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  2. Grand illumination - Wikipedia

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    A grand illumination is an outdoor ceremony involving the simultaneous activation of lights. The most common form of the ceremony involves turning on Christmas lights.. One of the older of such community events began at Colonial Williamsburg, the restored Historic District of the former Virginia capital city of Williamsburg in 1935.

  3. St. George Tucker House - Wikipedia

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    Of the many stories and anecdotes tied to the house, one of the most enduring is that of the first Christmas tree in Williamsburg. A German professor, Professor Charles Minnigerode, a friend of St. George's son, was a frequent guest in the home. In 1842, he introduced the Tucker children to a German style holiday celebration.

  4. Colonial Williamsburg ushers in holiday season with Christmas ...

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    Several hundred people came out for Colonial Williamsburg’s Community Christmas Tree Lighting across the street from the Colonial Courthouse. The ceremony began at 5 p.m., but visitors began ...

  5. Busch Gardens - Wikipedia

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    Newly added in 2009 was Christmas Town, A Busch Gardens Celebration, with many themed holiday attractions and shows with eight million lights and a 50-foot Light Animated Christmas Tree. Also in 2010, the 3-D ride Corkscrew Hill was replaced by Europe in the Air, which itself was replaced by a new VR action ride called Battle for Eire in 2018 ...

  6. What's open on Christmas Eve 2024? Stores you can visit today.

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    Find your store's holiday hours using the store locator.Food Lion stores close at 6 p.m. EST on Christmas Eve.Giant Food stores close at 7 p.m., with pharmacies closing according to their Sunday ...

  7. Colonial Williamsburg - Wikipedia

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    Colonial Williamsburg is a living-history museum and private foundation presenting a part of the historic district in the city of Williamsburg, Virginia.Its 301-acre (122 ha) historic area includes several hundred restored or recreated buildings from the 18th century, when the city was the capital of the Colony of Virginia; 17th-century, 19th-century, and Colonial Revival structures; and more ...

  8. Is Christmas Eve a federal holiday? Here’s what to know after ...

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    Christmas Eve is not a designated federal holiday. Still, U.S. presidents, including Joe Biden and Donald Trump, have used the holiday to grant a day off to the country's more than 2 million ...

  9. Williamsburg, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Williamsburg is primarily served by two newspapers, The Virginia Gazette and Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. [50] The Gazette is a biweekly, published in Williamsburg, and was the first newspaper to be published south of the Potomac River, starting in 1736. [citation needed] Its publisher was William Parks, who had similar ventures in Maryland.

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