One of my family's annual pre-Christmas traditions is to go to Mount Vernon. We've been doing it for as long as I can remember. We only live about thirty minutes from there, so it's a pretty easy trip to make.
Around Christmas time they add some special tours. Although you can still go for the day-time tour, they also invite you to take a night tour. It's called Mount Vernon by Candlelight. Your tour guide walks you around and through the house, while giving you a brief description of what it was like for The Washingtons around Christmas Time.
After your tour, there are a number of extra activities you can participate in. Some of our favorites are Dancing, Caroling by the Fire, and Cookies and Cider. Basically, "Dancing in the Green House" is in a green house on the premises that is closed off for just dancing. The people that work there will teach you a certain type of dancing from a LONNGGG time ago. Caroling by the fire is pretty much exactly what it sounds like, some people that work at Mount Vernon lead carols while you warm up by some fire pits outside. Last, but most definitely not least, is getting cookies and cider. There are tents set up in a field that have Mount Vernon's specialty gingerbread cookies and apple cider. OH MY GOSH IT IS SO GOOD!! We walk into the tent and grab dozens of cookies and a few cups of cider each time we go.
They also have an outstanding restaurant on site called the Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant, which we always make an effort to eat at after our tour. They serve some less common food from "older times", and the food is AMAZING! But, you may not want to step on the scale the next day, if you know what I'm saying ;)
I love going to Mount Vernon, and hope we can continue this long-standing tradition!
Happy almost holidays!
Check back soon,
Kendra <3
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