Saturday and Sunday, January 2nd and 3rd , 2016
Christmas isn’t over yet! Come to Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park and see how our colonial ancestors celebrated a holiday called “Old Christmas”. In Colonial America, Christmas was celebrated as a twelve day holiday with many traditions and customs. Does The Twelve Days of Christmas sound familiar? These twelve days of feasting, and merrymaking ended on January 6th or “Twelfth Night” with a grand celebration.
On Saturday, January 2nd from 10am-4pm and Sunday, January 3rd from 10 am-3 pm the Washington County Militia will hold their monthly Militia Muster and Old Christmas Celebration. As you walk through the gates of Fort Watauga you will travel back in time to an 18th century Old Christmas “Jollification”. Each cabin in the fort will be the setting of Christmas traditions as celebrated by the settlers of different cultures on the colonial frontier. Witness such customs as English Christmas Guns, the Irish Holly Wreath, the German Tannenbaum, Scottish First Footing, and the Dutch Sinterklaas. See how our Christmas practices of today are steeped in these old world traditions.
Get the most out of the Holiday Season and visit Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park for a fun, entertaining, and educational family outing. Arrive ready to be filled with the spirit of Christmas. It’s an event that is sure to become a tradition with your family year after year.
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is located at 1651 W. Elk Avenue in Elizabethton, TN.
For more information contact the Park at 423-543-5808 or visit our websites at http://www.sycamoreshoalstn.org or http://tnstateparks.com/parks/about/sycamore-shoals.
Check out our workshops scheduled in early 2016 by using the top menu and choosing “Traditional Arts Workshops.” Our offerings for January through April 2016 will be listed there!
SYCAMORE SHOALS STATE HISTORIC PARK 