These videos highlight colonial holiday traditions, which are featured in our annual special events “Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia” and “A Colonial Christmas.” Visit during the holiday season and save with the Web-only special History is Fun! for the Holidays Ticket.

Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia
During the Thanksgiving holiday, explore foodways of 17th- and 18th-century Virginia during the annual special event “Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia,” a three day event beginning on Thanksgiving Day at Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. To learn more about “Foods & Feasts of Colonial Virginia” visit the special Web section of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation site, www.historyisfun.org.

A Colonial Christmas
The annual special event “A Colonial Christmas” offers a glimpse of 17th- and 18th-century holiday traditions with special tours and interpretive programs throughout the month of December. From December 26 through 31, musical entertainment of the period is also included. Songs and sounds of the season will be performed during the week by musicians on fifes and drums, guitar, violin, recorder, and pipe and tabor. To learn more about “A Colonial Christmas” visit the special Web section of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation site, www.historyisfun.org.