Friday 22^nd November 2019.

It was a cold, dull and miserable morning as we left for a preview of ‘A Night at the Mansion’ at Harewood house. Christmas at Harewood House started on Friday 22^nd November when we attended the preview of the house dressed for the Christmas period, prior to being open to the public on Saturday through to the 5^th January 2020.

It is just over a thirty-minute drive from home to this beautiful stately home, we arrived at around 10.45am ready for the 11.00am opening. We were met in the foyer by David Lascelles who welcomed us to the house and explained a little about this year’s exhibition.

This year Yorkshire based creative artists Davey & Kristan McGuire have brought the house to life with some fine and clever artistic displays. Each room is different, many of the rooms are dimly lit with special lighting and music effects. If you look closely many of the pictures on the walls are gossiping to each other, In the kitchen the plates on the dresser are talking to you and amongst the pots and pans the little people are out, even some of the statues are singing too. It is a very pleasant experience as you walk between the rooms with something different or some special effect in each room, which made for a great tour.