Victorian Christmas Recap
For those of you not from the south, it may come as a surprise to you that it actually gets pretty chilly here in the winter. Sunday, however, was a little different.
Bright, sunny, 75 degrees, and we hosted a Christmas party. Bizarre.
Even more bizarre is that at one point it started raining. For those of you not from the south, it may come as a surprise to you that it still rains here, too. Who knew?
Anyway, we planned for about 75 people, and more than twice that showed up. It was a great success, a little circus-like, and certainly light on pictures since the staff was running hither and thither.
Here’s what we did capture–
In keeping with the day’s weirdness, we brought some crazy stuff out of the attic.
Here sit Uncle Remus and the Little Boy, part of a “diorama” donated by Disney for the premier of Song of the South.
Admittedly, they’re terrifying. I guess that’s what happens when you sit up in the attic for a few decades.
We have my mom to thank for a wonderful afternoon. Well, her and the unflappable Lee twins.
Hey, check out that ye olde Victorian punche.
Miss Woodie told stories for a little while as a crowd gathered ’round.
By the time she was done, there wasn’t much room to sit on either side of the porch.
It happened to be Joel Chandler Harris’ birthday. I cut the cake into the smallest squares imaginable.
It went quick. Lauren, you can thank me later for including this picture.
That’s all we got, unfortunately!
If anyone wants to send in some pictures, I’d be happy to forward it to our team of editors. It may just make it on the blog.
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Amelia Trace Lerner
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7 Comments to Victorian Christmas Recap
Congrats on a great turnout! Thanks be to Rosie for all her hard planning. Sorry I had to miss the event this year. I’m thinking we need to pull that diorama out at Halloween next year. Oooo sccaarrryy.
Yeah for sure Jodi. Those guys are really, really scary.
I hurt my back moving them down from the attic, so they’re currently chilling in the storytelling room. They are no less scary when you’re turning the lights on in the morning and have forgotten about them.
Thanks for that photo, Lain. You’re a doll.
Oh hey, and I did actually take photos too! They are kind of repeats of yours (i.e. taken during the calm before the onslaught), but I don’t look as Brer Terrapin-like in any of them (yea!), but I don’t have any incriminating photos of you (boooo). I’ll send them your way.
Had lots of fun on Sunday… oh except when that man didn’t take that piece of cake I offered him.
Another wildly successful Wren’s Nest happening. Good going, Mama Shakes and the Wren’s Nest team!
They did scare Nannie Thompson. Eduardo and I put them in the storytelling room. We forgot to tell the staff. I think we need to put them back in the attic then they can continue to guard the attic against squirrels and roof rats. They are such kindly creatures.
However, there was the time the policeman investigating a possible burglary almost capped them. They could be better at crime prevention than the cowardly scarecrow or is it the lion?
Marshall, we’re looking into restoring them, actually.
I think they were pretty successful at the party, if not a little terrifying. Something like that costs about $2 – 3000 to restore each.
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