CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS. Travel back in time and experience the holidays during the Civil War-era. Learn how soldiers prepared food, built winter huts to keep warm, and wrote special letters home to loved ones. Visit the historic Vail House to read actual letters from Union troops and admire the simple, yet elegant period decorations. Attend an Officer’s Ball to enjoy fiddle music, dancing, and festive costumes. $7 per adult, $6/senior, $5 per child age 4 - 16, FREE per child age 3 and under.