Friday, February 02, 2007

Grand Illuminations


Colonial Williamsburg's Christmas season officially begins with Grand Illumination. This night is a pretty big deal to the surrounding area of Williamsburg. And by the surrounding area I really mean up and down the East Coast. The entire Historic Area is flooded with people ranging from Thomas Jefferson, to the likes of you and me. Each person is anxiously awaiting the bang of fireworks to explode into the air and light up the town. Hence the grand illuminations naming I'm guessing. Meanwhile there are carolers atop of platforms with song book in hand, singing some old time favorites.

We joined in the festivities this year with many of my fellow students, Mack and Will, along with some of their loved ones.

2 comments:

Michael Schaffer said...

And here I thought you guys were 3 hours ahead of us. Perhaps you are 2 months behind? :)

Anonymous said...

Still trying to catch up after the craziness of the holidays, but hopefully we'll be caught up in a few weeks! Stay tuned!