A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS in  CARROLLTON

 The village of Carrollton invites you to the attend
    the 10th annual Christmas Walk. Tour the exquisite
   Victorian homes and join in the carroling and other
      festivites. Partake of fine homebaked treats  and join
your neighbors at the Christmas feast.

 

The tour traditionally begins at the Church where
visitors are greeted by the town officials and join
the choir as they begin the Christmas celebration
with some of our favorite Christmas songs.
Parson Brown then delivers a beautiful service
about the Christmas story and reminding us of the
true meaning of Christmas.

      We proceed to the courthouse where the dining hall
    has been set up and a feast fit for a king awaits all
         who visit. each office has been decorated in poinsetta
and tinsel and a myriad of hosts offer games and
 and sweet treats for the children, even
those of adult proportion.

The Courthouse
 

St. Nicholas leads the parade around
the town square, past Horseshoe Lake
which is full of ice-skaters, circling the
giant blue spruce tree that adorns
the center of the square, and finally
stopping at the Pink Peppermint House.
 

And while the younger citizens of
Carrollton stop to visit Santa
at the Pink Peppermint House,
joyful parents meet just across the
town square at the Victorian Rose Inn.
 

The Peppermint House
 

In the lobby of the stately old Inn
young men and women can be heard
singing Christmas carols as they
prepare for the Christmas pageant
which is held at the town square. Others
are sitting around the lobby and tea room
talking and laughing, sharing Christmas stories
and recipes, making plans for the holidays, and
enjoying the melodious atmosphere of this
joyful season.
 

The Victorian Rose

As dusk settles you can see people
slowly make their way toward the square.
Lucy Ogilvy, the schoolteacher, is organizing the
annual tree trimming of the large spruce tree that
graces the center of the town square. Her students
are eager and so are their parents. Everyone
         participates in this event too. Some of the ladies make
  a new ornament to add every year. All new babies
born throughout the year
receive their "Babies First Christmas" ornament
from the Ladies Society of Carrollton.
In a manner of speaking, the towering Christmas
spruce is a history of the citizenry of Carrollton
and the surrounding areas.
 
 

The giant Christmastree in the townsquare

The prominent ladies  of the
The Ladies Society of Carrollton
all meet at Carrollton Manor
to prepare for the most spectacular event
of the Christmas season, the gala Winter Festival
that begins the twelve-day celebration
of Christmas. Everyone participates in
this event. Citizens come from all
over the State and some travel from
other States and Territories.
 

Carrollton Manor
 

The annual Christmas Walk takes place
always on the first day of the Winter Festival.
This grand tour of the finest homes
in  Carrollton, spectacularly decorated with
lavish Christmas decor, is the only opportunity
some of the town folk have to see the beauty
and elegant splendor of the the more exclusive
            homes in Carrollton, including the Governor's Mansion.