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Seasons of Delight A Candlelight Masquerade will be on Saturday December 14 and 21, 2013 from 5-9pm at Tryon Palace in New Bern, NC. “Experience a full year of enchantment in a single night with “Seasons of Delight: A Candlelight Masquerade.” Held on the Saturdays of Dec. 14 and 21, this 18th-century candlelit celebration will surprise Tryon Palace visitors with a new perspective on holidays past and present. Be carried away with costumed performers, magicians, daring feats of skill and agility, dancing and a rare glimpse of the Governor’s Palace by candlelight.” The candlelight celebration comes to a spectacular end each night with black powder fireworks on the South Lawn. 

Christmas at the Library at the The Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, NC has a “festive celebration of the Savior’s birth” with a live nativity, horse-drawn carriage rides, beautiful decorations, a children’s story time, yummy holiday treats, Christmas carolers, and tours of the “Library’s state of the art exhibits”. Christmas at the Library is going on from December 2 thru the 23, 2013. Free admission but must pay to park.

Christmas in the Park by the Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks and Recreation from Dec. 6 thru Dec. 22, 2013 at Arnette Park  at 2165 Wilmington Highway, Hwy 87 Exit 100.  food vendors, arts and crafts, a fire pit and entertainment each night. Participants are invited to walk along the 1/2 mile walking trail while taking in the sights and sounds of Christmas. Our central focus point will be a 30-foot Christmas tree surrounded by smaller Christmas trees and lights that will dance to music! Photos with Santa and marshmellow roasting! Admission is $2 per person.

Celebrate Colonial Christmas in Enfield on December 7, 2013 from 9:00am to 5:00pm at the Enfield Performing Arts Center on Main Street. There will be costumes and decorations of the Colonial period, crafts, sidewalk antique sale, local musicians and music, mule and buggy rides, and Chance “The Clydesdale Horse”, prize drawings and refreshments. For more information call 252-443-5786.