Pleasant Living Magazine

Williamsburg: The Grand Illumination

Travel to a place that not only celebrates the holiday spirit, but remembers Virginia’s past as well. Colonial Williamsburg invites your readers to experience a traditional Christmas in the birthplace of a nation.

• Celebrate the 75^th anniversary of Grand Illumination, Colonial Williamsburg’s signature holiday event, in Virginia’s 18^th-century colonial capital.
• Hear the sounds of 18th-century Virginia as Colonial Williamsburg’s Fifes and Drums makes their 50^th appearance at Grand Illumination.
• Create warm holiday memories with your family as you journey through Virginia Christmases past during Kid’s Holiday Weekends.
• Discover how materials common to Virginia that add beauty and charm to the houses, shops and other buildings in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area during the holidays.
• Enjoy the tradition of the Folk Art Christmas Tree and add an ornament of your own.
• Join friends and family at one of the special dining events featuring specialties from the Chesapeake at Colonial Williamsburg’s taverns and restaurants.
• Experience elegant period accommodations in the Historic Area where our Founding Fathers—Virginia’s native sons—once lodged.
• Shop WILLIAMSBURG® stores for gifts for friends and loved ones on your Christmas list who are nice—or naughty.

Experience a Williamsburg Christmas

A Colonial Williamsburg Christmas gives family and friends the opportunity to reflect on the true spirit of the season and create memories for the future.

For Colonial Williamsburg holiday images, go to: http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/foundation/newsroom/images_christmas09.cfm

For more information, contact Penna Rogers of Colonial Williamsburg’s Office of Communications at (757) 220-7121.

THE COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
P.O. BOX 1776
WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23187-1776
(757) 220-7286
www.history.org

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