2018 Colonial Williamsburg Holiday Planner

2018 HOLI DAY PLA N N E R fo r M u s i c, Dinin g and P ro g ram s

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2018 Holiday Planner Table of Contents 2018 Calendar of events ..............................2 Music & Dance ...................................................10 Dining .. ................................................................14

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Please note that programming is subject to change. Always check our website — colonialwilliamsburg.com — for the most current information.

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21

Music & Dance ✦✦Come,

Ye Thankful People Come 5 p.m.

Programs ✦✦President

George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation 12:30 & 2:30 p.m.

22 Dining ✦✦Thanksgiving

2, 3 & 4 p.m.

Day Feast 11 a.m., noon,

✦✦Thanksgiving

Dinner at Campbell’s Tavern 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

✦✦Thanksgiving

Dinner at Chowning’s Tavern 11 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.

✦✦Thanksgiving

Dinner at King’s Arms Tavern 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

✦✦Thanksgiving

Dinner at Shields Tavern 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

✦✦Thanksgiving

Day Buffet noon, 12:30, 1, 3, 3:30 & 4 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

with the Washingtons 11:15 a.m.

✦✦Missing

Our Men 2:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Lantern

Trade Tour 7 & 8:30 p.m.

23 Music & Dance ✦✦Through

the Seasons of the Year: Songs of Rural Life 1:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Harvest Home 4 p.m.

✦✦Palace

Concert 7:30 & 9 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

and the Constitution 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

24 Music & Dance ✦✦Chisman

Creek’s Musical Thanksgiving Review 2:15 & 4:30 p.m.

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2018 Calendar of Events

November

✦✦An

Un-Civil Christmas: Music of Civil War Williamsburg 7 p.m.

Chocolate Tasting Exploration 2 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Come

for Warmth, Stay for Stories 11:30 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Dining ✦✦A

✦✦The

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Bringing

7 p.m.

✦✦Lantern

in the Holidays with Venus

Trade Tour 7 & 8:30 p.m.

28 ✦✦Green

Carols 11:15 a.m.

Grows the Holly 5 p.m.

Christmas Call to Arms 10 & 11:30 a.m.

Music & Dance

✦✦The

Fiddle and Banjo Come to America 3 p.m.

✦✦Capitol

Concert 7 & 8:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦A

Thousand Reasons to Be Merry 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

26 Season of Holidays 4:30 p.m.

Stories 10:30 a.m.

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

Colonial Jukebox 4:30 p.m.

of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

in the Morning 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

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Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

Voyage Home 11:15 a.m.

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

St. Andrew’s Day with Stories 11:15 a.m.

✦✦A

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

27

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

Music & Dance ✦✦More

Than Words 11:15 a.m.

✦✦Family,

Feasts, Friends and Festivity 4:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦A

Christmas Call to Arms 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

December

1

Music & Dance ✦✦Music

of the Season with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

✦✦Fiddling

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

2 ✦✦A

Chisman Creek Christmas 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Grand

Illumination Brunch Buffet noon, 12:30 & 1 p.m.

✦✦Grand

Illumination Dinner at Campbell’s Tavern 4:15 to 8 p.m.

Illumination Dinner at Shields Tavern 4:15 to 8 p.m.

Programs

Programs

✦✦Celebrating

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

Christmas Homes Tour 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

✦✦Grand

2:15 & 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Talk

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦Annual

Illumination Dinner at King’s Arms Tavern 4:15 to 8 p.m.

Music & Dance

Handmade! 10:15 to 11:45 a.m.

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦Grand

✦✦Exultation!

✦✦Midwinter

Programs ✦✦Christmas

Illumination Dinner at Chowning’s Tavern 4:15 to 8:15 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Holiday

Evening with Thomas Jefferson 6:30 p.m.

✦✦Grand

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

Chocolate Tasting Exploration 2 p.m.

Music & Dance

Programs

✦✦Joy

Sweets: Gingerbread, Peppermint and Eggnog! 10 a.m.

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

Music & Dance ✦✦Christmas

✦✦Talk

Breakfast 8:30, 8:45 & 9 a.m.

✦✦Holiday

✦✦Un-Colonial

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✦✦A

Music & Dance ✦✦A

of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

✦✦The

✦✦Holiday

✦✦An

Programs

✦✦Talk

Concert 7:30 & 9 p.m.

Dining

✦✦A

Our Dearest Diversion 7 & 8:30 p.m.

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✦✦Palace

Molly Campbell’s Holiday Tea 1:30 p.m.

✦✦Dance,

✦✦A

Un-Civil Christmas: Music of Civil War Williamsburg 7 p.m.

✦✦Miss

Music & Dance ✦✦Crystal

✦✦An

Away the Holidays 3:30 & 5:30 p.m.

✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Grand

Illumination, Musical Performances 4 to 7 p.m.

✦✦Grand

Illumination, Fireworks 7 p.m.

3 Music & Dance ✦✦Dulcimer

Comfort and Joy 2:15 & 4:30 p.m.

✦✦An

Un-Civil Christmas: Music of Civil War Williamsburg 7 p.m.

3

Dining ✦✦Inn

✦✦The

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Bringing

Programs ✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Holiday

Handmade! 10:15 to 11:45 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Rockefellers’ Christmas Open House 5:45 to 8 p.m.

Stories 10:30 a.m.

Christmas: Slave and Free 11:15 a.m.

