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Artwork by Twyla Duke,
Chowan University
This year's theme and artwork were announced at the MHA Annual Meeting in April. Twyla Duke, last year's artist, once again provided us with a painting, "Christmas in Wonderland" which will be seen on all Candlelight Christmas Tour correspondence.
Candlelight Christmas in Historic
Murfreesboro is everything special that this holiday season
affords. The 2013 date celebrates the 28th Anniversary of the Candlelight Christmas Tour through the Historic District. Christmas brings to mind thoughts of children with noses pressed on store front windows longing for dolls and first bikes, the clicking of horses' hooves on graveled roads, carolers lifting their voices in joyful song, and a warm handshake with a friendly holiday greeting. It is truly a celebration of childhood innocence, family ties, human compassion, and warm feelings.
 Tour
Features
• 12 stops in historically significant structures
• Traditional holiday food in each venue
• Complete sit down Christmas dinner
• Horse-drawn carriage and tram rides in the Historic
District
• Beautiful seasonal decorations representing the magic of Christmas
• Musical entertainment at each site
Each year, hundreds of visitors make the pilgrimage to
Murfreesboro to recapture and experience anew the spirit
of Christmas past and present. Visitors stroll along the
Historic District’s candlelight streets and walkways.
They are invited to tarry in a multitude of old homes and
buildings and are welcomed graciously by the citizenry.
Old acquaintances are renewed and new friends made in a
memory-making atmosphere. Christmas in Historic Murfreesboro
always conjures a vision of heavily laden tables offering
a sumptuous feast in an amazing fashion.
Christmas 2012 will feature the customary
progressive dinner and the buildings will be festooned
in unique decorations
of Christmas past.
A horse and carriage ride through
the Historic District will enhance the complete Christmas
moment. Individuals, families, church groups, and fraternal
and civic organizations are urged to join in the celebration.
Bring a child and recapture the wonders of the season through
his or her eyes! We promise that you won’t be disappointed!
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Ticket prices $30.00 adults, $10.00 children under 12.
Download your ticket order form here.
Candlellight Christmas is held Rain or Shine -- tickets are non-refundable.
Reservations are required.
Advanced sale tickets are available. |
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| Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro is located approximately 60 miles
from Norfolk, Virginia, and 120 miles from Raleigh,
North Carolina.
• Bed & Breakfast —
Marie & Ned Knepper — (252) 398-4511
• Bed & Breakfast —
Carol Piper — (252)398-3531
• Barnes House Bed & Breakfast
— (252)398-3676
• The Commons — Jennifer
Hodge — (252) 398-4052
• The English Inn - Geri Bradshaw -- (252) 398-3201
Menola
10 miles from Murfreesboro
Cutawhiskey Bed & Breakfast —Rae & Steve Taylor — (252) 587-3667
Ahoskie
13 miles south of Murfreesboro
• Ahoskie Inn — (252)332-4165
• Tomahawk Motel — (252)332-3194
• Jernigan House Bed & Breakfast — (252)209-5455
Franklin, VA
22 miles north of Murfreesboro
• Franklin Inn — (757)562-4100
• Comfort Inn — (800)221-2222
or (757)569-0018
• Days Inn — (757)562-2225
• Super 8 Motel — (757)562-2888
• The Pace House Inn —
(757)516-6263
Roanoke Rapids
I-95, Exit 173 - 35 miles west
• Days Inn — (252)536-4867
• Hampton Inn — (252)537-7555
• Holiday Inn Express —
(252)536-2300 (exit 171)
• Interstate Inns — (252)536-4111
• Jameson Inn — (252)533-0022
• Orchard Inn — (252)536-2131
• Sleep Inn — (252)537-3141 |
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