Christmas on the Farm in Kutztown

Reading Eagle: Bill Uhrich
Barbara Esterly of Fleetwood, left, and Becky Manley of Phoenixville prepare a pork roast Saturday during Christmas on the Farm.
Christmas on the Farm at the Pa. German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University. Photo by Bill Uhrich 12/3/2016 Visitors watch Barbara Esterly of Fleetwood, left, and Becky Manley of Phoenixville prepare a port roast Saturday during Christmas on the Farm at the Pa. German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University.
Christmas on the Farm at the Pa. German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University. Photo by Bill Uhrich 12/3/2016 Kylie Ziegler, 3, gets a breezy ride Saturday during Christmas on the Farm at the Pa. German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University. Kylie is the daughter of Brent and Jenna Ziegler of Kutztown.

PUBLISHED: December 4, 2016 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 19, 2021 at 4:32 a.m.

Yesteryear was on full display Saturday when the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University held its annual Christmas on the Farm.

The program featured Pennsylvania German folk life demonstrations, live animals, children’s activities and a shoo-fly pie judging contest.

Ox Tongue Cookies and Moravian Sugarcake were among the Pennsylvania Dutch holiday delicacies.

Sarajane Williams performed on the harp in the Sharadin farmhouse. Keith Brintzenhoff and the Reading Leiderkrantz singers performed in the one-room schoolhouse.