Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop offers special programs on the days following Christmas about the Corps of Discovery’s winter at Fort Clatsop.

Thursday and Friday, Dec. 28 and 29, the new Fort Clatsop replica will come alive from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition during the park’s sixth annual presentation of “Wintering Over: Snuggly Fixed in Their Huts.”

During this three day first-person living history event, visitors can talk with expedition members who were settling into the nearly completed Fort Clatsop in 1805. Explore what it was like for these people as they finished their fort, prepared for their winter stay and began the routine of daily life at the fort. Discover who the people were, where they came from and what the journey had been like so far.

Through an orientation, visitors will be introduced to the Corps of Discovery and how to participate in the “Wintering Over” program. First-person living history interpretation is an experiential program with no script. This allows for a real experience (not a staged event) and for visitors to direct their own discoveries.

Saturday through Monday, Dec. 30 through Jan. 1, will featured scheduled living history programs by park rangers in costume. These will include flintlock muzzle-loading programs, talks about various aspects of the explorers’ winter at Fort Clatsop and skills demonstrations such as candle-making.

In addition to the programs being offered at the fort, there are movies in the visitor center. “A Clatsop Winter Story,” a 22-minute movie about the 1805-06 winter from a Clatsop Indian perspective, will be offered on each hour, and “Lewis and Clark: Confluence of Time and Courage,” a 32-minute movie about the entire voyage, will be offered at 24 minutes after each hour.

Park hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. September through mid-June. A unit of the National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop is located southwest of Astoria, three miles southeast of U.S. Highway 101. For further information, call the park at (503) 861-2471, ext. 214, or visit the park’s Web site at www.nps.gov/lewi