7 p.m.

in the Holidays with Venus

6 Music & Dance Hymns in 18th-Century Virginia 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Thursty

Thursdays — Holiday Brews and Chews 6 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Talk

✦✦Joy

✦✦Children’s

✦✦The

✦✦Songs

for an Irish Christmas 4:30 p.m.

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦A

Christmas Call to Arms 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦Holiday

Decorating Tips and Inspiration 10:45 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Illumination ✦✦Lantern

of the Trades 5:30 p.m.

Trade Tour 7 & 8:30 p.m.

5

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m. of the Taverns 5:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

7

Carols 11:15 a.m.

of Drink and Good Company 3:30 p.m.

✦✦Dance,

Our Dearest Diversion 7 & 8:30 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Holiday

Sweets: Gingerbread, Peppermint and Eggnog! 10 a.m.

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs Christmas Call to Arms 10 & 11:30 a.m. of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Decorating

5:30 p.m.

4

the Private Homes

✦✦Of

Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

with the Washingtons 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Holiday

Memories 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

9 ✦✦Caroling

at the Ice Rink 6 p.m.

✦✦An

Un-Civil Christmas: Music of Civil War Williamsburg 7 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m. of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

Thousand Reasons to Be Merry 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦Our ✦✦A

of Palace Green 5:30 p.m.

✦✦A

✦✦Caroling

Homes Away from Home 2:15 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Radio

for the Troops: A Touch of Home 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

of Market Square 5:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Capitol

at Sea 3:30 p.m.

at the Coffeehouse 6 p.m.

Concert 7 & 8:30 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦Of

Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦A

Thousand Reasons to Be Merry 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

of the Capitol 5:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

✦✦A

✦✦Talk

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

Music & Dance

✦✦A

✦✦Songs

Programs ✦✦Christmas

✦✦Christmas

✦✦Talk

Music & Dance

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Music & Dance

✦✦Of

✦✦Crystal

✦✦Inn

Stories 10:30 a.m.

in the Morning 11:15 a.m.

✦✦Illumination

Dining ✦✦Inn

of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Music & Dance Songs for Christmas 1:30 p.m.

Chocolate Tasting Exploration 2 p.m.

Evening with Thomas Jefferson 6:30 p.m.

Dining

4

Molly Campbell’s Holiday Tea 1:30 p.m.

✦✦An

✦✦The

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Miss

✦✦Inn

✦✦Christmas

✦✦A

Sweets: Cakes and Pies!

10 a.m.

✦✦A

✦✦Remembering

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦Holiday

8

Music & Dance ✦✦Vibrant

Music & Dance ✦✦Palace

10

Concert 7:30 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Caroling

at the Courthouse 6 p.m.

Dining

Dining ✦✦Holiday

Seasonal Scales and Chords 4:30 p.m.

Breakfast 8:30, 8:45 & 9 a.m.

✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Of

Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

✦✦Holiday

Handmade! 10:15 to 11:45 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

Voyage Home 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

11 Music & Dance ✦✦More

Than Words 11:15 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

4:30 p.m.

✦✦Caroling

in the Peaceable Kingdom

at the Courthouse 6 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦A

Christmas Call to Arms 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Illumination ✦✦Bringing

7 p.m.

✦✦Lantern

of the Trades 5:30 p.m.

in the Holidays with Venus

Trade Tour 7 & 8:30 p.m.

12 ✦✦Crystal

Carols 11:15 a.m.

Grows the Holly 5 p.m.

✦✦Caroling

at the Courthouse 6 p.m.

✦✦Dance,

Our Dearest Diversion 7 & 8:30 p.m.

Un-Civil Christmas: Music of Civil War Williamsburg 7 p.m.

✦✦Christmas ✦✦Caroling

Colonial Jukebox 4:30 p.m.

at the Coffeehouse 6 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Thursty

Thursdays — Holiday Brews and Chews 6 p.m.

Dining

Programs ✦✦Dressing

✦✦Inn

✦✦Talk

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Dressing

the Fashionable Bride: A Gown in Three Days 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Call to Arms 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦Remembering

Christmas: Slave and Free 2:15 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

the Fashionable Bride: A Gown in Three Days 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter ✦✦Joy

Stories 10:30 a.m.

in the Morning 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

of the Taverns 5:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Holiday

Cocktails: A Great Reason for a Toast! 6 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Dressing

the Fashionable Bride: A Gown in Three Days 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦Of

Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

and the Constitution 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

14

5:30 p.m.

of Market Square

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

Music & Dance ✦✦Turner

at the Ice Rink 6 p.m.

✦✦An

✦✦Holiday

Sweets: Cakes and Pies!

10 a.m.

Tom Green

✦✦Caroling

Music & Dance

Music & Dance ✦✦Green

13

Tunes for Christmas 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

5

Programs ✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦Of

Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦A

Thousand Reasons to Be Merry 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦The

Comet Comes to Williamsburg 2:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

of the Capitol 5:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

17 Music & Dance ✦✦Vibrant

Seasonal Scales and Chords 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Caroling

at the Courthouse 6 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦Of

Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Holiday

Handmade! 10:15 to 11:45 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

Voyage Home 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

Music & Dance ✦✦Palace

Concert 7:30 & 9 p.m.

Breakfast 8:30, 8:45 & 9 a.m.

