December 4 to 6, 2026. Two nights of lodging plus $125 per person for catering and entertainment; kids under 6 are free. No dog fees and all breeds are welcome. Includes the Friday welcome party and ugly Christmas sweater fashion show for the dogs, country inn buffet breakfasts Saturday and Sunday, a group dog stroll through Manchester Village, a Saturday holiday party in the mansion with a professional photographer, and a pajama party with caroling. Holiday Inn Tours tickets are an additional $20 per person. Save 20% on a third night. Call Melissa at 917-680-6739 to book the package.
This is the weekend The Wilburton is known for: the 11th annual Canine Christmas, when guests and their dogs take over the estate for two days of holiday parties. Yankee Magazine built a holiday feature around it. If matching pajamas for you and the dog sounds like a good time, these are your people.
The $125 per person covers the food and the schedule: a Friday welcome party with an ugly sweater fashion show for the dogs, breakfast both mornings, a Saturday holiday party with a photographer for your card photo, and a pajama party with carols. Saturday evening the group heads to Manchester's lighted tractor parade.
Lodging is booked on top of the package fee, dog fees are waived for the weekend and a third night is 20% off. Tickets to Saturday afternoon's Holiday Inn Tours are $20 extra per person. The package itself is booked by phone with Melissa, one of the family innkeepers, at 917-680-6739.
