The timing of the event I'm about to describe is during the 2021 Perkasie tree lighting ceremony. This was me and my husband's first time attending as Perkasie residents. My husband, my mother in law, and I took my 16 month old daughter to the festivities. After waiting a long time in line to finally get a chance to ride the horse drawn carriage, we still had some time to kill before the tree got lit at 7 o' clock. The temperature had dropped quite a bit and the event got more and more crowded. My daughter was starting to get fussy from the cold, so much so that her teeth were chattering. I had passed Treasure Trove in the past and was fascinated with the antiques displayed in their window but had never looked inside. They were open for the event so with my daughter cold and a half hour to kill, we decided to go inside and look to see what neat things they had to offer. I start to head inside first and some kind strangers opened the door for my husband and daughter while my mother in law waited outside. As my husband made his way in with my daughter, this elderly lady, who I presume to be the owner, rushes over to us and begins aggressively pushing us back outside, stating that '"it was already too crowded inside and if we wanted to come in we had to wait for more people to leave." Mind you, some people had already been exiting before we entered. I was so shocked by the sudden rudeness of this lady that it took me a minute to process what had happened. My mother in law was appalled before I was just by watching the event 2nd hand. After this, we just decided to scrap our plans of staying for the lighting and head home, placing our daughter's needs first. I later recounted to my husband how when the lady was pushing us she had her hands on me. He was furious. Needless to say, this left a bad taste in my mouth of the whole event despite it only being a single incident out of a pretty good experience. But I leave this review to let you all know that these people are not business owners you want to support. They showed their true colors, and during the holiday season no less. And even if this lady happened to not be an owner, she still represents this business and doing what she did to a young couple and freezing infant is unacceptable.
As a side note, the folks at the Perkasie Historical Society were wonderful to us. read more