Stories 1:30 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

Memories 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

✦✦Holiday

✦✦A

✦✦Miss

✦✦Un-Colonial

Sweets: Gingerbread, Peppermint and Eggnog! 10 a.m.

Molly Campbell’s Holiday Tea 1:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Chocolate Tasting Exploration 2 p.m.

✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

✦✦An

Evening with Thomas Jefferson 6:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦Of

Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

with the Washingtons 11:15 a.m.

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✦✦A

✦✦Holiday

Dining ✦✦Holiday

✦✦Santa’s

of Palace Green 5:30 p.m.

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

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Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

18 Music & Dance ✦✦More ✦✦An

Than Words 11:15 a.m.

Olde Virginny Christmas 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Caroling

at the Courthouse 6 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦A

Christmas Call to Arms 10 & 11:30 a.m.

Music & Dance ✦✦A

Christmas Worship in Song 3:30 p.m.

✦✦Caroling ✦✦Capitol

✦✦A

at the Coffeehouse 6 p.m.

Concert 7 & 8:30 p.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

Dining

✦✦Illumination

✦✦Inn

✦✦Lantern

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

of the Trades 5:30 p.m.

Trade Tour 7 & 8:30 p.m.

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✦✦The

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✦✦Holiday

Cocktails: A Great Reason for a Toast! 6 p.m.

Music & Dance ✦✦Crystal ✦✦Green

Carols 11:15 a.m.

Grows the Holly 5 p.m.

✦✦Caroling

at the Courthouse 6 p.m.

✦✦Dance,

Our Dearest Diversion 7 & 8:30 p.m.

Programs Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs

✦✦Christmas

✦✦Christmas

✦✦Of

✦✦Talk

Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

✦✦Remembering

✦✦Holiday

✦✦The

✦✦The

✦✦Inn

✦✦Christmas

Dining Sweets: Gingerbread, Peppermint and Eggnog! 10 a.m.

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Call to Arms 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦Remembering

Christmas: Slave and Free 2:15 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Bringing

7 p.m.

in the Holidays with Venus

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

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Evergreens 3:45 p.m. at the Coffeehouse 6 p.m.

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Thursdays — Holiday Brews and Chews 6 p.m.

Music & Dance with Dwarves: A Celtic Celebration 1:30 & 3:30 p.m.

Concert 7:30 & 9 p.m.

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Community

Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 5 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

of the Taverns 5:30 p.m.

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Hymns in 18th-Century Virginia 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Caroling

at the Ice Rink 6 p.m.

✦✦An

Un-Civil Christmas: Music of Civil War Williamsburg 7 p.m.

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m. of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Holiday

✦✦The

Chocolate Tasting Exploration 2 p.m.

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

✦✦An

Evening with Thomas Jefferson 6:30 p.m.

Programs Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Santa’s

Stories 10:45 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

of Palace Green 5:30 p.m.

Handmade! 10:15 to 11:45 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

✦✦A

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Firing

of the Christmas Guns 5 p.m.

✦✦A

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

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Than Words 11:30 a.m.

✦✦An

✦✦A

✦✦Palace

✦✦Un-Colonial

✦✦Christmas

Rockefellers’ Christmas Open House 5:45 to 8 p.m.

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

Stories 10:30 a.m.

Days and Night Before Christmas 11:15 a.m. & 1:15 p.m.

✦✦The

Un-Civil Christmas: Music of Civil War Williamsburg 7 p.m.

Concert 7:30 & 9 p.m.

Dining Breakfast King’s Arms Tavern 8:45, 9 & 9:15 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

Breakfast Shields Tavern 8:45, 9 & 9:15 a.m.

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✦✦Williamsburg

Lodge Christmas Brunch 10 & 11 a.m., noon, 1 & 2 p.m.

Music & Dance ✦✦An

Immigrant’s Christmas 2:15 & 4:30 p.m.

Dining

✦✦Caroling

✦✦Inn

✦✦Capitol

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Joy 4 p.m.

Programs

✦✦12

Molly Campbell’s Holiday Tea 1:30 p.m.

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

Music & Dance

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✦✦Miss

✦✦Talk

✦✦The

Raleigh Christmas Party 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m.

✦✦Talk

✦✦Inn

of the Capitol 5:30 p.m.

✦✦A

✦✦Palace

✦✦Talk

Stories 10:30 a.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

✦✦Christmas

✦✦Of

in the Morning 11:15 a.m.

✦✦A

✦✦Dances

Programs

✦✦Midwinter

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

Music & Dance

✦✦Christmas

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

Christmas: Slave and Free 11:15 a.m.

✦✦Profound

✦✦Thursty

✦✦Joy

of Market Square 5:30 p.m.

Sweets: Cakes and Pies!

10 a.m.

Dining ✦✦Inn

✦✦Illumination

✦✦Holiday

Music & Dance ✦✦Caroling

with the Tinkers 1:15 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

Dining

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Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Programs

✦✦Midwinter

and the Constitution 11:15 a.m.

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

at the Coffeehouse 6 p.m.

Concert 7 & 8:30 p.m.

✦✦Christmas

Dinner Chowning’s Tavern 11 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.

✦✦Christmas

Day Buffet noon, 12:30, 1, 3, 3:30 & 4 p.m.

✦✦Christmas

Dinner at Campbell’s Tavern noon to 8:15 p.m.

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8

✦✦Christmas

Dinner at King’s Arms Tavern 1 to 8 p.m.

✦✦Christmas

7:45 p.m.

