Courtland's Christmas Open House

Free Carriage Rides

House used for a hospital in the Civil War

This house was "open" the last time we came

Here comes the carriage to pick us up for the next house

Beautiful decorations around town

A young couple's beautiful house

1800's Church

Upstairs of the Church

Hoping that someday this house will be on the tour.

Three years ago,  Chuck and I went to Courtland's ( a little town close by) Christmas Open House.  It was so much fun that we decided to do it again this year.  The town has a pretty little park in the middle of their square and they had Christmas music playing ...loudly, I have to say but when you are walking around town it is nice that you can hear it.  This year, there were two horse drawn carriages to carry people around town if they didn't want to walk from house to house.  We ended up riding three times....only because it was so much fun.  Each house that is open is decorated for Christmas inside and out.  Plus, they each have refreshments set out for everyone to help themselves.  We toured five houses and the Presbyterian Church that was built in the 1800's.  One of the houses belonged to a young couple who had only been married for two years and who had a new born baby boy.  Their house was adorable!  They had spent the last two years working on this old house, turning it into a show case.  On their TV, they had "before" pictures of each room.  It's amazing what you can do with something so run down and turn it into a place where anyone would want to live.  The first house we went into was used for a hospital in the Civil War.  There are all kinds of stories to go with this house.  One, was the wooden floor in the dining room was replaced because it was used as the operating room and they couldn't get all the blood up, so they just replaced the boards to the floor.  Even though Chuck and I had been on this tour before, it was a very fun Christmas afternoon and will put it on our list " to do" at Christmas time.  Little towns are the BEST!!!!