It just wouldn't be Christmas without the annual Sunday before Christmas Holiday Program. Deep in the heat of summer, our thoughts start turning to this traditional winter offering, that this year falls on The Winter Solstice- the longest night of the year. Our program begins at 6:00 with the debut of A Colonial Christmas. Christmas didn’t always look the way it does now—especially in colonial Virginia. No trees. No twinkling lights. And definitely no quiet holiday. A Colonial Christmas allows us to step back into the seventeen-hundreds when Christmastide lasted twelve days and the coming Revolution was already changing how Virginians celebrated, gathered, and lived. Join us for Christmas in Colonial Virginia - kicking off our evening, followed by pure Americana seasonal offerings on A Bluegrass Christmas at 7:00 and at 9:00, local, regional, and national artists are featured with both original and standard holiday tunes on The Acoustic Christmas. We'll hear tracks from the wonderful 1975 John Denver album " A Rocky Mountain Christmas" which remains a much beloved holiday offering. At 11:00, we conclude our evening with an hour of instrumentals anchored by The New England Irish Harp Orchestra, Stephen Bennett, and several selections from The Windham Hill A Winter Solstice release. Our traditional musical gift to you! Christmas is almost here. Happy Holidays from all of us at WHRO!
This weekend, The Traditional Sunday before Christmas Holiday Program on WHRV
