The frosty wind rattled the windows of the Old Courthouse on Saturday night, but several brave souls (the Star Journal called them "The Faithful") gathered to sing carols around the Perfection stove. The decorations were simple and natural and didn't break our banks. Christy dried orange and apple slices, Anne donated a fragrant tree, Ronda went out pruning our cedars, Paige contributed candles, baskets and an eye for what was appropriate period wise. Fresh fruit and gingham bows provided some color and old fashioned cookies beckoned on a stoneware plate. Jennifer of Parkers Floral contributed a fresh garland and some boughs and candles. We had a lovely time festooning the building and it paid off for an accidental recreation of what it might have been like for the fledgling church families that formed within the same walls over 150 years ago. Old time carols like O, Come O Come Emmanuel rang through the chamber in a haunting reliving of an ancient yule custom. And in the daylight for the next day's holiday homes tour, it was just as lovely...
Thanks to all. Especially Shannon who conceived of the Carols in the Courthouse event last year and prepared charming crafts for the children's hands on activities in the Schoolhouse. Thanks to Betty for the Cookies!!!
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