Brown Hotel celebrates Christmas with Santa Claus at the Teddy Bear Tea
The Brown Hotel welcomes families and children 2 through 12 to meet Santa Claus and Teddy Bear at the annual Teddy Bear Tea, Saturdays, Dec. 4 and 11, at 2 p.m. both days, in The English Grill.
The Children’s Christmas Elf Tea offers hot cocoa and bites of cheddar and turkey tortilla rolls, Swiss and ham corn muffins, and egg salad on toasted cheese bread for the youngsters, and pastry treats such as Santa Claus sablé, raspberry brownie and pound cake with strawberry compote.
The Adult Traditional Tea begins with the first service of bourbon smoked salmon, raisin bread with chive sour cream, thyme roasted tomato basil pizza, beef tenderloin on an arugula salad with horseradish cream, and roasted olive oil baguette. The second service features home-baked orange scones with Devonshire cream and assorted preserves. The final service includes Hazelnut chocolate Nutella cup cakes, raspberry custard tartlets and Key lime bars.
The cost is $30 for adults and $20 for children 2-12, plus tax and gratuity. Each child will receive a special holiday Teddy Bear to take home. $10 of each child reservation will benefit the Home of the Innocents and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Seating is limited. Reservations are required; call 583-1234 ext. 7108.
The Brown Hotel
Fourth and Broadway
583-1234
www.brownhotel.com
The Home of the Innocents, www.homeoftheinnocents.org, was founded in 1880 to meet the needs of young underprivileged children and has expanded through the years to meet the changing needs of children in crisis.
The Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of the River Region. http://www.casariverregion.org, is a private, non-profit organization providing volunteer advocates appointed by the Family Courts assist abused and neglected children in the region.