On December 17, at 7 p.m. join The Colleton Museum & Farmers Market in the Market Hall for a special holiday program.
Published in The Colleton Democrat the Christmas of 1880, “The Christmas Carol” was a tongue-in-cheek poem describing the businesses and businessmen of downtown Walterboro during the holiday season.
From the ancient bazaar to Klein’s Drug Store, the poem is a delightful romp through the business district of the late 19th century.
Experience the poem for the first time since its publication 140 years ago with Walterboro historian Elizabeth Laney, as well as learn what else local papers of the 1870s and 1880s wrote about the holiday season in this town.
