2010 Dates:  

A wonderful community tradition where the magic and spirit of the holiday season begins!

EXCITING NEW FEATURES IN 2010!  Tickets on sale October 7

The annual holiday event has been expanded to enhance your Tour experience and provide opportunities to bring some of the creative elements of the Tour to your own home, all while help you help to build a better community.

View four beautiful homes in Burlington, Hamilton and Ancaster, each fabulously decorated by dozens of talented design professionals to showcase stunning holiday decor and hospitality ideas.

Learn techniques to create and plate simple, yet delectable, holiday hors d'oeuvres.

Create customized outdoor holiday urn inserts. 

Win a professionally decorated Christmas tree.

Add "HOPE" to your Christmas tree.  

Receive special discounts at participating restaurants.

Donate non perishable food items.

We look forward to having you join us for this wonderful community holiday tradition. Please check this website regularly as  event details will be added throughout the month of September.

Tickets on sale October 7, 2010.  House Tour brochure will be included with The Hamilton Spectator on Saturday October 23, 2010.

An Appetizing Event and the Holiday Urn classes are offered as additional ticket options.

2010 HONORARY EVENT CHAIR

I'm so happy to be back as the tour's honorary chair - it's always a great way to kick-start the holidays.  Meeting with Junior League members before the big event has helped me realize how much work goes into this tour, and how much it supports the projects they work on all year.  It's also such a pleasure to see guests returning to the tour year after year. 

Merry Christmas!

Annette Hamm, CHCH News Anchor

TOUR OF HOMES

Among the cozy, elegant home in a private setting, one boasting spacious rooms with multiple lake views, a newly built 'arts and crafts' styled, or the open-concept home with a kitchen suited for lively gatherings, there is something for everyone at the 28th Annual Holiday House Tour of Distinctive Homes. For those who have made this an annual holiday tradition or where it will become the beginning of a new one, all guests will be inspired by the unique creations!

2010 Tour includes:
  A lovely two storey, open concept home. Beyond the large and impressive entrance the inviting interior features a fabulous kitchen-dining-family room combination that is a perfect setting for lively gatherings of family and friends.
  Set back from the street amid beautiful formal gardens, the cozy Georgian style home is exquisitely decorated in Victorian elegance and charm.
  A newly built home that exemplifies the 'Arts and Crafts" architectural style where simplicity, natural materials, beautiful craftsmanship and detailed woodworking are paired with great design.
An interesting blend of old and new; spacious rooms with multiple lake views, a gourmet kitchen, dual family rooms with fireplaces, a grand piano and a theatre room with a large viewing screen. A warm and welcoming home.



To catch a glimpse of our 2008 Tour, please visit the 
Canadian Living Magazine website. 

Home Recruitment
We would appreciate your participation in this wonderful JLHB tradition in the future and request that you consider offering the use of your home for one weekend in November. With the help of generous and gracious homeowners, the Junior League of Hamilton-Burlington can continue to create lasting positive changes in our community.  For more information, please contact the Junior League of Hamilton-Burlington office at 905-527-1077, or e-mail  info@juniorleague.ca

The Junior League of Hamilton-Burlington
For the past 75 years Junior League of Hamilton-Burlington members have addressed critical community needs in areas such as respite care, women and children, health and well being, social services, the environment and the arts.  JLHB efforts are now focused on the issue of poverty. With the help of the young women living at the Good Shepherd's Brennan House, a transitional residence for youth at risk in Hamilton, 'Empower Hour' has recently been launched by the JLHB as a pilot program.  This program intends to support the residents through learning workshops, mentoring, individual and group support.

Funds raised at the Annual Holiday House Tour of Distinctive Homes allows the Junior League of Hamilton-Burlington continue to develop women as effective community leaders, creating lasting positive changes in our the Hamilton and Burlington area.