Welcome to Victorian Teas by J. Lenora J. Lenora Bresler, hostess
(863) 338-9511 located in Lakeland, Florida
Be a legendary host while enjoying it like a guest.
Dickens of a Christmas makes a magical holiday
It will be the uncontested highlight of your holiday season! You family, friends, office staff, and professional or social group will talk about this forever and praise you for it! Up to 3 hours of authentic Victorian celebration as you learn the many traditions of Christmas, play period games, and immerse yourself in the whimsical, magical, romantic time-travel of celebrating the Season like Charles Dickens himself! A favorite with everyone -- men, women, teenagers, even the grumpiest Scrooge will be reformed by this charming adventure! As one male guest said upon leaving, "I am in love with everything about this!"
Any day is great for a classic tea
Valentine's, St. Patrick's, Easter, Mother's Day and July 4th Teas
A Dickens of a Christmas Tea and Best Foot Forward New Year's Tea
A Dickens of a Christmas Tea and Best Foot Forward New Year's Tea
It's our classic Victorian Tea themed for the upcoming holiday. Activities include the origins of the traditions. Whether it is love symbols or cabbage bowling, or playing Graces outside in our gazebo-dominated back garden, you can celebrate year-round just like the Victorians!
Parties can include period dance, readers' theater, period card games, and outside activities such as Graces and archery. Just ask!
In good weather, for teas of six or fewer, consider taking tea in our beautiful gazebo. A perfect setting for spring and fall events.
A Dickens of a Christmas Tea and Best Foot Forward New Year's Tea
A Dickens of a Christmas Tea and Best Foot Forward New Year's Tea
A Dickens of a Christmas Tea and Best Foot Forward New Year's Tea
Tis the Season for a Dickens of a Victorian tea party or dessert fete. Available on selected dates Thanksgiving afternoon through New Year's Day. Up to 3 hours of period food, parlor games, music, and the origins of all your favorite holiday traditions. Includes the language of the fan and a scavenger hunt through our beautiful colonial home.
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Get the new year off on the right foot with this tea party or dessert fete in which guests participate in rituals from around the world calculated to bring luck and good will into the new year. Fascinating, fun, and educational.
Edwardian Halloween Party
A Dickens of a Christmas Tea and Best Foot Forward New Year's Tea
Party with a Mayflower Pilgrim
Celebrate like they did in Downton Abbey! It's an old-fashioned Halloween party with classic harvest games and traditions. All from the turn of the century. Nothing scary, just spectacular. Nothing horrorible, just historic! Masquerade theme. Can be made into a mystery for your guests.
Party with a Mayflower Pilgrim
Party with a Mayflower Pilgrim
Party with a Mayflower Pilgrim
This traditional Victorian tea party is extra special because a certified descendant of two Mayflower pilgrims (John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley) recounts the real life story of her ancestor and the true events that surround the first Thanksgiving. Looking for something to do Thanksgiving weekend after the turkey? Bring the gathered family to this historic treat!
Murder Mystery Dinners
Party with a Mayflower Pilgrim
Murder Mystery Dinners
These fun evenings are a wild night of creativity, murder, and mayhem -- all in a joyous, fun-filled way! We will work with you to select the mystery that best works for your party's theme and your guests. Prices vary depending on mystery and menu selected.
Party with a Mayflower Pilgrim
Murder Mystery Dinners
Period Victorian tea party served on the Gorham Silver family silver service given by the company founder's son to his wife on Christmas 1877. Includes the origin of all the tea traditions and the fascinating impact tea has had on political and cultural life in the eastern and western worlds. Interactive activities teach guests the fascinating Victorian pasttimes of the language of the fan (there were over 600 messages fan could send) and the language of flowers in which flower arrangements sent secret messages during Victorian times.