largest Cuckoo Clock. At 11am, enjoy a little show as the cuckoo bird pops out, music plays, and the couple dances!
• Enjoy lunch on your own while visiting SugarCreek.
• Visit David Warther Carvings. The exhibit features over 80 carvings made by David Warther, a 5th generation carver of Swiss heritage. The carvings created by Warther depict the "History of the Ship" from 1st Dynasty Egypt to present day. Created in miniature from legal antique elephant tusk ivory and ebony wood, the details include intricate scrimshaw engraving and finely carved ivory rigging lines that measure just twice the thickness of a human hair. David carves daily in his on-site workshop where he regularly demonstrates carving techniques to the visiting public.
• Depart for home to celebrate the season with memories of your OH Amish Country adventure!