Cars, Trees & Traditions Opens Nov. 18 with Holiday Cheer at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum

  What:  Opening of Cars, Trees & Traditions, a special holiday exhibition

  Who:  Free admission event for the public

  When:  10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006

  Where:  Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Details: Cars, Trees & Traditions opens to the public with day-long free seasonal festivities. Visitors can informally tour the exhibition at no charge while enjoying:

* an antique holiday decor bazaar by the Golden Glow Club

* 15 dealer members of the international organization will display their collectibles for sale throughout the Museum. The bazaar will feature a wide range of treasures including ornaments dating back to 1900, feather trees, German Santas, Belsnickles, holiday advertisements and toys.

  *  do-it-yourself ornaments by Michael's, The Arts and Crafts Store
  *  hot cider and cookies by The Baker's Loaf
  *  live entertainment

* The celebration also features a toy drive for Toys for Tots to benefit the children of local service people. Visitors are invited to arrive with new, unused, unwrapped toys to fill a 2007 Dodge Ram.

Other:

Cars, Trees & Traditions offers a look back at holiday celebrations from the early 1900s through the 1980s. The exhibition features seventeen vignettes highlighting evergreen trees accurately decorated in year-end holiday fashion, paired with Chrysler vehicles of similar eras. The graphics and images accompanying each tree, including a variety of holiday-season photos of Detroit from the archives of Wayne State University's Walter P. Reuther Library, illustrate styles, events and products of seasons past.

The historical text presented with each vignette spotlights the evolution of American holiday traditions, seasonal pop culture and the automobile's role in advancing the celebratory spirit and sense of goodwill associated with this time of year.

The Walter P. Chrysler Museum is located at the corner of Featherstone and Squirrel Rds. on the DaimlerChrysler complex in Auburn Hills. From I-75, take exit 78 (Chrysler Dr.) and follow the Museum signs.

For more information, visit http://www.chryslerheritage.com/ or call 888-456-1924.

PRNewswire -- Nov. 15