December has been a very active month at Carolina Colours, in New Bern, NC.   The 6th Annual Property Owners Association meeting was held at the Pavilion (community clubhouse) in early December, ending with a cookie exchange.  Next was the annual Christmas dinner and party, attended by about 100 residents.  Finally, was the Carolina Colours Home Tour, where about 50 residents were kindly invited to tour 6 community homes, to marvel at the Christmas decorations.  This tour was preceded by appetizers at the Pavilion, and ended up with desserts back at the clubhouse.

All of this has been in addition to the numerous New Bern area Christmas events, ranging from historic home tours, dinner theater, antique shows and the always popular Tryon Palace Christmas specials.  One retiree was heard to remark he never was so busy while working!

Hot off the Press!  Carolina Colours, New Bern, NC, community newsletter…  Enjoy Colourful Happenings, the monthly Carolina Colours community newsletter. The newsletter reports gatherings and happenings in the New Bern NC community during the month.  Learn about how Carolina Colours neighbors live, work and play. Colourful Happenings newsletter content includes info on people, social, golfing, dining, recreational, charitable, historical, cultural events, holiday get-togethers and simply everyday life.

New Bern Antique Car Show

We truly enjoyed the antique car show in New Bern, NC on Sunday afternoon.

Over 500 antique cars were displayed.  The cars came from all over the country.

New Bern, Coastal North Carolina, and the Carolina Colours community offer so many recreational, educational, cultural and historical opportunities, it’s hard to decide how to spend our Sunday afternoons.

Submitted by Larry Beck

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Experience a Dickens of a Holiday in New Bern, NC

Always an exciting time in downtown New Bern, this year is better than ever with Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” story featured in New Bern’s downtown store front windows. Set against the historic backdrop of a true southern coastal town, twenty 6’ story boards walk you through the timeless tale. Enjoy the downtown business district’s evening illumination, horse-drawn carriages and trolley car tours. The Ghost of Christmas Present promises holiday cheer for all.

Float Your Holiday Spirit Lightly Down the Streams

The magical Coastal Christmas Flotilla features colorfully lit boats parading past Union Point Park on the Neuse and Trent rivers. The flotilla includes scores of floating vessels of all shapes, sizes and holiday decorating schemes.

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Enjoy the North Carolina Symphony’s Holiday concert. Fun times for all while the orchestra performs everyone’s favorite holiday selections and seasonal sing-alongs. Celebrate your musical spirit with the NC Symphony.

Let There Be Candlelight

Take a step back in history for a memorable 1770 evening in colonial New Bern’s candlelit Tryon Palace. The honor of your presence is requested for the Grand Ball celebrating King George III’s birthday. Grandly decorated, the Palace is fully illuminated and graced with historically distinguished characters, wandering musicians and spirited dancers. Spectacular fireworks light up the evening sky over the Palace lawn culminating in a splendid evening.

Exceptional Hospitality in an Extraordinary Historic Coastal Town

An array of Bed & Breakfast establishments, the Inns of New Bern, adorn themselves for the holiday season. Choose from the many in the downtown New Bern’s business district. Each inn delivers true southern hospitality and uniquely exhibits each owner’s tender love and care for their historic home.

New Bern & Carolina Colours Patiently Await Your Discovery

An historic coastal town, mild changes in the four-season climate, modern healthcare and transportation, relatively low costs of living, a recreationally diverse community, assorted housing opportunities and true southern hospitality place New Bern and the Carolina Colours community in an enviable position for raising families, seasonal escapes and active retirement living.

Home sites: $60’s into the $200’s. Homes: $200s into the $700s.

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Dickens of a Christmas

Carolina Colours’ home town of New Bern, NC is bustling with festivities  in December!   Get in the spirit with a month long holiday celebration in this historic coastal town which offers something for people of all ages.

November 27 – December 24 – A Dickens of a Christmas in Downtown New Bern – A month long holiday festival with Trolley Tours, Santa in Bear Plaza, Read a Christmas Carol in store front windows, the Gifts of the Magi performance at the New Bern Civic Theatre, Scavenger Hunts, Christmas Parade, Christmas Flotilla, Bed & Breakfast Open House and Tour, and more.

December 4 – 5th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting – 6:00 pm – Hilton New Bern/Riverfront Hotel.

December 5 – Breakfast With Santa – New Bern Riverfront Convention Center

December 5 – 25th Annual Coastal Christmas Flotilla – 5:30 pm-7:30 pm – Union Point Park, Downtown New Bern

December 5 – New Bern Christmas Parade – 3:00 pm – Begins at the intersection of Pollock and First Streets

December 6 – Bed & Breakfasts Holiday Open House – 2-5 pm – The Annual Open House for all of the B&B’s in Historic Downtown is a FREE event

December 11 – The Salvation Army Christmas Food Drive – 4-8 pm – Joe Alcoke’s Auto Center

December 12 & 19 – Tryon Palace Christmas Candlelight Tours – 5-9 pm – Costumed guides will escort visitors through the first floor and cellar of the Palace and Kitchen Office which will be outfitted for the holidays and lit with candle globes and fire baskets to create an ambiance of times past.  There will be plenty of activites outside to enjoy such as the Drum and Fife Corps  who will parade from George Street to the Palace.

December 17 – Victorian Holiday Tea – 2-4 pm – The Courtyards at Berne Village

December 31 – First Night New Bern 2009 -  3 pm to Midnight – All of Downtown New Bern – 25-30 locations scattered all over Downtown will host arts based venues including music, live theatre (plays, skits and storytelling) and arts and crafts stations.

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