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Pebble Hill Plantation’s Yuletide Season celebration promises to wrap you in the warmth of the season with nostalgia, beauty, and holiday cheer. Offered this year are special after-hours evening tours, giving the public the rare opportunity to see the house in the fading light of day and early evening. Every room of the main house will be decorated. These extra special evening tours are offered 4-6pm on December 8-9.
Yuletide Season floral design workshops for both adults and youth are a surefire way to ignite your holiday spirit. The workshops will be led by Pebble Hill’s horticulturist and floral designer, Laura
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Strickland. Strickland has 30 years’ experience with both Pebble Hill
Plantation and The Sea Island Company. The adult workshop is 6pm on December 1 at Uno Hill Barn and features wreath-making from greenery and natural accents gathered from the grounds and woods at Pebble Hill. Light holiday treats and beverages will be served.
Participants must be 21 years of age or older for the adult workshop.
The youth workshop (ages 8 years and up) is 10-11:30am on
December 3 at Pebble Hill’s Learning Center. Under Strickland’s guidance, the students will create simple holiday arrangements and a nature-themed Christmas ornament. All materials for both workshops will be provided, but participants are asked to bring their own clippers and work gloves.
Also planned is an exclusive Yuletide Season main house tour and luncheon 10am-1pm on December 9. This will be a small, intimate group tour with Executive Director Whitney White and Curator
Lori Curtis. Cherished family heirloom decorations and toys will be featured in holiday displays throughout the main house. Glittering trees, miles of greenery, garland, poinsettias, yards upon yards of red velvet ribbon, and festive arrangements grace each room of the house. The tour will culminate in a luncheon on the porch of the main house overlooking the beautiful front lawn.
The main house will be decorated from November 14 through
December 29. For more information on Pebble Hill Plantation’s
Yuletide Season, visit pebblehill.com. Visitors will delight in seeing the grand Pebble Hill Plantation decked out in its traditional holiday décor.
Christmas in Lights will once again light up the night sky with twinkling yuletide displays for the public to enjoy throughout the holiday season. Flowers Foods’ annual holiday gift to the community, the light show features more than 20 holiday vignettes and 25,000 multi-colored lights throughout the grounds of the company’s home office in Thomasville.
Christmas in Lights made its debut in 1995 and was inspired by
W.H. Flowers, Jr., longtime company chairman and CEO, who had a special fondness for Christmas.
The entrance is through the gates on northbound U.S. 19 South, near the intersection with Old Monticello Road. Visitors are asked to turn off their headlights when entering the display, observe the 5-mph speed limit, and always remain in their vehicles. Free to the public, the drive-through display will be open every evening 6-10pm through New Year’s Eve. The light show is a perfect activity for families.
Enjoy large Christmas photo props and late shopping hours throughout December, only in downtown Thomasville.
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November 26-27 The Nutcracker
South Georgia Ballet invites you to celebrate the holiday season with Clara and her prince as they journey to the Land of Sweets in South Georgia’s favorite family tradition—The Nutcracker. 7:30pm Nov. 27 and 2:30pm Nov. 27 at Thomasville Municipal Auditorium, 144 E. Jackson St.; 229-288-9420; southgeorgiaballet.org
December 2 First Friday Sip & Shop
Enjoy the monthly sip and shop activities along with The Ritz Amphitheater Tree Lighting. Extended shopping & dining hours throughout downtown Thomasville, live entertainment, free concert. 6-10pm
December 3 Red Nose Run 5K
The annual 5K Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run, benefiting Thomasville Junior Service League’s mission to meet the economic, recreational, cultural, and medical needs of children in our community. 5K starts at 8am, followed by the Fun Run at 9am. Thomas University, 1501 Millpond Road. For more information, call 229-200-5452 or email tjslpresident@gmail.com.
December 3, 10, 16-17 Holiday Sip & Shop
Enjoy extended shopping & dining hours throughout downtown Thomasville as music fills the air. 6-10pm
December 5 Downtown Christmas Parade
The Annual Thomasville Downtown Christmas Parade is hosted by Thomasville YMCA and ThomasvilleThomas County Recreation Department. Parade begins at 6:30pm.
December 6 Tree of Lights
Donors, families and the community are invited to the lighting of the living tree—a ceremony that heralds the beginning of the holiday season
and offers a celebration of life and remembrance for attendees. 6pm - front lawn of Archbold Memorial Hospital on Gordon Avenue. 229-228-2924; archboldfoundation.org.
December 8 & 9 Victorian Christmas
Journey into the past as Thomasville’s turn-of-the-century downtown ushers you into the spirit of Christmas long ago with the 36th Annual Victorian Christmas. Stroll the bricks and be entertained by performers, carolers, and musicians. Shop, dine, and welcome the holiday season in downtown Thomasville! Victorian Christmas is a two-night event, and both nights will feature: live reindeer, carriage rides, a live nativity presented by First Baptist Church, visits with St. Nick, marshmallow toasting, chestnut roasting, live entertainment on The Ritz Amphitheater stage, delicious food vendors of all types ...and more! Unless noted, all activities and attractions are free. Shop, dine and welcome the holiday season. 6-9pm. 229-228-7977; visit@thomasville.org
Thomasville on Stage and Company presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids, the most inventively awful kids in history. You won’t believe the mayhem—and the fun—when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on. Fun for the whole family. Shows are at 7pm on Dec 10 and 16-17 and at 2pm on Dec 10-11 and 17-18. Adults $15/students $12. Purchase tickets online at tosac.com/tickets or call 229-226-0863 to leave a reservation message and pay at the door.
December 17 Sip & Shop and Holiday Movie
Enjoy the monthly sip and shop activities along with holiday movie The Santa Clause (rated PG) starting at 6:30pm at The Ritz Amphitheater. Extended shopping & dining hours throughout downtown Thomasville, live entertainment, free concert. 6-10pm
Join Archbold Memorial Hospital for the Tree of Lights ceremony, December 6
