Christmas on Vinegar Hill

Email:  covh@frontiernet.net

P. O. Box 33

Mt. Pulaski, IL  62548

Christmas on Vinegar Hill is held annually the weekend before Thanksgiving with all locations open on Saturday and limited locations open on Sunday. 

The 2008 event will be:

Saturday, November 22     8 am – 5 pm

   Sunday, November 23    Noon – 4 pm

“Christmas on Vinegar Hill” meetings are

held at Mt. Pulaski Library at 7 pm

on the following tentative dates:

June 16 – Contracts Due

September 15 – General Meeting

October 20– Flyers Distributed

November 24 – Follow-up Meeting

All the above dates are tentative.    All dates will be finalized at the April 2008 Board Meeting.

The 20^th Annual

Christmas on Vinegar Hill

Descriptions for each

Location will be  posted on

This web site

By mid-September 2008.

History of “Vinegar Hill”

Prior to the repeal of the eighteenth amendment (prohibition) in 1933,  Mt. Pulaski stayed “wet” longer than the surrounding “dry” towns.  Since Mt. Pulaski had thirteen prosperous saloons and a few bootleggers, the railroads brought customers into town from every direction.  They would come with empty flasks and leave with full ones.  Upon nearing town, the conductor would call out “Vinegar Hill next stop”.  Thus, the town earned the nickname, “Vinegar Hill”.

Mt. Pulaski to Decatur Train

2007 Christmas on Vinegar Hill

Chamber Candleholder

Available for $10.00 at:

The Salt Creek Attic Ltd.

A limited number of the following items are also available:

2006 Pottery for $15.00

2005 Hoosier Jar for $12.00

 2004 Candles for $4.00

2002 Tissue Boxes for $5.00

2001 Candle Holder Boxes for $5.00

2007 Chamber Candleholder