Vance Birthplace will be hosting Christmas Candlelight Tours from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, December 9. The tours provide visitors with a look at how Christmas may have been celebrated in the southern Appalachian mountains in the 1800s.

The two-story reconstructed log house, decorated in the style of the 1830’s, will be opened for guided tours. Throughout the house, decorations made of native greenery such as holly, boxwood, pine boughs, galax and rhododendron will be on display.

Vance Birthplace is located at 911 Reems Creek Road. For more information call 645-6706.

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