A Christmas Carol: The Bowery Players at the Winnsboro Center for the Arts

The production

Join a living Christmas tradition in Winnsboro: a community theatre production of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, starring Ebenezer Scrooge, the Ghosts of Christmas past, present, and yet to come, and a cast of local players who clearly love the story. It is a family-friendly evening that pairs well with the holiday parade and tree lighting calendars in Mount Pleasant and Mount Vernon, and it gives anyone looking at the property a reason to see the little towns of the region glow in December.

The venue

The Winnsboro Center for the Arts sits at 200 Market Street in downtown Winnsboro, a 40-minute drive southwest from the property. It is a genuine small-town arts hub, with the Bowery Stage hosting concerts, theatre, and music throughout the year, from the East Texas Songwriter Showcase to the Cowboy Music and Poetry Gathering. A Christmas Carol is the center's seasonal centerpiece, and December productions like this one show how much cultural life these counties hold outside the bigger cities.

The drive from the property

County Road 1070 to Winnsboro is about 40 minutes on paved roads. December evenings across Titus and Wood Counties get cold and still, which makes a warm theater full of neighbors and candlelight the right kind of outing. It is also a fine way to spend an evening while house-hunting in the area, a chance to see how a small East Texas community gathers for the season.