Join us
this holiday season and celebrate
an old fashioned Christmas in Highland County:
Carolers, maple pecan pie,
woolly sheep in winter coats
all in a visit to Virginia's Little Switzerland.
Browse in our area's nostalgic setting . . .
slow your pace and enjoy relaxed shopping and
dining
in a charming mountain community.
::: A Weekend
of Seasonal Celebrations . . . (2008 schedule)
The 2009
Fair Schedule will be posted when available. Meanwhile
this gives you a sense of the events.
::: Highland
County Craft Shop
Visit with Santa Claus
don't forget to bring your list!
Live holiday music and refreshments
Gifts, antiques and collectibles
::: Mountain
Magic Makers at the Highland County Public Library,
Monterey
::: Holiday
Treasures Market & Open House - The Highland
Center, Spruce Street, Monterey
An artisan's market highlighting
local creations
from wool to wood, jams to cakes, and everything
in between.
The Highland Center and its tenants
will offer refreshments.
December 5 & 6 (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
::: Ginseng
Mountain Store Wintertide Open House - US 220, 6
miles north of Monterey
::: Annual Tree Lighting
Ceremony Saturday 6 December at 6 p.m. on the Courthouse
lawn
Holiday Musical Program
Traditional Christmas story and reading
Angel Tree make a child's Christmas special
Refreshments to follow sponsored by the Highland
County Chamber of Commerce
:::The Pendleton County
Community Choir
A seasonal concert
The Pendleton County Community Choir
Saturday Dec. 6 (8 p.m.)
The Monterey United Methodist Church
::: Highland County Museum
and Heritage Center
Christmas Open House on Friday
Dec. 5 (6 - 9 p.m.)
Christmas Tree Lighting and caroling on the front
lawn.
Cider, punch, cookies and holiday goodies inside.
The museum shop will be open.
(540) 396-4478 web
site
::: Gobblers
Nob Christmas Tree Farm
Print
out this Wintertide page or bring the Wintertide
brochure with you
and take advantage of a $5 credit toward the purchase
of a
Christmas tree. Offer expires on December 24,
2008.
Limited to one tree per family.
Telephone: (540) 396-6228