A POPULAR WEDDING VENUE, HARTWOOD ACRES MANSION WILL NOT HOST HOLIDAY TOURS IN 2025. PHOTO BY HANNAH RYAN BARBER PHOTOGRAPHY

If visiting Hartwood Acres Mansion to see it dressed up with twinkling lights and garlands was part of your plans this holiday season, cross it off the list.

Because of the Pennsylvania budget impasse, Allegheny County, which is facing a $100 million shortfall, has canceled holiday tours at the historic, Tudor-style mansion for 2025.

Pennsylvania has been operating without a budget since June 30. In September, county officials announced hiring and pending freezes; the county also asked departments to trim discretionary spending.

“Where our departments and directors could find some savings, we encouraged them to do so,” Allegheny County communications director Abigail Gardner told WPXI-TV. “Now unfortunately, those are things that people still love very much and that might include some of the seasonal offerings at our parks.”

Gardner added that with no money coming in from the state, the county is burning through cash reserves while trying to avoid furloughs and shutdowns, which led to the decision to cancel the annual holiday tours at Hartwood.

“We still want to answer 911 calls,” Gardner said, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “We still want to keep our mental behavioral health and homelessness services going. So, there are other things that we’re going to pause.”

While the surrounding Hartwood Acres Park will remain open for walking, running and other recreational activities, the mansion will remain shuttering throughout the holidays, including on Christmas.

Ornately decorated for the holidays, the mansion typically hosts daylight and candlelight tours, as well as a Holiday Musical Tea and Tour, from November through January. Gardner told WTAE-TV that any resident upset by the cancellation of the Christmas tradition should contact their state representative.

“I’m really sorry that people enjoyed this experience so much, and we’re not going to be able to provide it this year,” Gardner said. “But I would encourage them to shift that energy and call their state senators and encourage them to pass a budget, because it really does affect all of us.”