Tree lighting, Wassail Fest offer back-to-back festivities
Downtown Columbus will fill with Christmas spirit Dec. 5 and 6.
Christmas countdown continues with Wassail Fest Friday
Downtown Columbus will all but jingle with holiday spirit when the 15th annual Wassail Fest gets underway at 5 p.m. Friday.
Countdown is on to Wassail Fest festivities
The week ahead ushers in the Christmas season in earnest.
Our View: Shall we go a wassailing?
While Christmas itself is a fixed date on the calendar, there is no real consensus no when the “Christmas Season” begins.
Tree lighting, Wassail Fest, parade headline Downtown Columbus season
An official tree lighting Monday, Nov. 28 will begin the countdown to Christmas in downtown Columbus.
Sweet couture: The W’s culinary students design a showpiece for Friday’s wassailing
Wassail will flow freely in Columbus Friday, and a few fanciful characters will come to life to ring in the season.
Photos: Wassail Fest 2014
Kaitlin Jones, 12, left, and her friend, Elizabeth Ludwig, 12, right, thank Rose Evans, owner of Rose’s Corner Boutique, for the wassail during Wassail Fest in downtown Columbus on Friday.
Here we come a’ wassailing
“To me, Wassail Fest is one of the best things Columbus has,” said Kim Bennett, in the middle of decorating The Southern for one of the city’s premier holiday events.
Wassail Fest set for Friday
Friday will be a red letter day for wassail connoisseurs in Columbus.
Wassail Fest, parade set for weekend
Come rain or shine, the shows will go on this weekend.
Main Street Columbus director Barbara Bigelow said this morning that plans for the rescheduled Downtown Wassail Fest and the Columbus Christmas Parade will go on despite the weather.
Winter blast approaches: Downtown Wassail Fest rescheduled, W event will go on as planned tonight
The weather outside is frightful…
The AccuWeather.com forecast for the Golden Triangle this afternoon is mostly cloudy and much colder with occasional rain and a thunderstorm. In the evening, there will be occasional drizzle and breezy winds with an overnight low of 30 degrees.
A gingerbread campus: MUW’s front campus has never looked so … delicious
Advanced baking students at Mississippi University for Women’s Culinary Arts Institute have recently added some new skills to their resumes — like architecture, engineering and construction. That is, if working in gingerbread counts.
Wassail Fest is Friday
Wassail, a cider made of juices and spices, has been served for centuries.
Robin Hood, it is said, enjoyed the occasional swallow.
Friday, downtown Columbus merchants will try their hands at preparing their version of the ancient beverage during the 10th annual Wassail Fest.
Our view: Tonight it’s time to get your Wassail on!
This evening, downtown Columbus will be the site of the ninth annual Wassail Fest.
While there many events on the calendar, Wassail Fest stands apart as something of a marvel.
Time to go a-wassailing!
Two or three at a time, in numbers that might reach 5,000, festival-goers will gather around the Christmas punch bowl Friday for the ninth annual Wassail Fest, presented by Main Street Columbus.
A mixture of both downtown holiday shopping and a beverage contest, the festival — which will be held from 5-9 p.m. — has become a favorite event for downtown Columbus.