Dinner at Shields Tavern 1 to

Decorations Walking Tour 11:15 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦Of

Christmas Past 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

Memories 2:30 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Un-Colonial

Christmas 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m.

Carols 2:15 & 4:30 p.m.

Sweets: Cakes and Pies!

10 a.m.

✦✦Miss

Molly Campbell’s Holiday Tea 1:30 p.m.

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦A Christmas Call to Arms 10

& 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦Remembering

Christmas: Slave and Free 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

Programs Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

of Market Square

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Dining ✦✦Miss

Molly Campbell’s Holiday Tea 1:30 p.m.

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Thursty

Thursdays — Holiday Brews and Chews 6 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

Our Men 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Illumination

of the Taverns 5:30 p.m.

Rockefellers’ Christmas Open House 5:45 to 8 p.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦Our ✦✦A

Homes Away from Home 2:15 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Radio

for the Troops: A Touch of Home 4:30 p.m.

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New Year’s Scottish Style 2:15 p.m.

Dining ✦✦Regency

7 p.m.

New Year’s Eve Dinner 5 to

✦✦Regency

New Year’s Eve Gala 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Holiday

Handmade! 10:15 to 11:45 a.m.

Music & Dance

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦A

✦✦Christmas

Voyage Home 11:15 a.m.

19th-Century Williamsburg Christmas 2:15 & 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Palace

Concert 7:30 & 9 p.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Dining

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

✦✦Holiday

Sweets: Gingerbread, Peppermint and Eggnog! 10 a.m.

✦✦Miss

Molly Campbell’s Holiday Tea 1:30 p.m.

✦✦A

Chocolate Tasting Exploration 2 p.m.

✦✦Inn

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

✦✦An

Evening with Thomas Jefferson 6:30 p.m.

✦✦Of

Brass 2:15 & 4:30 p.m.

Thousand Reasons to Be Merry 11:15 a.m.

Programs

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

✦✦Christmas

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦A

✦✦Talk

✦✦Christmas

Music & Dance

Tom Green

Cocktails: A Great Reason for a Toast! 6 p.m.

Programs

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✦✦The

Holiday Tea 3 to 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Holiday

5:30 p.m.

✦✦Holiday

✦✦A

✦✦Inn

11:15 a.m.

Dining

✦✦Missing

Molly Campbell’s Holiday Tea 1:30 p.m.

✦✦Christmas and the Constitution

Our Dearest Diversion 7 & 8:30 p.m.

✦✦Inn

✦✦Miss

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Dance,

✦✦A

Dining

✦✦Talk

Music & Dance

✦✦Inn

✦✦Midwinter

the Merry Mistletoe 1:30 & 4:30 p.m.

✦✦Of

26 ✦✦Crystal

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Under

Programs

✦✦A

✦✦Talk

Music & Dance

✦✦Christmas

✦✦Holiday

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Christmas Past 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Christmas

with the Washingtons 11:15 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦A

January

1

Music & Dance ✦✦More

Than Words 11:15 a.m.

Programs ✦✦A

Christmas Call to Arms 10 & 11:30 a.m.

✦✦Talk

of the Town: Christmastide 10 & 10:15 a.m.

✦✦Midwinter

Stories 10:30 a.m.

✦✦The

Spirit of the Season at the Raleigh Tavern 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3 & 3:30 p.m.

✦✦The ✦✦A

Wolf Is at the Door 1:30 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

Christmas Remembered 3 p.m.

30 Music & Dance ✦✦Capitol

Concert 7 & 8:30 p.m.

Dining ✦✦New

Year’s Brunch Buffet noon, 12:30 & 1 p.m.

Programs ✦✦Christmas

Decorations Walking Tour 9:15 & 11 a.m., 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.

Visit colonialwilliamsburg.com/ holidays for a comprehensive list of our holiday events. Buy tickets online or call 844.362.2530.

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Celebrate the Season

Music & Dance

A 19th-Century Williamsburg Christmas Saturday, Dec. 29 at 2:15 & 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Share an hour with the Colonial Singers of Williamsburg “in the living room of the famous Tucker family home,” as they share stories while decorating the family Christmas tree. $10 per person.

H T M A Chisman Creek Christmas Sunday, Dec. 2 at 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Chisman Creek Band features bluegrass, classic rock and country with a yuletide flavor. $10 per person.

H T M A Christmas Worship in Song

H T M Friday, Nov. 23 at 4 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium In ancient times, the harvest was celebrated with great feasts and festivals. The Virginia Company invites you to a musical festival of harvest plenty. $8 per person.

H T M Monday, Nov. 26 at 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Join Timothy Seaman on hammered dulcimer, flutes and more for a musical journey from Thanksgiving through Epiphany. $6 per person.

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H T M An Olde Virginny Christmas Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Sing along with Kelly Kennedy and Andy Cleveland as they perform English, French, Irish and Scottish music from Olde Virginny. $8 per person.

H T M An Un-Civil Christmas: Music of Civil War Williamsburg Saturdays, Nov. 24 and Dec. 1; Monday, Dec. 3; Fridays, Dec. 7, 14 & 21; and Tuesday, Dec. 25 at 7 p.m. | Courthouse Folk musicians share songs and anecdotes to show how Virginians found strength and comfort in Christmas traditions amid the turmoil of war. Adults $19; Youth $9.50.

