Winston-Salem was founded by Moravians in the 18th century and their influence and traditions are still practiced today especially during the holiday season. Events like the Candle Tea and the world's largest Lovefeast are unique events that only happen in Winston-Salem and you wouldn't want to miss them.

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11/25 - 12/31 MESDA’s Winter Pleasures: Feasts, Festivity and Family in the Early South. Museum of Early Southern Decorative Art (MESDA), Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. In keeping with the weekend theme “A Taste of the Holiday Season,” MESDA’s guided tours will focus on foods, dining and children’s games and toys in the early South. An Old Salem admission ticket required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 9:30 am– 3:30 pm. $



11/20 1787 Lovefeast. James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium, Old Salem, 900 Salem Road, Winston-Salem. A performance by the Moramus Chorale, a volunteer musical organization whose purpose is to present Moravian music in the finest manner, preceded by a talk by Nola Knouse, director of the Moravian Music Foundation. For more information, call 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org.

11/25 - 11/26 Christmas By Candlelight. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Purchase your admission ticket at the Old Salem Visitor Center and then head over to Winkler Bakery to begin the guided tour. Reservations required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm. $

12/1 - 12/3 Candle Tea. Single Brothers’ House, Old Salem, 600 South Main Street, Winston-Salem. Experience 18th century Moravian Christmas customs in a National Historic Landmark. For more information, call 336.722.6171 or visit www.candletea.org. 2-8:30 pm Thursday-Friday; 11:30 am - 8:30 pm Saturday. $

12/2 - 12/3 Candlelight Festivities. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Purchase your admission ticket at the Old Salem Visitor Center and then go over to J. Blum Printer & Merchant to begin the guided tour. Reservations required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm. $

12/3 Four Christmases for Children. Historic Bethabara Park, 2147 Bethabara Road, Winston-Salem. Create childhood memories during a Celtic Christmas with a children’s lantern parade, traditional colonial children’s candlelight Lovefeast in the 1788 Gemeinhaus (church), old-fashioned tavern Christmas music and games in the 1803 Brewer’s House, and a Jolly Squire’s Christmas country dance. For more information, call 336.924.8191 or visit www.bethabarapark.org. 5:30 - 8:00 pm. $

12/3 Weihnachtfest: A Taste of the Holiday Season. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Visit the kitchens of Salem to experience the traditional smells and tastes of the holidays. An Old Salem admission ticket required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. $

12/4 Christmas Lovefeast at Wake Forest University. Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem. Each person receives a beeswax candle to be lit at the end of the traditional service following singing of carols. Students and faculty serve traditional coffee and Moravian buns. This custom originated in Europe and was brought by the Moravians to North Carolina in 1753. For more information, call 336.758.5210 or visit www.wfu.edu. 8:00 pm Free

12/8 - 12/10 Candle Tea. Single Brothers’ House, Old Salem, 600 South Main Street, Winston-Salem. Experience 18th century Moravian Christmas customs in a National Historic Landmark. For more information, call 336.722.6171 or visit www.candletea.org. 2:00 - 8:30 pm Thursday-Friday; 11:30 am- 8:30 pm Saturday. $

12/9 - 12/10 Christmas By Candlelight. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Purchase your admission ticket at the Old Salem Visitor Center and then head over to Winkler Bakery to begin the guided tour. Reservations required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm. $

12/10 The Sounds of Christmas. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Enjoy a traditional Moravian Brass Band concert, along with performances by Puddingstone, Pamela Sanders, Emmanuel Baptist Church Choir and the Knollwood Baptist Church Hand Bell Choir inside the exhibition buildings. An Old Salem admission ticket or a special music performance ticket required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 9:30 am.- 5:00 pm. $

12/10 Candlelight Carol Sing. Salem Square, Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Come get in the Christmas spirit and sing carols in the Old Salem Square with candles and traditionally costumed guides. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 5:00 pm. Free

12/11 Piedmont Chamber Singers Candlelight Concert. Historic Bethabara Park, 2147 Bethabara Road, Winston-Salem. Begin the Christmas season with this concert of traditional carols in the historic 1788 Gemeinhaus (church), famous for its acoustics, then enjoy refreshments in the Historic Bethabara Park Visitor Center. For more information, call 336.722.4022 or visit www.piedmontchambersingers.org or www.bethabarapark.org. 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm. Free

12/15 - 12/16 Candlelight Festivities. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Purchase your admission ticket at the Old Salem Visitor Center and then go over to J. Blum Printer & Merchant to begin the guided tour. Reservations required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm. $

12/17 A Child’s Celebration of Christmas. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Activities throughout the historic district focus on children, and include games in the Old Salem Square, wagon rides and live animals. An Old Salem admission ticket required. For more information, call 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 9:30 am.- 4:30 pm $

12/17 Magic Lantern Show. James A Gray, Jr. Auditorium, Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Travel back in time to view America’s only Victorian magic-lantern show. View Christmas stories, animated comedy and carols, all on a full-sized screen, dramatized by a live showman and singer/pianist. An Old Salem admission ticket required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 11 am, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm. $

12/17 St. Nicholas Day. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Enjoy a visit from St. Nicholas and Christkindel, bringing gifts and activities to children in the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts auditorium. You may want to bring a camera for that memorable picture with St. Nicholas and Christkindel. Reservations (by December 15) and an Old Salem admission ticket required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 3:30 - 4:30 pm $

12/22 ArtsAlive! - Giannini Brass (holiday concert). Wake Forest Univ Baptist Medical Center Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem. Free and open to the public this holiday concert will be one you wont want to miss. Location: Davis Memorial Chapel, 1st Floor Watlington Hall.; For more information call 336.716.4722, or visit www.wfubmc.edu/arts. 12:15 pm Free

12/22 -12/23 Christmas By Candlelight. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Purchase your admission ticket at the Old Salem Visitor Center and then head over to Winkler Bakery to begin the guided tour. Reservations required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm. $

12/24 Christmas Eve Candlelight Lovefeast Service. Home Moravian Church, 529 South Church Street, Winston-Salem. Share in this 18th century Moravian Christmas tradition featuring handmade, lit, beeswax candles and Christmas hymns in the heart of Old Salem. For more information, call 336.722.6171 or visit
www.home-moravian.org. 11:00 am, 2:30 pm, 5:00 pm, 7:45 pm. Free

12/29 - 12/30 Candlelight Festivities. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Purchase your admission ticket at the Old Salem Visitor Center and then go over to J. Blum Printer & Merchant to begin the guided tour. Reservations required. For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 6:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 7:30 pm. $

12/30 - 1/1/06 Watching for the New Year. Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem. Moravian traditions of remembering the old year and ushering in the new one. An Old Salem admission ticket required.
For more information, call 888.653.7253 or 336.721.7300, or visit www.oldsalem.org. 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. $

12/31 Watch Night Lovefeast Service. Home Moravian Church, 529 South Church Street, Winston-Salem. This service gives thanks for blessings during the previous year and asks for protection for the coming year. At the stroke of midnight, the band begins to play a hymn to announce the new year. For more information, call 336.722.6171 or visit www.home-moravian.org. 11:00 pm. Free


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