Archive for December, 2024

Christmas at Biltmore

December 24, 2024

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Betsy and I consider “Christmas at Biltmore” to be our main gift to each other.  We’ve been attending their Candlelight Christmas for nine years now, and always find it to be delightful.  We were not sure what to expect this year because of all the damage caused by hurricane Helene, but everyone at Biltmore did a superb job of cleaning up and repairing the damage and getting the decorations in place for Christmas.

All of the rooms in Biltmore House are decorated for Christmas, with each room having one or more decorated Christmas tree.  (The were 69 decorated trees in the house all together.)  This is the Breakfast room on the main floor, pictured in a photo taken two years ago,

Palm Court at Biltmore

December 10, 2024

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Christmas at Biltmore is always amazing.We’ve been going for several years, and we always enjoy it.  The house is always beautifully decorated with one (or more) Christmas trees in each room.  Even the Palm Court just inside the entrance to the house gets made into a winter garden for the season.  There are often musical attractions (you can almost see a choir through the palm fronds) which just adds to the beauty of the setting.