Capitol Concert Sundays, Nov. 25 and Dec. 9, 16, 23 & 30 at 7 & 8:30 p.m. | Capitol Celebrate the joys of holiday music with this 18th-century concert in the acoustically brilliant hall of the House of Burgesses. Adults $19; Youth $9.50.

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Mondays, Dec. 10 & 17; Tuesdays, Dec. 11 & 18; and Wednesdays, Dec. 12 & 19 at 6 p.m. | Courthouse Gather at the Courthouse for a holiday singalong.

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Caroling at the Courthouse

Sunday, Dec. 23 at 2:15 & 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Join Fynesound Ensemble for carols and traditional step dancing, featuring harp, cello and fiddle. $12 per person.

Caroling at the Coffeehouse Sundays, Dec. 9, 16 & 23 and Thursdays, Dec. 13 & 20 at 6 p.m. | Coffeehouse Porch Gather at Charlton’s Coffeehouse and join in a holiday singalong.

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F Caroling at the Ice Rink Fridays, Dec. 7, 14 & 21 at 6 p.m. | Merchants Square Join in the holiday spirit at Merchants Square to sing songs of the season.

F Celebrate New Year’s Scottish Style Monday, Dec. 31 at 2:15 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Celebrate Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve) with John Turner, Cliff Williams and Kelly Kennedy, who perform Scotland’s traditional music for the holidays. $12 per person.

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Sunday, Dec. 16 at 3:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Award-winning violinist David Gardner offers this lovely collection of songs of worship and joy. $6 per person.

An Immigrant’s Christmas

H T M Children’s Songs for Christmas Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 1:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Kelly Kennedy invites you to sing along during this delightful, family-friendly program to celebrate the spirit of our childhood holidays. Adults $6; Youth $3.

H T M F Chisman Creek’s Musical Thanksgiving Review Saturday, Nov. 24 at 2:15 & 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Enjoy a cornucopia of Thanksgiving-themed songs that provide reminders of home, family, friends and gratitude. $8 per person.

H T M Please note that programming is subject to change. Always check our website — colonialwilliamsburg.com — for the most current information.

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Christmas at Sea

Crystal Carols

Green Grows the Holly

Sunday, Dec. 9 at 3:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Fiddler David Gardner performs music that has given solace to sailors during many lonely holidays at sea. $6 per person.

Wednesdays, Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, 12 & 19 at 11:15 a.m.; Dec. 26 at 2:15 & 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Dean Shostak performs traditional and contemporary holiday favorites on Ben Franklin’s glass armonica. $10 per person.

Wednesdays, Nov. 28 and Dec. 12 & 19 at 5 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Lynn and Barry Trott perform carols and dance tunes for the winter season from the late 16th and early 17th centuries on lute, cittern, viol, hurdy gurdy, recorders and voice. $6 per person.

H T M Christmas Brass Thursday, Dec. 27 at 2:15 & 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Gabe Stone, Daniel Omer, Steve Ruckle and Andrew Riech play holiday favorites on trumpets, trombone and tuba, along with rare brass instruments from the 18th century: the serpent and the sackbut. $10 per person.

H T M Christmas Colonial Jukebox Thursdays, Nov. 29 and Dec. 13 at 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Brian Forsman and Bill Weldon trace the roots of seasonal tunes and popular songs to the 18th century. $6 per person.

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More Than Words

Saturday, Dec. 22 at 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Poisoned Dwarf celebrates the season with traditional Celtic music that will have you dancing in the aisles. $10 per person.

Tuesdays, Nov. 27, Dec. 11 & 18 and Jan. 1 at 11:15 a.m.; Dec. 25 at 11:30 a.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Join the Waterman family for an hour of delightful Christmas songs, tunes and letters from the 18th century. $6 per person.

H T M Dulcimer Comfort and Joy Monday, Dec. 3 at 2:15 & 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Timothy Seaman, Ann Robinson and Tom Abernethy on hammered dulcimers share a creative tapestry of holiday masterpieces both ancient and modern. $10 per person.

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Christmas Hymns in 18th-Century Virginia

Exultation!

Thursday, Dec. 6 & Friday, Dec. 21 at 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW John Turner and Kelly Kennedy sing Christmas hymns that were wellknown in Virginia in the 18th century and are still popular today. $8 per person.

Friday, Nov. 30 at 2:15 & 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Gabe Stone, David Gardner and Cliff Williams share songs celebrating the Christmas season from Advent to Twelfth Night. $8 per person.

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Dances with Dwarves: A Celtic Celebration

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Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Kelly Kennedy shares joyous songs, tunes and stories about members of the animal kingdom. $6 per person.

Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Folklorist Kelly Kennedy shares fun family songs and stories from many holiday traditions worldwide. $6 per person.

Come, Ye Thankful People Come Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 5 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Kelly Kennedy and John Turner sing songs and hymns of Thanksgiving from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. $8 per person.

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Saturday, Dec. 1 at 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Musicians John Turner, Lee Welch, Sarah Glosson and Tom Marshall join Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to share some of their favorite musical selections and recount happy tales of their long friendship. $15 per person.

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Friday, Nov. 23; Saturdays, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29; and Tuesday, Dec. 25 at 7:30 & 9 p.m. | Governor’s Palace Colonial Williamsburg’s early-music ensemble, the Governor’s Musick, offers an elegant evening of chamber music. Not appropriate for children 6 and younger. Adults $19; Youth $9.50.

