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Christmas Historic Home Tour off Marietta Square
The 26th annual Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour will feature six historic homes in the Church-Cherokee Street National Register Historic District. Get a peek at Marietta history and some ideas for decorating your home this holiday season.
It’s an old-fashioned Christmas with the 26th annual Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour, Dec. 1 and Dec. 2. The tour will include six historic homes ranging from a Victorian Mansion to a 1920’s cottage, all located in the Church-Cherokee Street National Register Historic District, along with a series of historic public buildings. More than 3,000 ornaments, thousands of magnolia leaves, 500-plus strands of lights and over 100 poinsettias are used in decorating the houses. A half a dozen or more hotel rooms are booked for homeowners for the event weekend to clear the way for the 5,000 or so visitors who will ooh and ah over vintage, traditional and highly artistic holiday schemes. Dozens of plastic mats are stashed in closets in case …
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Janet
9:16 pm on Thursday, December 1, 2011
Lots of great stuff to do! Thanks for the information. more ›