Please join us for an enchanting candlelight tour of eight lovely private homes in Thomson’s historic district that will be decorated for the Christmas season. Tickets are $25 and are available at the Thomson-McDuffie County Chamber of Commerce. For more information call 1-706-597-1000 or visit www.thomson-mcduffie.net

Admission and parking are free. A parade kicks off the festivities. There will be arts and crafts vendors,rides and activities for the kids, a hamburger cook-off and live entertainment.

Celebrate the life of one of the true pioneers of country blues music, Blind Willie McTell, with a day of the blues in Thomson, Ga. This years festival line up will be released soon- go to www.blindwillie.com for more info.

Ride along on a Tally-ho wagon through historic sites and beautiful rolling countryside of McDuffie County, following scarlet-coated hunters and well-trained hounds on a simulated fox hunt. An unforgettable McDuffie County tradition!