
- Candlelight Tour ◊ December 1,2,8,9,15,16
Beautiful and moving, this eighteenth century historic house is the oldest untouched home open to the public in the United States. On select dates, Drayton Hall will be open for these reservation-only guided Candlelight Tours to a limited number of guests.
Experience Drayton Hall at night with these incredibly special candlelight experiences. This is a remarkable way to understand the house and the lives that touched it – and historic Charleston – from the perspective of a preserved colonial home.
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- Spirituals Concert ◊ December 10
Ann Caldwell and The Magnolia Singers will usher in the holidays with their ancestral hymns. Enjoy a beverage and light bites at the reception before being seated for the performance. This event sells out every year, get your tickets early!
Performed in the beautiful George W. McDaniel Education Center at Drayton Hall, this traditional Charleston holiday concert is a rare opportunity to experience music that could have been heard centuries ago in the surrounding fields and praise houses in Charleston, SC plantations. Prior to the concerts, guests will enjoy a light reception with wassail – an historic and traditional holiday libation of Charleston.
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- Home for the Holidays ◊ November 24, 2023-January 6, 2024
Step back in time with us to the roaring twenties as we embellish the Magnolia House in the jewel tones of the 1920’s for the holiday season. Our Magnolia House tour will spend time highlighting Norwood and Sara Hastie, who entertained lavishly during their 30 year ownership – including visits from presidents, first ladies, innovators and A-list celebrities of the time.
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- Grand Illumination and Dinner ◊ December 13 – 16
Join us for Christmas of 1782 at Middleton Place. As you make your way through the torch-lit gardens, you’ll meet historical reenactors portraying free and enslaved men and women of Middleton Place as they experience the end of the Revolutionary War, the departure of the British from Charleston, and Arthur Middleton’s return to his family.
After the theatrical presentation, enjoy a feast in the Pavilion. The chef and attendant served a buffet featuring favorite Lowcountry dishes that will make Grand Illumination a memorable part of your holiday season. This event traditionally sells out. Purchase your tickets early!
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- A Gullah Christmas Concert ◊ December 13
We are excited to present a Christmas concert event for the second year that will have a Gullah Christmas theme. However, this year’s event will have more of a Gullah Christmas flavor with more Gullah Christmas stories and Christmas songs performed by the Plantation Singers.
Tours of the plantation home beautifully decorated for the Christmas holidays will be an added bonus available for guests from 6:00 pm-7:00 pm on the day of the show. After parking in the parking lot next to the plantation mansion, please make your way around to the front of the home to enter for this tour.
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- A Traditional Christmas at Boone Hall Plantation ◊ December 4, 2023 – January 1, 2024
Tours of the plantation home during the Christmas holidays are included with regular paid admission to Boone Hall Plantation. There is no additional charge to tour the mansion beautifully decorated for the Christmas holidays.
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–Tidelines Editors