Charles Dickens Christmas Franklin Tennessee !!



My sister Sandy & one of the venders dressed up in the Charles Dickens Era.

Don't know if you've ever been to the Charles Dickens Christmas Festival in Franklin Tennessee, but it's quite an event ! They shut down the middle of town & in the town square they have craft booths & a stage with singers ( just happened to be a chours of children singing Beautiful Christmas songs ! )



elbow to elbow visitors !

 For 26  years Franklin has been putting on the Charles Dickens Christmas Festival. This is the first year I have ever been to the Festival. So since my sister & I wanted something holiday theamed to do & we had both heard of the Charles Dickens Festival , which we heard was really good , we decided we would check it out. Yes they were right it was like stepping back in time to that era !


Dickens Characters



alot of  era dress

There were alot of people walking the streets in the dress of the Charles Dickens Era ! The dresses were absolutely BEAUTIFUl ! There were so many who were dressed I wasn't able to get alot of pictures But just look at the ones I did ! I would have just loved to live in that era ! And the men they were just so handsome in there suits and top hats !

My sister  & I have gone to Franklin the last two weekends in a row. We just decided to go to Franklin the weekend before just to walk around on main street. They have alot of real cool shops don main street ,you'll find alot of craft gift stores along with a few really neat clothing stores. Theres a Starbucks &  the Historic Franklin Theatre.. Then we saw that the Charles Dickens Festival Was last weekend so yep we decided to go & were glad we did we had a great time !!

Crafters in the town square

Lots of crafters were lined up around the round about on the square and lined up on a few of the side streets, Some of the venders were dressed up in the Dickens era clothing !  The weather was a little on the chilly side but if you were able to stay walking in the sun you were just cumfhy. It was really hard to get into the stores cuz they were so crowded.

the stage in town square

They had children singing christmas songs on a stage that was set up on one side of the square and there beautiful voices sure put you in the holiday mood ! Made you want to sing along and yes there were some folks in the crowd were doing just that along with alot of picture taking !

two ladies dressed up for the times









A character dressed up



As your walking along you see alot of Dickens characters filling  the streets and stopping to talk to you and snap a few pictures of them.or they will pose with you for pictures.

Down off the square on main street is the Franklins Famous Theatre which has gone through a few transformations in the 5 years we've been here. Infact my husband ,my son & myself went to the red carpet premier of Tim Magraws movie Friday Night Lights,  It was GREAT ! Red carpet lined the Main street up to the theatre, limos were dropping off stars like Kennt Chesney, Martina Mcbride, Tim & Faith  & many more we were right there in front of Ben & Jerry's in front & got to see everyone of them.

Ahhh  she played beautiful music !

Yes of course they had  horse and carriage rides through town. I'm not sure exactly where they took the tour around the town but I'm sure it was worth it ! Well I hope you"ve enjoyed my & my sisters trip to the Charles Dickens Christmas Festival in Franklin Tennessee ! So if you ever get to Tennessee  around this time of year maybe this gives you an idea for a nice time & oh yea if your in that aera this time off year and after the sun goes down the christmas ligfhts over down HWY 100 & by Leapers Fork the lights on those houses & property going up to the houses are SPECTACULAR  !!  Theres a house around the corner from me that has the lights that flash along with the music   could sit there for hours watching it !
Hope All have there shopping done & find some time to relax before the Holidays !! If you don't & you need some last minute handmade gifts PLEASE check out my ETSY Shop ! Just click on the Etsy Shop on the right side of my blog .
Thanks,
CHERYL