If you’re hitting the road for Christmas, you’re not alone. Nearly a third of the state’s population is expected to travel 50 miles or more by car for the year-end holidays. Here’s what to know about Christmas in the First State a week away from the holiday: Travel The 330,000 Delawareans traveling is an increase of 2.6% over last year, …
The Historic Odessa Foundation’s celebration of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” on its 200th birthday will bring two holiday celebrities to Delaware Friday, Dec. 1, to mark the anniversary. The use of the Clement Clark Moore poem to decorate the Odessa’s 249-year-old Corbit-Sharp House caught the attention of author Pamela McColl, who has written a book tracing the art and …
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The discovery came via a telephone call. On the other end of the call, an antiques collector told Deborah Buckson, executive director of the Historic Odessa Foundation, that he’d just bought at auction a chest that had a label on the back that said Corbit-Sharp House. That’s one of the foundation’s core historic home from Delaware’s Colonial days. “Do …
Longwood Gardens’ 2021 Christmas display focuses on a Fire and Ice theme. Photo by Becca Mathias Christmas tours and displays that were curtailed or eliminated by the pandemic last year are back in more of the holiday spirit this year. Some features are still on hold, and masking and social distancing may limit attendance and activities. (Edwards Christmas Village, …
