The National Christmas Center

David Abel shares why they decided to buy the National Christmas Center and the plans for the NCC at Stone Gables Estate in Elizabethtown, PA. Be sure to follow along with this amazing journey!

Check out the Ironstone Ranch post below!! It’s not to late to join them for a conversation about their property and what’s ahead for the collection at Nation Christmas Center!

THIS IS THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF NATIONAL CHRISTMAS CENTER AND THE NEW OWNERS OF NATIONAL CHRISTMAS CENTER. THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS CENTER COLLECTION HAS BEEN SOLD. The National Christmas Center Collection has been purchased in its entirety and will remain in Lancaster County. The Christmas Collection will be categorically packed up and transported to Stone Gables Estate in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, presently home of Ironstone Ranch, The Star B...arn Village and soon to be home to Herr’s Mill Covered Bridge (Kissing Bridge). The display will be incorporated as a Christmas Collection at the upcoming major endeavor, The Barns of Belmont. The Belmont endeavor is a three-year project that will ultimately house the Leviathan 4-4-0 Steam Engine and the only reproduction of the original Lincoln Funeral Car. The four and a half story Belmont Barn will house a full commercial kitchen and provide seating for over 500 guests for weddings and corporate events. Several of the rare nativity scenes from the National Christmas Center will be displayed this Christmas in The Star Barn during the holiday dinners open to the public by reservation. One scene to be included will be the 23-piece hand carved, bass wood, life sized Nativity. Please visit our website for more information. https://stonegablesestate.com/current-projects/

Thursday, August 23, 2018 Update Post: We have received many inquiries over the past few weeks as to whether there has been any new updates on the National Christmas Center and at this time we DO NOT have any new updates. We hope to have an update by the end of 2018 possibly sooner but until then we are still praying for our miracle! ... As a reminder, any update we do have will be posted here and on our website! Thank you for continuing to visit our site and check in to see what’s happening! We appreciate all our customers! And in honor of Throw Back Thursday here’s a few pics of the Museum! #tbt #throwbackthursday Have a wonderful day

UPDATE ON NATIONAL CHRISTMAS CENTER: At this time we have no new news on any potential sale or the future of the Center. Please Note:... For any information on the sale or the future of the Center, it will only be posted either here on our Facebook page or on our website. If there are any comments, mentions or rumors anywhere about a sale they are not from us or anyone associated with the sale and are not true. Again, information regarding the future of the National Christmas Center will only come directly from us here on this page or the website. We are still praying for a miracle and hope you all keep praying with us! Thanks & Merry Christmas! National Christmas Center

SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL OUR FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND CUSTOMERS: TO ALL OUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS OVER THE PAST 19 YEARS, WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY "THANK YOU" FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CONTINUED VISITS TO OUR VERY SPECIAL MUSEUM! WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUT A BIG "THANK YOU" TO ALL OUR INDUSTRY COLLEAGUES, ADVERTISERS AND MANY MANY LOCAL FRIENDS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT OUR JOURNEY HERE IN LANCASTER COUNTY. WITHOUT MANY OF YOU WE WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED AS LONG AS WE HAD! YOUR LOYALTY T...O US BY SPREADING THE WORD OF OUR MUSEUM IS SOMETHING THE OWNERSHIP AND EXECUTIVE STAFF CAN NEVER THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR! TO OUR LOYAL, WONDERFUL, HARDWORKING STAFF, "THANK YOU SO MUCH". ALTHOUGH MANY STAFF CHANGES HAPPENED THROUGHOUT OUR EXISTENCE, EACH ONE OF YOU WHO CAME TO WORK HERE AND STAYED BECAME AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR DAILY OPERATIONS AND WE FOREVER THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOYALTY AND LOVE OF NATIONAL CHRISTMAS CENTER. AND TO JIM MORRISON, YOUR VISION FOR THIS REMARKABLE MUSEUM IS ONE THAT COULD NEVER BE REPLACED. YOU CREATED THE EARLY STAGES OF THE MUSEUM FROM A DREAM YOU CARRIED FROM CHILDHOOD AND ALTHOUGH YOU HIT SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD YOU FOUND SOLACE IN YOUR DREAM WHEN DAVE MURTAGH AND DALLAS KRAFT JUMPED IN TO HELP CONTINUE THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND MUSEUM DEDICATED TO CHRISTMAS AND ALL THE SEASON ENCOMPASSES! WITH THE HELP OF DAVE & JUDY'S COLLECTION AND DALLAS'S COLLECTION WE WERE ABLE TO BRING MUCH JOY, HAPPINESS AND TONS OF FAMILY MEMORIES TO MANY MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD. WE WILL MISS THIS HIDDEN TREASURE AS A TEAM WHO BELIEVED IN ITS SUCCESS ALWAYS, BUT WE ARE PRAYING THAT A MIRACLE WILL COME OUR WAY AND HELP OUR WONDERFUL MUSEUM CONTINUE ON A JOURNEY OF SHARING THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS! MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL! GOODBYE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS CENTER SPECIAL NOTE: All inquiries about purchasing the Museum as one entity may be addressed to Dave Murtagh ([email protected])