

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Old Christmas at Fort Watauga
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 04 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun, 04 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Does The Twelve Days of Christmas sound familiar? In Colonial America, Christmas was celebrated as a twelve-day holiday with many traditions and customs. These twelve days of feasting, and merrymaking known as “Christmastide” began on December 25th and ended on January 5th, or “Twelfth Night”, with a grand celebration. 

As you walk through the gates of Fort Watauga you will travel back in time to an 18th century Old Christmas “Jollification”. Each cabin in the fort will be the setting of Christmas, New Year, and 12th Night traditions as celebrated by the settlers of different cultures on the colonial frontier. Many of our modern Christmas customs are taken from centuries old practices such as English Christmas Guns, the Irish Holly Wreath, the German Tannenbaum, Scottish First Footing, and the Dutch Sinterklaas. See how our Christmas practices of today are steeped in these old-world traditions. 

Free Admission

Event is subject to cancellation in the event of significant winter weather conditions.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/elizabethton/old-christmas-at-fort-watauga/200029445071047
- **Event Categories**: holiday
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029445071047?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=elizabethton-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Elizabethton
- **state**: TN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1651 W Elk Ave, Elizabethton, TN, United States, Tennessee 37643
- **lat**: 36.3438
- **long**: -82.25278
- **full address**: 1651 W Elk Ave, Elizabethton, TN, United States, Tennessee 37643

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park (https://allevents.in/org/sycamore-shoals-state-historic-park/26088714)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 04 Jan, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1651 W Elk Ave, Elizabethton, TN, United States, Tennessee 37643
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** holiday
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Old Christmas at Fort Watauga ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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