Following Virginia receiving its first Christmas tree in 1842, the city held its first community tree lighting in 1915, ...

Colonial Williamsburg’s Vintage Christmas Tour brings candlelit streets, festive traditions, and historic charm to a warm seasonal escape.

The Nelson-Galt House and Kitchen. The oldest dwelling in town and one of the earliest frame houses in Virginia, the home’s core dates to about 1695. Thomas Nelson Jr., a former governor and a signer ...

Shoppers and chili lovers had plenty to enjoy on Saturday as the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center hosted two ...

Everywhere you turn in Colonial Williamsburg, there’s another long-held tradition to be discovered. Many of them have been around for generations, passed down and nurtured through the families that ...

In 18th-century Williamsburg, families didn’t decorate for the holidays with shiny tinsel, sparkling bows, Christmas trees or Santa Claus figurines. Instead, women gathered materials from their yards, ...