Christmas in Virginia is a time for family fun and traditions. From a Colonial Christmas to Kwanzaa celebrations, Virginia's holiday observances are worth cherishing and memorable. Virginia homes, churches, shops and taverns are decorated with pineapples, apples and magnolia leaves.
Virginia Pine trees are the official trees of Christmas in Virginia. Grown in tree farms these trees have natural decorative cones with artistic needles.
The holiday time is one of the most popular times to visit colonial Williamsburg. Decoration tours, open houses, a holiday symposium, musical programs and holiday feasts are organized during the Christmas season. Here history comes alive as real-life people re-enact the past. The grand illumination on the historic area marks the beginning of the holiday season with fireworks, a military tattoo, candlelight and music.
Christmas in Virginia comprises of a plethora of Holiday events from Christmas parades to wonderful light shows. Alexandria's Campagna Center's Scottish Christmas Walk Parade marches through Old Town's Colonial-era streets with tartan-clad bagpipers, military regiments, highlanders and bands. The Alexandria Black History Resource Center presents its Kwanzaa Craft and Game Workshop on Christmas Eve. King Street displays twinkling lights and wreath hung doorways. The Bedford Christmas parade in Bedford city of Central Virginia features bands, floats, horses, clowns, classic cars, military units and more. The tours of Vernon can be enjoyed during this time. Colonial gifts such as hand-made toys, walking sticks, hats, and jewelry along with the native wassails are displayed in Claude Moore Colonial Farm in Mc Lean.
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