Getting into the spirit of the season

AUBURN - While singing carols, watching “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and waiting up for Santa Claus are some of the standard holiday traditions, some Cayuga County residents prefer something with a local flavor.

As she visited the Cayuga Museum during Sunday's annual Holiday Traditions open house tour, Auburn resident Charlene Powers said she has been using the event for the past 24 years as a way to prepare for the holidays.

The event features open house tours at seven local historical sites.