The 2025 Candlelight House Walk, sponsored by the Frankfort Area Historical Society, will be held on Friday evening, December 5, 2025, between the hours of 5:00 and 10:00 PM. Select Frankfort homes will be decorated for the holidays… certain to put us in the mood for Christmas!

An added highlight – the Frankfort Arts Association will host an “Open House” right next door to our museum at Studio C. Stop by to catch up on all their upcoming exhibits and activities. Warm up for a few minutes at this special stop where light refreshments will be offered. FAHS appreciates the FAA’s support and participation. Don’t forget to view the lights and Christmas decorations during your visit to downtown Frankfort!

CD & ME owners, Chuck JaBaay and Dean Vaundry have invited all of us to stop by. While there, have a specially priced Holiday Cocktail, view their Winter Wonderland, and listen to some Christmas music.

There will be plenty of time to stop at the museum during your tour to view the exhibits and sample homemade Christmas cookies. John Clavio, Frankfort Attorney, will again be baking delicious cookies for us to enjoy with Enrico’s famous Wassail donated by Harry D’Ecole, Jr. The museum carries unique gift items that would make wonderful Christmas presents such as our Frankfort’s Favorite Christmas Cookies Cookbook featuring recipes by John Clavio and Joanne Warning, note cards, wooden buildings, the 2025 ornament (past years, too), our beautiful “Fragments of Frankfort” book, and “Images of America – Frankfort” by Rachel Gilmore.

Many shops and restaurants will also be open that evening. Walk along Kansas, Elwood, Old Frankfort Way, Oak, Ash, Nebraska, and White Streets for some Christmas shopping and/or dining.

PREORDERED tickets may be picked up at the museum starting Tuesday, December 2nd between 12:00pm – 5:00pm or at the museum the night of the House Walk and orders must be received by December 3rd. Ticket donation is $35.00, payable in advance, no refunds. This is the FAHS’s main fundraiser and the money is used for scholarships, preservation, children’s projects, genealogy, museum expenses, research and Ancestry.com for the library every year. If you have any question or need additional tickets, please call the museum at (815) 469-6541.

We look forward to seeing you at 2025 Candlelight House Walk! Thank you for your support!