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Christmas at Rose Hill

The differences between Christmas during the southern antebellum period and what the common perception of the “Charles Dickens-Victorian” Christmas, are really two completely different things. Antebellum Christmas was actually a low-key affair. A day spent with family, a better-than-usual meal, small gifts exchanged, and a church observance were the major events. Décor, was usually geared towards “sprucing up the house” with evergreens and holly to brighten up the dreary winter, when compared to the Victorian Wonderland with which we all are most familiar. Come and view Rose Hill Plantation as it might have been in the Antebellum era. Interpreters in period clothing will be on hand to walk visitors through the mansion, and explain the differences between a real Antebellum Christmas, and the image of Christmas with which we are all familiar. The Mansion will be decorated for the holidays throughout the month of December. Admission for the Holiday Open House is $5.00 per person.