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Saturday, Dec. 1 at 3:30 & 5:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Master fiddler John Turner returns for this Colonial Williamsburg Christmas tradition of reveling in the lighter side of the holiday season. $8 per person.

Monday, Dec. 24 at 4 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Timothy Seaman reflects on the meaning of the season with familiar carols played on hammered dulcimer, rekindling memories of holidays past. $8 per person.

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Songs for an Irish Christmas Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Folklorist Kelly Kennedy and Irish soprano Anne O’Byrne present songs and stories of Irish and IrishAmerican origins to celebrate the season. $8 per person.

H T M Songs of Drink and Good Company Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 3:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Musicians Lee Welch and Barry Trott perform drinking songs from the 18th and early 19th centuries. $6 per person.

H T M The Fiddle and Banjo Come to America Sunday, Nov. 25 at 3 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Notorious historical musicians Hudson & Clark impart the remarkable story of how the European violin and African banjo became American. $5 per person.

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H T M Through the Seasons of the Year: Songs of Rural Life Friday, Nov. 23 at 1:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Through music of the season, Lynn and Barry Trott explore the world of planting, farming, herding and other delights of rural life, including drinking and courting. $6 per person.

H T M Turner Tunes for Christmas Friday, Dec. 14 at 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Fiddler John Turner shares original seasonal compositions by and about his family and friends in America and Scotland. $8 per person.

Dance, Our Dearest Diversion H F T Wednesdays, Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 7 & 8:30 p.m. | Capitol Dancers discuss and demonstrate various types of 18th-century dances.

Watch carefully and be ready if they invite you to participate. Adults $19; Youth $9.50.

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Friday, Dec. 28 at 1:30 & 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Enjoy a concert by the Virginia Company (David Gardner, Barry Trott and Cliff Williams) of 17th- and 18th-century love songs and holiday favorites. $10 per person.

Mondays, Dec. 10 & 17 at 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Timothy Seaman leads us on a tour of beloved and rare pieces that color our season on hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, folk flutes and more. $6 per person.

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Virginia Evergreens Thursday, Dec. 20 at 3:45 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Timothy Seaman celebrates Virginia’s rich diversity of festively adorned holiday trees with music on hammered dulcimer, flutes, mountain dulcimer and psalteries. $6 per person.

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A Chocolate Tasting Exploration Saturdays, Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 2 p.m. | Taste Studio Taste eight different samples while learning about the rich history of chocolate, how it is made and what makes American Heritage Historic Chocolate, a MARS Company product, so dynamic in flavor. We’ll even let you in on the secret of a festive holiday peppermint bark. $29.95 per person.

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Price does not include tax and gratuity. Adults $76.95; Youth ages 3 to 10 $37.95; Children under 3 $11.95.

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Tuesday, Dec. 25 at 8:45, 9 & 9:15 a.m. | King’s Arms Tavern Celebrate Christmas morning with a traditional breakfast and 18thcentury music. Adults $32.95; Youth ages 3 to 10 $17.95; Children under 3 eat free.

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Christmas Breakfast Shields Tavern Tuesday, Dec. 25 at 8:45, 9 & 9:15 a.m. | Shields Tavern Start Christmas morning with a traditional breakfast in a delightful 18th-century atmosphere. Adults $32.95; Youth ages 3 to 10 $17.95; Children under 3 eat free.

Fridays, Dec. 14, 21 & 28 at 6 p.m. | Taste Studio Sip your way through a selection of barrel-aged and clear spirits accompanied by intriguing food selections. Must be 21 or older. $49.95 per person.

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Saturdays, Dec. 8 & 22 and Wednesdays, Dec. 12 & 26 at 10 a.m. | Taste Studio This chef’s demonstration and tasting features recipes for rum cream pie, figgy pudding, cranberry upsidedown cake and no-bake sweet potato pie. $39.95 per person.

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Tuesday, Dec. 25 at noon, 12:30, 1, 3, 3:30 & 4 p.m. | Williamsburg Inn Enjoy a festive Christmas Day at the Williamsburg Inn’s Grand Regency Room. The menu includes a wide selection of Regency favorites. Business casual dress code. Price does not include tax and gratuity.

Adults $99.99; Youth $49.99; Children $29.99.

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Saturdays, Dec. 1, 15 & 29 and Wednesdays, Dec. 5 & 19 at 10 a.m. | Taste Studio A chef demonstrates how to prepare a gingerbread cake, peppermint ice cream with fudge sauce and eggnog. $39.95 per person.

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Saturdays, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 6:30 p.m. | King’s Arms Tavern Dine with Thomas Jefferson over a combination of his favorite fare and Colonial libations as he reflects on his world travels. Open seating; no private tables. Must be 21 or older. $150 per person. Reservations required.

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Adults $76.95; Youth ages 3 to 10 $37.95; Children under 3 $11.95.

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Monday, Dec. 31 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. | Williamsburg Inn Eat, drink and dance the night away in the gorgeous Grand Regency Room at the Williamsburg Inn. Your dinner includes a nine-course tasting menu,

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H T Thanksgiving Day Buffet Thursday, Nov. 22 at noon, 12:30, 1, 3, 3:30 & 4 p.m. | Williamsburg Inn Enjoy a Thanksgiving Day buffet in the Grand Regency Room, which overlooks the Golden Horseshoe.

Price does not include tax and gratuity. Adults $99.99; Youth $49.99; Children $24.99.

