It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and hotel guests and local visitors of Mirbeau Inn & Spa can take comfort in holiday traditions with the return of the award-winning inn’s annual A Dinner with Dickens & Friends on Thursday, Dec. 12 and 19. Open to the public, the fun-filled festive evenings will feature costumed characters performing a live rendition of the Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, presented by Scarlett Rat Entertainment, known for their appearance in the Annual Dickens Christmas in Skaneateles. During the performance, attendees can enjoy a three-course holiday-inspired meal at $45 for adults and $20 for children under 14, inclusive of coffee, tea, soda, taxes, and gratuity. The menu will include Butternut Squash and Roasted New York Apple Soup, Herb Roasted Chicken Breast with French-Inspired Scalloped Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables for adultsand House Made Chicken Tenders & French Fries for kids. Guests can top of their meal with sweet holiday treat of Bûche de Noel, a Yule Log with Chocolate Cake with a Creamy Center and Marshmallow Mushrooms. Alcoholic beverages are additional. Reservations for the dinners are required and can be made by calling (877) MIRBEAU (647-2328).
Situated in the picturesque village of Skaneateles, guests of Mirbeau are invited to experience the 20th Annual Dickens Christmas in Skaneateles, sponsored by Mirbeau, beginning on Black Friday, and running every Saturday and Sunday through Dec. 22. This festival attracts countless visitors each year introducing them to the charm and holiday spirit found in Skaneateles. Mirbeau Inn & Spa also provides the perfect setting for family holiday photos, which can be taken in the inn’s living room in front of an elegantly decorated Christmas tree every Saturday from Nov. 30through Dec. 21. In addition, children of all ages can stop in with their families for complimentary hot cocoa and holiday cookies starting on Nov. 29, and continuing every Saturday and Sunday through Dec. 21 from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
About Mirbeau Inn & Spa
The 34-room Mirbeau Inn & Spa is an intimate, year-round retreat for rejuvenation and romance, offering gracious hospitality, award-winning cuisine, and world-class spa treatments in the heart of New York’s Finger Lakes wine region. Steeped in elegant French country style, Mirbeau is tucked into 10 acres of Monet-inspired gardens, surrounded by spruce forests, rolling hills, crystal clear lakes and more than 100 wineries. Mirbeau Inn & Spa is the only Forbes Four-Star Award winner for hotel, spa and restaurant in New York State, and an AAA Four-Diamond winner. It is also distinguished by the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, Top Ten Spas in the World in the categories of romance, boutique, yoga and cuisine in Spa Finder’s Annual Readers’ Choice Awards, Top Five Spas for Couples in the World in back-to-back years of Spa Magazine’s Silver Sage Readers’ Choice Favorites, has been awarded a spot on Condé Nast Traveler’s Top 30 Small Resorts in the US for three years in a row and won a 2011 SpAWARD for Most Romantic Spa. For more information visit www.mirbeau.com.
