Harmony Museum offers New Year's pork tradition

HARMONY – German tradition asserts good luck in the future year comes from a pork dinner. If that’s true, the Harmony Museum is offering two ways to get good luck ― dine-in or carry-out ― both on Dec. 31, during Harmony’s Silvester Celebration.

The dinner includes roasted pork loin, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, gravy, cucumber/sour cream salad, applesauce, roll and butter and a ginger cookie. The cost is $17 for each meal, which must be reserved and pre-paid at HarmonyMuseum.org, on or before Dec. 27.

Choose a dine-in seating at either 3 or 4:30 p.m. or carry out with pickup times of 4 to 4:30, 5 to 5:30, and 6 to 6:30 p.m. Because of Silvester street closures, carry-out is “walk-up” only in the Museum’s Stewart Hall on Mercer Street. Reserve and pre-pay for your dinner, either online (HarmonyMuseum.org) or by calling the museum at 724-452-7341.

Harmony’s Silvester Celebration starts in the afternoon with foot races and family fun. There are year-end specials and treats at various Harmony merchants. Christmas tree tossing contest for adults and older youths, as well as a Christmas wreath tossing contest for children under 10, begins at 3 p.m. in the Harmony Museum driveway. The museum will also serve Gluhwein, the traditional hot mulled cider, in souvenir mugs starting at 3 p.m.

For runners wanting one more race in 2022, there’s the Silvester 5K at 3:30 and a 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk at 4:15.  Participants can register on race day at the Grace Church gymnasium, Main Street in Harmony, between 2 and 3:15 p.m. Free parking is available in commercial and public lots around the town.

Germans call New Year's Eve Silvester after the ancient feast day that commemorated the 4th century Pope Sylvester, who died on the last day of 335.

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