Join Gossip Girl Annie Fields as she spills the beans on her famous literary friends this holiday season, including the "Father of Christmas," Charles Dickens! Counting Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow amongst her closest friends, she witnessed much Victorian revelry at her waterside museum in Beacon Hill. Mrs. Fields wrote about her guests' embarrassing moments in her novel Authors and Friends (1896) and shared them with you! This intimate teatime conversation is filled with laughter, disbelief, and even some blushing cheeks when you hear the tantalizing tales of the Victorian Gossip Girl!

Brew yourself a pot of tea, find something dainty to nibble, and join us for this special holiday event. For some holiday recipe inspiration, click here.

Advance registration is required. Please register here to gain access to the Zoom link.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Suitable for all ages. Run Time: 45 minutes. Followed by Q&A. | Written by Judith Kalaora. © 2012, History At Play™, LLC

This program is jointly sponsored by the Bacon Free Library and the Natick Historical Society. It is supported by a grant from the Natick Cultural Council, a local agency that the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency, supports.