Olde Towne Inhabited
Only Ten Days Each Year
There's a certain Olde
Townes that’s inhabited
only ten days each year.
But during those ten days
it’s bustling with the
sounds and smells of
Christmas past and pre
sent, and more people visit
it than most other towns we
know. It is, of course, the
Southern Christmas Show's
favorite Olde Towne, and
this year its ten festive
days will be November
13-21 at the Charlotte Mer
chandise Mart.
What started as one
quaint Dickens-type shop
in the 1975 show has grown
to include a Miniatures
Gallery filled with 30 doll
houses that are a tiny town
by themselves. There’s
everything from a minia
ture duplicate of the presi
dent’s house at Williams
burg, to a stately Tudoi
home and a comfy farm
house.
The Village Church’s ten
day pastor, Reverend
Stanley Stiver, will have
his Christmas collection re
flecting our nation's hi
story back to the earliest
times.
Ole Towne post office will
depict Charlotte’s very
first post office which, inci
dentally, was inside a bar.
We must, however, hasten
to say the show post office
will be serving only postal
items, including a special
Southern Christmas Show
cancellation if you want to
bring your cards and let
ters for stamping.
There’s a bake shop
called Angelina’s, and
right next door is the Ice
Cream Shop. The Potter’s
Shop, Stained Glass Shop,
Bear Place, Christmas
House, and Hanna Barbara
shop all add to the holiday
atmosphere. And, yes, the
cookie man is back with his
giant cookies and ancient
van.
Santa's Telephone House
is a bright new addition.
It’s child-sized, and young
sters can walk in and call
Santa's North Pole work
shop at no charge. Parents
can peep through the win
dows if they want to bend
way down.
The Tole Shop is colorful^
welcoming, and shopkeep
er Carolyn Primm doesn’t
mind sharing her tole
painting secrets. A group
from Charlotte’s Historic
Fourth Ward is duplicating
a Victorian child’s room,
which just happens to be at
the end of a cobble-stoned
street of old-timey house
facades. And what Olde
Towne would be complete
without a quilt shop? You
may want to start a quilt
ing bee when you see how
easy quilter Bonnie Ken
erley makes it look.
Another favorite will be
the fire station. Santa
Clause is in residence and
he welcomes his small
visitors from atop an old
fashioned fire truck.
Schiele Museum has cre
ated a native American
scene, and the Museum of
York County will have a
delightful Animal’s Christ
mas.
Christmas Tree Lane
promises to be brighter
than ever, and the decorat
ed mantels, doors, windows
and hall tables are sure to
have ideas for every home.
And, as if that’s not
enough, there’s a tented
craft village in the center
of Olde Towne with color
ful banners overhead that
seem to say “Welcome!
We’re glad you’re here."
But there’s more to the
Southern Christmas Show
than Olde Towne. There’s
another 250 or so crafts
people, a food pavilion that
makes your mouth water
just to pass by. There are
craft and cooking clinics,
entertainment, and a huge
array of gifts for everyone
on your list.
Admission is $3 in ad
vance, $3.50 at the door.
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