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Visiting the state's historic attractions at Christmas time provides an opportunity to see places like Tryon Palace, Biltmore House, and Chinqua-Penn Plantation House dressed up for the holidays.
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23857
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From George W. Vanderbilt's inaugural holiday party in 1895, the Biltmore Estate has a long history of elaborate Christmas productions. Readers get a behind-the-scenes glance at how the Biltmore Estate is prepared annually for the holiday season.
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WNC Magazine
(NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 5 Issue 9, November/December 2011,
p34-45, il
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3933
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Many coastal towns, including New Bern, Swansboro, Morehead City, and Beaufort, welcome in the Christmas season with a flotilla, boats lit with brightly colored lights.
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With four acres under roof, Asheville's Biltmore Estate is the country's largest private home. When Christmas at Biltmore began in 1976, $50,000 was spent on decorating, and a few thousand visitors came. Today over $1 million is spent on decorations, and over 200,000 come to look at them between November 6 and January 2. Among the decorations are 38 Christmas trees, some 40 feet high; 300 wreaths; and 4 miles of garland.
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41049
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Creating another connection between North Carolina and China is a lantern festival in Cary. Combination Christmas spirit and Chinese culture, this lantern festival displays in ways, beyond commerce and economy, the decades’ long relationship between this state and nation.
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40745
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A display, begun to celebrate a family member’s life, is part of the YuleTide celebration for many as 10,000 annually. This display, touted as the second largest in the state, started with an angel and a few lights that symbolized Hoggard’s late niece. Two dozen year later, its wonderful factors include half a million lights and a host of decorations, of which 80% are handmade.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 8 Issue 6, November/December 2019,
p60
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35248
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There’s no place like home…homes on display for Christmas, that is. Featured in this article were ones touting to represent the best and brightest of decorated domiciles from across the state.
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3114
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Tours of decorated homes during the Christmas season are a tradition, and many towns, including Asheville, Todd, Mount Airy, and Edenton, display their Southern hospitality during visits to their oldest and best homes.
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36363
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Typical yard displays for many homes around Christmas time include nativity scenes combined with characters from cultural figures, such as Santa, frosty the snowman, and Disney characters.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 50 Issue 1-2, Fall-Winter 2003,
p49-61
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Among the more familiar locations of beautiful Christmas decorations are Old Salem, Biltmore, and McAdenville. There are other colorful places if one knows where to look, including the Woodfield Inn in Flat Rock, Chinqua-Penn Plantation near Reidsville, and the holly, jolly gators along Cove Creek near Lake Waccamaw.
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29555
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Every Christmas since 1956, McAdenville, in Gaston County, North Carolina has drawn visitors with a spectacle of Christmas lights. Due to the long-standing tradition, the community has dubbed the textile mill community of McAdenville as Christmas Town USA.
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41051
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The Christmas lights display on the boat belonging to a friend of the author reflected Carteret County culture and the spirit transcending local lifeways.
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36642
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About objects associated with Christmas long ago such as images of Santa Claus and elves; noisemakers like cannons, and holiday gifts such as clothes, a hat and a watch.
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24463
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During December, a town in Gaston County, McAdenville, hosts a community wide Christmas light display funded by Stowe-Pharr Mills textile company. McAdenville has become known as “Christmas Town, USA,” which brings in thousands of tourists wishing to see the lights.
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The Moravians came to America from Central Europe. One tradition they brought with them to their settlement in Salem was the Christmas putz. A putz is a miniature Christmas decoration that usually depicts the nativity scene and is intended to be used as a teaching tool for children. Over time other scenes were added to the annual putz. Today, Old Salem's putzes depict the Old Salem village and often include scenes around Salem Square and the Old Salem Moravian Church. The largest putzes are built each year by the men and women of the Home Moravian Church as a part of The Candle Tea.
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