Dade City, Florida -- The Pioneer Florida Museum and Village is hosting a Country Christmas Open House Saturday, Dec. 3.

The event is free and runs from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.

The Pioneer Florida Museum and Village is decorated for the holidays and will server cookies and punch and offer barrel rides and hayrides.

Kids can visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus and the Woodland Elementary Chorus will provide seasonal music.

Although the event is free, volunteers will be collecting new, unwrapped toys to give to Dade City Charities.

Before you head out to the mall this year for Christmas shopping keep in mind that you can take a look at what traffic looks like before you get on the highway.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has an app for that.

The Florida 511 app now features traffic camera views that show crashes, congestion and other incidents on all of Florida's interstates and roll roads. The app uses the iPhone's GPS tracking to provide you with traffic information within miles of your location.

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