Saturday, December 4, is Christmas in Middeburg - always an exciting time! Last year it snowed on us - a very heavy, wet and miserable snow - and drove everyone out of town by 2 p.m. This year the forecast is for sun, temps in the 40s, and it is sure to feel very much like Christmas.
Come to Middleburg and enjoy a day that is a truly old-fashioned small town celebration. It starts with breakfast with Santa at Middleburg Elementary, followed by a parade led by one of the local hunts, complete with mounted riders and dozens - perhaps even hundreds - of fox hounds. Something funny always happens when you get that many excited hounds together and ask them to march down Main Street!
On what we call the "Back Street," a new shop is opening its doors for the first time. Second Chapter Books, at 8 Federal Street, will have lots of wonderful books just in time for Christmas. The store will open at 10 a.m. on Saturday, and it's going to be quite a day. I hope many of you will come by and say hello - and pick up a book or two. I'll be stopping by to start my Christmas shopping and maybe I'll see you there.
This is a big deal for Middleburg. It does my heart good to see a bookstore in town. I hardly had time to grieve the loss of Books & Crannies before these two wonderful ladies, Kathy jo Shea and Jilann Brunett, decided to take the plunge. They will do an excellent job of serving Middleburg and environs, and they deserve all the support we can give them.
Happy Holidays to everyone, and I'll see you at Christmas in Middleburg!
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