Our Top 10 things to do this holiday weekend
The Colonial Heritage Model Railroad Club Holiday Display opens Saturday, Dec. 20 with a large scale railroad display featuring trains from the Yarmouth Creek Western Railroad.
Bring the kids to see the elaborate railroad display and come up with ideas for your own, smaller version to put together at home.
There is no charge for the display, which runs from Dec. 20-29, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
The display is in the Hearts & Diamonds Room at the Colonial Heritage Clubhouse, 6500 Arthur Hills Drive in Williamsburg.
Firetruck FA-LA-LA Dec. 18. 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. Santa Claus rides his decorated James City County fire truck through select county neighborhoods. When you hear the sirens, head outside! Here’s a list of neighborhood and planned arrival times.
Gingerbread House Making. Dec. 18. 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
Williamsburg Players Present: A Christmas Carol. Dec. 18 – Dec. 21. $22 adults, $12 students/military.
A Celebration of the Yule Log. Dec. 19. 6 p.m to 7:30 p.m. Free. Follow the Yule Log, hauled by wagon, from Capitol Circle to Market Square. Enjoy music, festivity, lighting of the cressets as you make a wish and toss a sprig of greenery into the bonfire.
Final Grand Illumination of the season. Dec. 20 5 p..m. – 5 p.m. Palace Green in Colonial Williamsburg. Free. Free bus transportation provided from the visitor’s center.
A Charles Dickens Christmas. Dec. 20 & 27. 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
Christmas tide in Virginia at the American Revolution Museum in Yorktown. Dec. 20-31. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Enjoy 18th-century holiday traditions with interpretive programs. Hear accounts of Christmas and winter in military encampments during the war and glimpse farm holiday preparations. In the Continental Army encampment, visitors learn about winter camp life. Farm interpreters decorate with greenery and demonstrate holiday cooking in the farm kitchen.
Free Photos With Santa. Dec. 20- 21. New Town.
The 3 Tenors Concert. Dec. 21. 4p.m. – 5 p.m. Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. $10 Adult, $5 child 6-12.
Detour for Longhill Road trail in JCC
James City County will close a portion of the multi-use trail along Longhill Road Jan. 1 for construction of the new county government center.
Users should detour along the Ashbury Lane, shown in orange on the map above.
She said it:
York County Chair Sheila Noll, while offering holiday greetings at the conclusion of the last board of supervisors meeting of the year Tuesday night:
“I wish you all the blessings of the seasons and a happy, healthy New Year. Unfortunately, this year I can’t say Happy Hanukkah. Antisemitism is ugly. And many throughout history have suffered because of it. The shooting in Australia was an abomination. So please, as you are enjoying the holidays, keep our Jewish friends and neighbors in your prayers. Merry Christmas, see you next year.”
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