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The annual Victorian Christmas in Downtown Thomasville. 

I have said it before and I shall say it again, there is always something interesting going on somewhere close by.  December is non stop; if there is not enough going on here, just check in the next county, east or west, south or north. I can’t be at all that goes on and don’t really try, as it would tire me out.

I do enjoy the Victorian Christmas event and try to go every year.  It is like a big Victorian costume party, in that local, and not so local, come dressed in Victorian period clothing.  They collect these items over time and hold them for just this occasion.  So, it really is an event enjoyed by adults and children alike. 

These are some of the things that go on up and down a total of four (4) blocks of Broad Street.  Musical entertainment takes place all up and down the blocks as you walk.  A live nativity is done every year.  The snow machine pumps out the white stuff for the kids to enjoy.  I especially like the freeze models, like the one in this picture, a mime in the window display.  The Sons of Confederate Veterans Civil War Camp re-enactment. There are also carriage and wagon rides, mini-carousel and St. Nick with sleigh and reindeer.  Food is everywhere, of course, up and down the streets with tables and chairs.  What I enjoy the most are the smiles and just pure enjoyment seen on the faces of everyone as they are either a part of the show or visitor that likes to step back in time to a kinder more, gentle era.  Even more, that I did not get to see was going on.  The pictures I tried to take did not turn out as well as I would have liked, but they are at my photo album.