This year, the Tupelo Christmas staple put on by the Tupelo Women’s Club, the Holiday Tree Fest, will look a little different. The ticketed event usually hosted at the Tupelo Country Club is shifting to an online virtual event to accommodate COVID-19 precautions.
Home & Garden
When Doors of Hope first approached Jessica Perkins and asked to feature her home in the Christmas home tour, at first she declined. She said she prefers to keep her and her family more private, and opening her home would seem to negate that; plus, she wasn’t planning to decorate too much because her family would be spending Christmas in the Bahamas. Naturally, she had a few reservations. But she mulled it over for a little while, and agreed.
Lesley and Brian Walkington met in San Diego at a swing dance class. The Mississippi-raised southern girl moved out there to pursue her master’s degree, and he had always lived in California. When he proposed, she told him, “‘I’m a Southern girl,’” she said. “‘Just understand at some point in your life, you will be living in the South, that’s not a question.’”
Whether it’s nutcrackers, themed ornaments, Christmas mice or a corner full of snowmen, we all have our favorite holiday decorations. These are the items that are mourned when lost in a dark corner of the attic and celebrated when found, are most preciously packed away for the next year’s festivities and are as familiar as a favorite Christmas song.
Whether it’s nutcrackers, themed ornaments, Christmas mice or a corner full of snowmen, we all have our favorite holiday decorations. These are the items that are mourned when lost in a dark corner of the attic and celebrated when found, are most preciously packed away for the next year’s festivities and are as familiar as a favorite Christmas song.
The following three stories highlight people who have curated Christmas collections over their lifetimes. Some of these collections include antique items, some can fit in the palm of your hand, but all are sentimental and embody the spirit of Christmas in the eyes of the beholder.
Gary and Sharon Cooper weren’t necessarily looking for a new home or a lake house, but their family were regulars to the area, as they would take their boys to JP Coleman State Park just about every year when they were growing up. When they saw the incomplete and vacant cabin up for sale, they bought it, thinking they would complete it, and be done with it.