Somerset Place 34th Annual Christmas Open House, Sunday, December 1, 2024; 1 pm -4 pm. Explore, enjoy, and experience the Christmas season at Somerset Place. Visitors will be inspired by traditional holiday decorations of fresh natural and floral arrangements adorning the exterior and interior of site buildings. Enjoy live Christmas music while shopping at our Christmas market with vendors. Share a tasty meal of black-eyed peas and hearth-cooked cornbread, sip hot spiced tea and sample delicious homemade desserts. The Collins House and site buildings will be open for self-guided tours with interpretive staff in period dress available to answer questions. A costumed doctor from the mid-nineteenth century will discuss antebellum medicine in the plantation hospital. For younger audiences, jolly Saint Nicholas will appear on the grounds from 2 - 4 pm. Free Event: Donations are welcomed.