In 18th century Colonial Williamsburg, there were no strings of Christmas lights. Holiday decorations were made out of sugary pastries and marzipan arranged on banquet tables of the wealthy. During a ...

Those song lyrics introduced “Perry Como’s Early American Christmas” special taped 40 years ago at locations in Colonial Williamsburg’s historic area, early in November and broadcast nationally on ABC ...

“Now Christmas comes, ‘tis fit that we,Should feast and sing and merry be.Keep open house, let fiddlers playA fig for cold, sing care away.”— Virginia Almanac, 1765 It was the holiday season in the ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia - There are no bright blinking lights in Colonial Williamsburg, no giant Christmas trees, no Santa Claus interpreters scoping out town chimneys. And yet, there are numerous ways ...

Celebrating Christmas at Riley's Farm is as old fashion as you can get. Tucked away in the small community of Oak Glen sits a replica of a New England–style estate where costumed 18th-century ...

BEDMINSTER — The Friends of the Jacobus Vanderveer House invite visitors to experience Christmas past and present when the circa 1772 Dutch Colonial museum opens its wreath-clad doors for the 16th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As I combed the internet for holiday cookie swap ideas this year, I stumbled on what’s believed to be the first Christmas cookie ...

It`s Christmas afternoon on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, and the situation is extremely tense. Gen. George Washington and his closest officers are huddled around the table of their ...