Christmas with the Carters

I just got an e-mail from the folks at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area in Elizabethton, TN, informing me that they’re hosting an eighteenth-century Christmas this weekend.  It’ll be at the Carter Mansion (one of the oldest houses in the state) at 1031 Broad St. on Friday and Saturday from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M., with music, hot cider, and costumed interpreters.  So if you’re in East Tennessee and you want to kick off the holiday season in Revolutionary-era style, check it out.