Holidays | Elaine VonCannon Real Estate

October 5, 2023

It Will Shake Your Nerves and Rattle Your Brain: Virginia Haunted Church Hill Tunnel!

It Will Shake Your Nerves and Rattle Your Brain: Virginia Haunted Church Hill Tunnel! All aboard! Visit the haunted C&O Church Hill Tunnel in Richmond. Tunnels and superstition seem to go hand-in-hand. There are many...

August 31, 2023

Working in the Coal Mines: Going Down, Down!

Working in the Coal Mines: Going Down, Down! Before it was a federal holiday, Labor Day was recognized by labor activists and individual states. After municipal ordinances were passed in 1885 and 1886, a movement...

May 25, 2023

Memorial Day: Let Summer Begin!

Memorial Day: Let Summer Begin! Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. A Little History, Please:...

March 17, 2023

St. Patrick’s Day: Then & Now

St. Patrick’s Day: Then and Now Modern St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, at least in the United States, are likely be to characterized by commercial lucky charms and green beer—all of which has very little to...

December 22, 2022

Roll Out the Ole Yule Log! You Will Have a Barrel of Fun!

Roll Out the Ole Yule Log! You Will Have a Barrel of Fun! Burning the Yule log is one of the oldest Christmas customs. In fact, it predates Christianity in pagan rituals that eventually merged...

December 15, 2022

No Matter a Peacock or Partridge it is still in a Pear Tree

No Matter a Peacock or Partridge it is still in a Pear Tree No matter if you love it or hate it, the “12 Days of Christmas” song is a holiday staple. Sure, you might...

December 9, 2022

Spooky, Creepy, Morbid, Yes Christmas Cards!

Spooky, Creepy, Morbid, Yes Christmas Cards! Some of the Earliest Christmas Cards Were Morbid and Creepy. Santa kidnapping children and murderous mice were par for the course in the Victorian-era Christmas card tradition. In the...

November 30, 2022

Plum Pudding: By Any Other Name and Holiday

Plum Pudding: By Any Other Name and Holiday Plum Pudding is often associated with Christmas thanks to Charles Dickens, but it is served at Thanksgiving as well and special occasions. Call it what you may...

November 17, 2022

Thanksgiving: Thomas Jefferson Secret Holiday

Thanksgiving: Thomas Jefferson Secret Holiday Thomas Jefferson’s had a very Complicated Relationship with Thanksgiving. The third president declined to participate in the tradition. Since the United States became a nation, people have come together to...

November 11, 2022

Did Florida Host the First Thanksgiving? What!!

Did Florida Host the First Thanksgiving? What!!!!! More than 50 years before the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Spanish colonists in Florida feasted with Native Americans in what some call the first Thanksgiving. Blaring trumpets and...