The Stable at Lord Stirling Park Hosts Winter Festival Invoking The Magic of the Holiday Season

BASKING RIDGE, NJ – The Stable at Lord Stirling Park is celebrating the Holiday Season with its annual Winter Festival, a family-friendly event that promises to bring the magic of the holidays to life. Festivalgoers can visit the beautiful stables, sip on hot cocoa while making holiday crafts, and enjoy a visit with Santa complete with the opportunity for family portraits.

In the spirit of the season, anyone who brings a new, unwrapped toy to donate towards Toys for Tots will be able to choose between a pony ride or a hayride through the Stable’s scenic trails. Pony rides are limited to children ages 10 or younger and weighing less than 95 pounds, and hayrides are open to all who donate.

Where: The Stable at Lord Stirling Park, 256 S. Maple Ave., Basking Ridge NJ
When: Saturday, December 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cost: FREE! Bring a new, unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots and receive your choice of a pony ride or an outdoor hayride through the Stable’s scenic trails

The Somerset County Park Commission
The Somerset County Park Commission stewards nearly 15,000 acres of county-owned open space, which is visited by two million park users each year. Five golf courses have three driving ranges, a pitch and putt course, and a recreational putting course. Other attractions include a riding stable, an environmental education center, two tennis facilities, an outdoor pool, paddle boating, a rock and rare plant garden, an award-winning rose garden, an arboretum, and a sensory and fragrance garden. Six county parks also offer amenities, such as athletic fields, picnic facilities, bike paths, fishing, birdwatching, cross-country skiing, and hiking.

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