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Page 8 December Edition Southern Pines Today<br />
A Christmas Love Story<br />
a century old<br />
The time is drawing close for<br />
Christmas cheer and holiday decorating,<br />
so grab a friend and plan<br />
on attending the region’s best<br />
Christmas House Tour December<br />
7-10! Featuring the Boyd House<br />
decked out for the holidays with<br />
live greenery in every room, ten<br />
professional decorators, seven<br />
garden clubs and other community<br />
organizations decorate 25<br />
areas of the 9000 square foot<br />
house and property for a very<br />
special experience. However lavish<br />
or simple your style may be,<br />
these ideas will add beauty to<br />
your home. Drawing inspiration<br />
from the 100 th wedding anniversary<br />
of the original owners, Katharine<br />
and James Boyd, Weymouth<br />
Christmas House, A Christmas<br />
Love Story a Century Old, brings<br />
Weymouth Center to life with the<br />
romance and beauty, both traditional<br />
and modern, which defines<br />
the southern Christmas.<br />
Weymouth Christmas House inspires<br />
special events and this<br />
year’s are certain to please and<br />
entertain the entire family. The<br />
Preview Gala on December 6, traditional<br />
Christmas Carols program<br />
on December 7 and the Candlelight<br />
Wine and Cheese Tour on December<br />
9, allow you to pretend, if<br />
for a short time, that you are Boyd<br />
a guest or family member as you<br />
bask in the glow of the holiday<br />
spirit. The gala begins at 6pm and<br />
features heavy hors d’oeuvres<br />
from Elliott’s on Linden, cocktails,<br />
live music & dancing. Nonmember<br />
ticket is $85 and $75 member<br />
and active duty military discount.<br />
Christmas Carols, at 5:30pm on<br />
Thursday is a free public event.<br />
Saturday’s Candlelight Wine &<br />
Cheese Tour begins at 5:30pm<br />
and is $45 for nonmembers,<br />
$35members and active duty military.<br />
This year, Christmas Carols, a<br />
treasured Weymouth tradition going<br />
back to the Boyd family, has a<br />
very special guest. North Carolina<br />
Poet Laureate, Shelby Stephenson,<br />
who, as The News & Observer<br />
stated “turns North Carolina<br />
into poetry”, will be reading at<br />
Carols. He describes his work as,<br />
“What I do, what I’ve always done,<br />
is tinged with this culture here.<br />
Point of view is what fascinates<br />
me. What’s beautiful is that everybody’s<br />
from somewhere, whether<br />
Brooklyn or San Antonio or Benson,<br />
North Carolina. I hope people<br />
hear music in my work.” A community<br />
evening with musicians, poets,<br />
writers and community leaders,<br />
this event is deeply rooted in<br />
regional history and touches the<br />
heart of Christmas. As always, this<br />
is free and open to the public.<br />
Weymouth Christmas Open House<br />
and Stable Tours are Thursday, Friday<br />
and Saturday December 7-9<br />
10am-3pm and Sunday, December<br />
10, 1pm-4pm, and offer live<br />
music and homemade refreshments<br />
throughout. The popular<br />
Holiday Boutique showcases 15<br />
local vendors presenting unique<br />
gifts and decorations certain to<br />
delight. Local artists add to the<br />
fare with special items for sale in<br />
different mediums. Plan ahead<br />
and purchase advance tickets for<br />
a discount: Nonmembers $20,<br />
members and active duty military<br />
$15. Tickets at the door are<br />
$25 for nonmembers and $25 for<br />
members and active duty military.<br />
Tickets are available at Weymouth<br />
Center office Mon-Fri 10am-2pm,<br />
in Southern Pines at Campbell<br />
House and Country Book Shop,<br />
Village of Pinehurst at Lady Bedford’s<br />
Tea Parlor and Given Memorial<br />
Library and in Aberdeen at<br />
Eloise Trading Co.<br />
For more information, call the<br />
Weymouth office at:<br />
910.692.6261<br />
Street wars featuring KMS drift car show<br />
$25 gets you unlimited runs down the famous “Rock 1/4 Mile.”<br />
2153 U.S. Hwy 1 N, Rockingham<br />
For more information, please call 910-582-3400<br />
Mass acceleration motorsports<br />
Mace<br />
Electric Company LLC<br />
Servicing Southern Pines<br />
910.673.0093<br />
Merry Christmas
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