christmas

A silversmith looks out the window of the Golden Ball Silversmith Shop during the Christmas season.

A pair of snow covered wreaths hang on a gate at Bruton Parish Church during the Christmas holiday season.

A Christmas wreath hangs on the front gates of the Governor's Palace during the holiday season.

A Christmas wreath at the Alexander Purdie House.

Wetherburn's Tavern shown at sunset during the Christmas season. This is one of 88 original buildings in the Historic Area.

The Lightfoot House is adorned with Christmas decorations and a light winter snow. The Lightfoot House is one of the original 88 buildings in the Historic Area.

Interpreters, one with a muff and colorful red cape, talk together outside the Shoemaker's Shop during the Christmas holiday season.

Pineapples and oranges sit in grapevine wreaths on the steps of the Benjamin Waller House as decorations during the Christmas season in the Historic Area.

Christmas decorations on the Millinery Shop.

Christmas decorations: a wreath made of magnolia leaves, pinecones, pomegranates and dried fruit hangs on a door in the Historic Area.

Christmas Decorations: a pine wreath decorated with pinecones, pomegranates, and magnolia leaves hangs on a door in the Historic Area.

Visitors gather around the community Christmas tree on Colonial Williamsburg's Market Square.

The Courthouse and Community Christmas tree on a winter evening.

A patriotic Christmas wreath decorates an exterior wall of the Liberty Lounge. The Liberty Lounge is a special respite place in the Historic Area dedicated to ticketed active duty, veteran, and retired military and their families.

Christmas Decorations: a wreath decorated with a hen sitting on her nest, surrounded by eggs and chicks, hangs on a door at the Greenhow Tenement Kitchen.

Sheep themed Christmas decoration adorn the Greenhow Tenement, otherwise known as the Weaver's Shop.

A smiling apprentice shoemaker stands in the doorway of the Shoemaker's Shop as a shoe themed Christmas wreath hangs on the wall nearby.

Christmas Decorations: a wreath made of wood adorns a door at the Benjamin Waller Office. December 13, 2017

Detail of a holiday Christmas wreath of greenery accented with radishes and garlic.

The Williamsburg Inn is lit at night by thousands of lights hanging in trees outside the hotel at Christmas time.

A candle decorated with holly stands in the window of the Capitol at Christmastime.