Christmas at Sabine Hill to feature candlelight tours Dec. 4-5

BY STAR REPORTS Sabine Hill State Historic Site will take on a special holiday atmosphere Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-5, when Christmas will be celebrated at the historic Taylor home in Elizabethton. Candlelight tours will offer visitors a chance to step back in time to the early 1800s for a glimpse into a simpler era when Christmas was one of the grandest celebrations of the year. The Christmas season in early 19th-century America was celebrated as a monthlong season of merriment and festivities featuring caroling, feasting, dances, fox hunts and the firing of Christmas guns. From the simplest pleasures enjoyed by families living in one-room log cabins to the elaborate holiday celebrations of wealthier families such as the Taylors, who lived in one of the finest homes in the region, Christmas was a time to open doors and hearts to family, friends and neighbors.

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