H T Thanksgiving Day Feast Thursday, Nov. 22 at 11 a.m., noon, 2, 3 & 4 p.m. | Williamsburg Lodge Gather your family around one of our tables for a traditional Thanksgiving feast with all the trimmings. Adults $71.95; Youth ages 3 to 10 $38.95; Children under 3 eat free.

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Thursty Thursdays – Holiday Brews and Chews Thursdays, Dec. 6, 13, 20 & 27 at 6 p.m. | Taste Studio Pair seasonal foods with select Virginia craft brews. Six beers, three dishes, one chef and a partridge in a pear tree. Special holiday Thursty Thursday with Virginia Beer Company on Dec. 13. Must be 21 or older. $42.50 per person.

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King’s Arms and Christiana Campbell’s taverns are not wheelchair-accessible. Shields and Chowning’s taverns are wheelchair-accessible.

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12 Days and Night Before Christmas Monday, Dec. 24 at 11:15 a.m. & 1:15 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Experience the unique spirit of Christmas as people from the past bring two classic Christmas stories to life. Adults $3; Youth $1.

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A Christmas Remembered Daily, Nov. 23 to Jan. 1 at 3 p.m. | Governor’s Palace Stage, except Dec. 2 & 25 on Charlton Stage A Nation Builder reflects on the meaning of the season and shares holiday memories. Weather permitting. Program performed on Charlton Stage on Sunday, Dec. 2 and Tuesday, Dec. 25.

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Thursdays, Nov. 22 and Dec. 6 & 13; Fridays, Nov. 23 and Dec. 7, 14 & 21; Saturdays, Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, 8, 15 & 22; Sundays, Dec. 9, 16 & 23; and Monday, Dec. 24 at 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8:20, 8:40 & 9 p.m. | Raleigh Tavern Come toast the season, enjoy a dance and partake in the liveliest

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T A Thousand Reasons to Be Merry Sundays, Nov. 25 and Dec. 9, 16 & 30 and Friday, Dec. 7 at 11:15 a.m. | Hennage Auditorium Thomas and Martha Jefferson share stories and memories as they make the most of a Christmas spent together in uncertain times. $5 per person.

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Annual Christmas Homes Tour Saturday, Dec. 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Various Sites The 59th annual Christmas Homes Tour, presented by the Green Spring Garden Club, Inc., features five houses in and around Colonial Williamsburg, all decorated with lovely holiday floral designs.

Tour tickets are available through Green Spring Garden Club or at each house during tour hours. More details can be found at greenspringgarden club.org/christmas-homes-tour.

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$30 per person in advance. $35 per person on Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1. $15 per person to tour a single home.

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H T M Christmas and the Constitution Fridays, Nov. 23 and Dec. 14, 21 & 28 at 11:15 a.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW During Christmas of 1787, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison are in the throes of writing the Federalist Papers to support the Constitution. Tensions rise as public

and personal duties collide. $5 per person.

H T M Christmas Voyage Home Mondays, Nov. 26 and Dec. 10, 17 & 31 at 11:15 a.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW The Marquis de Lafayette and Congressman James Madison bid a fond farewell to each other and share happy memories that forged a friendship that lasted a lifetime. $5 per person.

H T M Christmas with the Tinkers Friday, Dec. 21 at 1:15 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Master storytellers Donna Wolf and Shel Browder share the stories of these Highland travelers. $6 per person.

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Christmas with the Washingtons Thursday, Nov. 22 and Saturdays, Dec. 8, 15 & 29 at 11:15 a.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW General and Lady Washington reflect on the Christmastide and how it shaped them and their lives together. $5 per person.

H T M Come for Warmth, Stay for Stories Saturday, Nov. 24 at 11:30 a.m. | Hennage Auditorium Come inside and warm up with winter tales from master storytellers Shel Browder and Donna Wolf. $6 per person.

H T M Thursday, Dec. 20 at 5 p.m. | Market Square Gather for a special reading of The Night Before Christmas and join in singing classic Christmas carols as the tree on Market Square is lighted. Co-sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Williamsburg and Colonial Williamsburg.

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Enjoy a traditional 18th-century seasonal celebration that features the illumination of various sites throughout the Historic Area. The spectacle, which begins at 5:30 p.m. on each of the scheduled dates, will be accompanied by the firing of muskets and music from the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums.

Illumination of the Trades Tuesdays, Dec. 4, 11 & 18 | Prentis Store

Taverns Thursdays, Dec. 6, 13, 20 & 27 | Wetherburn’s Tavern

Market Square Fridays, Dec. 7, 14, 21 & 28 | Market Square

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Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium Join us for the 26th anniversary of this popular celebration of the decorating efforts of employees living in Colonial Williamsburg’s restored private homes.

Monday, Dec. 24 at 5 p.m. | Market Square In the 18th century, Virginians fired guns to celebrate the Christmas season and other events. See a re-creation on Duke of Gloucester Street.

Saturdays, Dec. 8 & 15 at 4:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Dec. 25 at 2:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Experience Christmas in the 1890s with a family-friendly shadow puppetry show that features a moving panoramic background. Adults $6; Youth $3.

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Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Dec. 12–14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Milliner The holidays were a favorite season for weddings in the 18th century.

Today, the shop’s hands are busy preparing clothing for a most fashionable bride: Miss Betsy Farrow, niece of milliner Margaret Hunter.

Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 10:45 a.m. | Hennage Auditorium A member of the landscape staff fashions one of our signature holiday decorations, offering techniques for working with fresh fruit, greens and other natural materials. $5 per person.

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H T M F Joy in the Morning Thursdays, Nov. 29 and Dec. 6, 13 & 20 at 11:15 a.m. | Hennage Auditorium Members of the enslaved community offer a music-filled message of hope for the holiday season through a celebration of songs and stories. $5 per person.

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Christmas Decorations Walking Tour T Saturdays, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29; Sundays, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30; Mondays, Dec. 3, 17 & 24; Wednesdays, Dec. 12, 19 & 26; Fridays, Dec. 7, 14 & 21; and Tuesday, Dec. 25 at 9:15 & 11 a.m. and 1:30 & 3:15 p.m.; no 3:15 p.m. tour on Dec. 2; no 9:15 a.m. tour on Dec. 25 | Lumber House A guided look at Colonial Williamsburg’s picturesque buildings and streets decked out in holiday splendor. $15 per person.

Talk of the Town: Christmastide T Daily, Nov. 23 to Jan. 1, except Dec. 25, at 10 & 10:15 a.m.; 10 a.m. only Nov. 26–29 and Dec. 5–7, 10–14 | Lumber House An 18th-century resident guides you around the city and shares the news of the day and the spirit of Christmastide. Adults $16; Youth $8.

Lantern Trade Tour Thursday, Nov. 22 and Tuesdays, Nov. 27 and Dec. 4, 11 & 18 at 7 & 8:30 p.m. | Lumber House The magic of the Historic Area comes to life by candlelight as you explore the shops and workplaces of Williamsburg’s most accomplished tradespeople. Adults $16; Youth $8.

T F Midwinter Stories Thursdays, Nov. 22 & 29 and Dec. 6, 13, 20 & 27; Sundays, Nov. 25 and Dec. 9, 16, 23 & 30; Mondays, Nov. 26 and Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31; Tuesdays, Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11 & 18 and Jan. 1; Wednesdays, Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 10:30 a.m. | Governor’s Palace Stage Native Americans frequently visited 18th-century Williamsburg to trade and conduct diplomacy.

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Missing Our Men Thursdays, Nov. 22 at 2:30 p.m. and Dec. 27 at 11:15 a.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW From the Revolutionary War to World War II, the stories of women coping without their fathers, husbands, sons and grandchildren are similar. $5 per person.

H T M Of Christmas Past Fridays, Dec. 7, 14, 21 & 28; Saturdays, Dec. 8, 15, 22 & 29; Sundays, Dec. 9 & 16; and Mondays, Dec. 10 & 17 at 10 & 11:30 a.m.; Tuesday, Dec. 25 at 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. | Governor’s Palace East Advance Hear from a servant newly arrived in North America as he reflects on his life in Britain and the holiday customs and traditions he left behind. $10 per person.

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In the 18th century, illuminations — the firing of guns and lighting of fireworks — celebrated major events. Kick off your holiday season with Williamsburg’s most magical evening, featuring inspired decorations, special musical performances and elegant fireworks displays with three different historic backdrops: the Capitol, the Magazine and the Governor’s Palace.

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H T M President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 12:30 & 2:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium

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Our Homes Away from Home Friday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 30 at 2:15 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW Hear from the women in charge of the Williamsburg USOs as they share the challenges of

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Radio for the Troops: A Touch of Home Friday, Dec. 7 and Sunday, Dec. 30 at 4:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium In May 1942, the War Department created the Armed Forces Radio Service.

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Monday, Dec. 3; Sunday, Dec. 23; and Wednesday, Dec. 26 at 11:15 a.m.; Wednesdays, Dec. 12 & 19 at 2:15 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW A free black woman reflects and compares her years as an enslaved and freed woman during the Christmastide. $5 per person.

H T M Santa’s Stories Saturdays, Dec. 15 at 1:30 p.m. and Dec. 22 at 10:45 a.m. | Hennage Auditorium Santa and Mrs. Claus tell the stories they have heard around the world at Christmas. Adults $4; Youth $2.

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The Rockefellers’ Christmas Open House Wednesday, Dec. 5; Saturday, Dec. 22; and Thursday, Dec. 27 every 15 minutes from 5:45 to 8 p.m. | The Rockefellers’ Bassett Hall Step back in time for an unforgettable evening at a traditional open house at the Rockefellers’ home. $16 per person.

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The Wolf Is at the Door Tuesday, Jan. 1 at 1:30 p.m. | Hennage Auditorium NEW January is known to the Gaels as the month of the “Burrowing Wolf,” when stories help pass the short, dark winter days. Join master storytellers Shel Browder and Donna Wolf for tales from the Gaels. $6 per person.

H T M Un-Colonial Christmas Fridays, Nov. 23 & 30 and Dec. 7, 14 & 21; Saturdays, Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, 8, 15 & 22; Sundays, Nov. 25 and Dec. 9 & 16; Monday, Dec. 24; and Tuesday, Dec. 25 at 7, 7:15, 7:30, 7:45, 8:15, 8:30, 8:45 & 9 p.m. | John Greenhow Lumber House NEW Explore Williamsburg in a one-hour walking tour and experience Christmas during the town’s post-Colonial history. Learn about traditions and history of 19th- and 20th-century Christmastides. Adults $19; Youth $9.50.

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