Enjoying a Colonial Williamsburg Christmas
All in all, introducing my youngest sweetheart to a Colonial Williamsburg Christmas in the evening candlelight was the best part of the day!
Historical Seamstress & Homeschooler
All in all, introducing my youngest sweetheart to a Colonial Williamsburg Christmas in the evening candlelight was the best part of the day!
Even though many decorations are up by Thanksgiving, the decorators have until Grand Illumination to finish hanging all the wreaths, which is another week away.
In proper 18th century style, our visit included greetings from many friends of history and Colonial Williamsburg, which interspersed our merry making.
Tonight represented the best of Napoleonic strategy while we played Risk and Uno, which helped us remember a strategic auction purchase.
This year we partook of our favorite colonial Christmastides on the days between Christmas and New Year’s…which is historically accurate.
We saw a bit of snow at Mount Vernon, with the drizzly foggy day set against the distant Potomac.
On this house tour we saw the third-floor of the mansion!
As we walked into the historic area, I was instantly charmed by the gorgeous Christmas decorations that I had heard about for years.