This weekend in Georgia, Dec. 2-4, 2011

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This Weekend in Georgia
December 2 - December 4, 2011

In This Issue This Weekend Holiday Tours of Homes Holiday Festivities Don't Break the Bank
Holiday Festivities

Welcome to Georgia Tourism's weekly newsletter! Our "This Weekend in Georgia" newsletter offers ideas for quick getaways or extended vacations. Visit www.ExploreGeorgia.org to learn more about happenings around the state.
Winter Wine Highway Weekend
Northeast Georgia Friday, December 2nd Sunday, December 4th Travel through the Northeast Georgia Mountains visiting area wineries. Nine regional wineries will have open houses, introduce new wines and offer tours, tastings and music.

Keep reading to find out about some of the holiday activities that are happening this weekend.
Georgia State Parks

Winter Art Market
Rome, GA Friday, December 2nd Saturday, December 3rd This show will feature wearable art, fine art, pottery, literature and Georgia Made Georgia Grown food products. Make sure there is plenty of art wrapped up under the Christmas tree.
30th Annual Christmas on the Old Plantation
Brunswick, GA Friday, December 2nd Saturday, December 3rd See how Christmas was celebrated on a Southern rice plantation during the 1850s. Take a candlelit stroll down the old carriage road, and enjoy a tour of the antebellum plantation house, hot wassail and cookies, Civil War re-enactors, Christmas carols and more.

Check the Georgia State Parks' Last
Minute Availability
page to see which lodge rooms, cottages, yurts, campsites, picnic shelters and group shelters are available for the upcoming weekend.

Holiday Art Center Open House
Blue Ridge, GA Saturday, December 3rd Enjoy a day at The Art Center and see a retrospective of artists Bill & Patricia Suttles as well as hundreds of member artists from across the Southeast. Plus, Christmas goodies, spectacular decorations and, of course, Santa!
7th Annual Festival of Trees and Artists Market
Calhoun, GA Now through Saturday, December 10th The art gallery is transformed into a winter wonderland of beautifully decorated and themed Christmas trees, wreaths and holiday home decor.

Holiday Open House at the
Dahlonega Gold Museum
Dahlonega, GA Sunday, December 4th As a gift to the community, the museum will be beautifully decorated and admission will be waived. Built in 1836, the Dahlonega Gold Museum is housed in the oldest existing courthouse in Georgia.

Holiday Tours of Homes
2011 Town & Country Holiday Tour of Homes
Madison, GA Thursday, December 1st - Sunday, December 4th
Candlelight Tour of Homes
Newnan, GA Friday, December 2nd
Mountain Top Georgia Christmas Tour of Homes
Young Harris, GA Friday, December 2nd - Sunday, December 4th
Christmas in Woodbine Tour of Homes and Churches
Woodbine, GA Saturday, December 3rd
Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour
Marietta, GA Saturday, December 3rd - Sunday, December 4th
Antebellum Christmas at the Old Governor's Mansion
Milledgeville, GA Saturday, December 3rd - Friday, December 23rd

Holiday Festivities
Lighted Boat Parade
Augusta, GA Friday, December 2nd
Hometown Holiday Celebration
Richmond Hill, GA Friday, December 2nd - Saturday, December 3rd
Olde Town Christmas Party
Conyers, GA Friday, December 2nd
Holidays in Olde Lincoln Towne
Lincolnton, GA Saturday, December 3rd
Christmas In The Park
St. Marys, GA Saturday, December 3rd
Depot Holiday Festival
Farmington, GA Saturday, December 3rd - Sunday, December 4th
Christmas in the Mountains
Cleveland, GA Saturday, December 3rd
Christmas on the Old Plantation
Brunswick, GA Saturday, December 3rd
Holiday Open House Along the Moonshine Highway

Clarkesville, GA Saturday, December 3rd
Oak Hill in Lights
Rome, GA Saturday, December 3rd - Saturday, December 10th
Flowery Branch Christmas Festival
Flowery Branch, GA Saturday, December 3rd
Light Up Senoia
Senoia, GA Saturday, December 3rd
Christmas in the Briar Patch
Eatonton, GA Saturday, December 3rd
Christmas In the Grove
Locust Grove, GA Saturday, December 3rd
Depot Days Holiday Market
Farmington, GA Sunday, December 4th - Monday, December 5th
Christmas Farmers Market
Alpharetta, GA Sunday, December 4th
Christmas Celebration
Homer, GA Sunday, December 4th

Don't Break the Bank
This year we will feature ideas from the article "100 Ways to Woo Your Special Someone Without Breaking the Bank," featured in the 2011 Georgia Travel Guide. If you can't wait for next weekend's newsletter to get more ideas, download your copy of the Travel Guide today. #59: Take the Lookout Mountain Parkway tour. Take your romance onto the open road on this 93-mile scenic drive, which winds by waterfalls, canyons, tiny towns with artsy shops and classic attractions like Rock City and Ruby Falls.
For more things to do this weekend, check out ExploreGeorgia.org!
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