December Programming at the N.C. Museum of History – Raleigh
History Corner: Carolina Backcountry Christmas Wednesday, Dec. 1 10-11 a.m. Ages 6-9 with adult To register, call 919-807-7992. December Holiday Programs at the North Carolina Museum of History Learn...
View ArticleFall and Holiday Studio Tours
North Carolina’s craft artists are renowned for their traditional and contemporary work. You’ll find wearable art, jewelry, pottery, baskets, woodcarvings, textiles, glass, photography and paintings...
View ArticleDec. 9-12 Executive Mansion Holiday Open House – Raleigh
Gov. Bev Perdue is inviting the public to visit the Executive Mansion – the People’s House – for a Holiday Open House December 9-12. Visitors will have the opportunity to view the mansion’s beautiful...
View ArticleDEC. 10-11: Historic Edenton Christmas Shares Simple Elegance of Iredell...
Edenton – Christmas 1790 was very merry for James Iredell. On Feb. 10, 1790, he had been nominated as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, was confirmed in just two days, and became the court’s...
View ArticleDEC. 5: Somerset Place, DEC. 12 Historic Bath Celebrate Christmas “Naturally”
RALEIGH – Teardrop lights and singing snowmen are banned, rather evergreens adorn the mantles and doors at Historic Bath and Somerset Place State Historic Sites. An ante-bellum Christmas at Somerset...
View ArticleDEC. 4 Bentonville Civil War Christmas; DEC. 7, 9 Aycock Open House – Four...
RALEIGH — From plum pudding to collard greens, or cotton stalks and popcorn, there will be lots of activity at the free, family friendly Open House at Bentonville State Historic Site on Dec. 4, 10...
View ArticleDEC. 11: Historic Halifax to Celebrate Holiday Season, Revolutionary-Style
HALIFAX – Colonial Christmas traditions along with local art and handmade crafts will delight young and old at Historic Halifax on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 10 a.m.-4p.m. Costumed re-enactors of the 5th...
View ArticleDec. 11-12: Civil War Christmas in the Carolinas at Bennett Place- Durham
DURHAM – A merry and measured Civil War era Christmas will be celebrated with pine cone and ribbon decorations, smoked ham, and other seasonal delights on Dec. 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Dec. 12, 10...
View ArticleDEC. 11: A Heartfelt Christmas at Alamance Battleground and A Colonial...
RALEIGH – Costumed interpreters will provide the warmth and fun of A Heartfelt Christmas in a 1780 Christmas on Dec. 11, from11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Alamance Battleground in Burlington. Also on Dec. 11,...
View ArticleDEC. 11-12: Holiday Winter on the Western Frontier at Fort Dobbs – Statesville
STATESVILLE – A harsh winter on a hilltop in 1755 will be depicted in the holiday program, Winter on the Western Frontier at Fort Dobbs State Historic Site in Statesville, Dec. 11-12, from 10 a.m.-4...
View ArticleDEC. 11: A Polk Family Christmas at the President James K. Polk State...
Pineville – Samuel and Jane Polk may well have provided holiday cheer to weary travelers along the major trading route near their home. Like those travelers, you can enjoy Christmas in Mecklenburg...
View ArticleDEC. 5: Museum of the Cape Fear’s 10th Annual Holiday Jubilee – Fayetteville
The Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex in Fayetteville will ring in the season and “Make History This Holiday” at the 10th annual Holiday Jubilee on Sunday, December 5 from 1 to 5 p.m....
View ArticleDEC. 9: Tree-lighting Ceremony Starts Holiday Season at State Capitol
RALEIGH – The tree-lighting tradition at the State Capitol will continue this year when Gov. Bev Perdue and First Gentleman Bob Eaves light the Christmas tree on Thursday, Dec. 9. The Junior Woman’s...
View ArticleDEC.4: Holiday Events At Vance Birthplace; DEC. 18: Festive at Wolfe Memorial...
ASHEVILLE – A mountain home Christmas will be enjoyed by visitors to the Candlelight Christmas at Zebulon Vance Birthplace in Weaverville on Dec. 4 from 4-7 p.m. and to the Dec. 18 Christmas Stories...
View ArticleDEC. 4: Historic Stagville Christmas Celebration – Durham
DURHAM – The Christmas celebration at the Stagville Plantation traditionally meant fun for all, and visitors will enjoy the “Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters” program at Historic...
View ArticleNOV. 23 – DEC. 16: North Carolina Symphony Takes Holiday Music Across State
RALEIGH, N.C.-Your North Carolina Symphony travels across the state starting next week to put you in a festive mood, as conductors William Henry Curry and Jeffrey Pollock lead the orchestra in Holiday...
View ArticleNov. 30 Starts Duke Homestead Youth Christmas Programs, Candlelight Program
DURHAM – Pre-school to second-grade students will enjoy the Christmas Traditions and Celebrations program at Duke Homestead State Historic Site. Crafts, songs and homemade gingerbread will highlight...
View ArticleDEC. 12: Annual Christmas Open House at Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
SEDALIA – Step into 1940s style at Canary Cottage, the home of the very correct Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, which will be decorated to the standards of the schoolmistress for the Dec. 12 Annual...
View ArticleNOV. 30, DEC. 2: ‘Christmas by Lamplight’: Traditional Rural Celebration at...
PINNACLE – The warmth of a turn-of-the-century Christmas will be shared at Horne Creek Living Historical Farm in Pinnacle on Tuesday, Nov. 30, and Thursday, Dec. 2. Christmas by Lamplight will offer...
View ArticleDEC. 4: Seasonal Stargazing at Town Creek Indian Mound on ‘Astronomy Night’
MOUNT GILEAD – Visitors will enjoy stargazing at one of the last dark-sky locations in the Piedmont region at Astronomy Night at Town Creek Indian Mound in Mount Gilead on Dec. 4, from 6-10 p.m. The...
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