Head to Tennessee to Experience the Christmas Mountain Magic

If you’re lucky enough to get tickets, take in the spectacular annual Festival of Lessons and Carols held at Sewanee’s gorgeous All Saints’ Chapel on December 2 at 5 and 8 p.m. and on December 3 at 5 p.m. The service is modeled after the one first sung at King’s College in Cambridge, England, in 1918.

Christmas on the mountain is all about community, and the parade through Monteagle represents small-town charm at its best. Admire homemade holiday floats of all sizes and themes.

Check out The Lemon Fair in Sewanee and Monteagle’s The Amish Hippie and Mooney’s Market & Emporium, with the Organic Crescent Juice Bar at Mooney’s located out back.

Tracy City’s Henry Flury & Sons Grocery is a general store/thrift shop/lunch stand. Don’t miss Jim Oliver’s Smoke House Restaurant in Monteagle. For upscale fare, head to the iconic High Point Restaurant.

The 43 guest rooms at The Sewanee Inn feature comfy beds and spalike baths, while exterior architectural flourishes mimic those of The University of the South. For larger groups, many of the 152 homes on the grounds of the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly are available for rent during the off-season. This woodland reserve was founded in 1882.