Metro Atlanta
Metro Atlanta

The Wren’s Nest hosts Home for the Holidays series

Dec. 3 and 17 are the dates for the Home for the Holidays series from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Wren's Nest, 1050 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., Atlanta. (Courtesy of The Wren's Nest)

Credit: The Wren's Nest

Credit: The Wren's Nest

Dec. 3 and 17 are the dates for the Home for the Holidays series from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Wren's Nest, 1050 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., Atlanta. (Courtesy of The Wren's Nest)
By Carolyn Cunningham – For the AJC
Nov 30, 2022

The Home for the Holidays series will continue at The Wren’s Nest, 1050 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., Atlanta from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 3 and 17.

Tours will begin on the hour and half-hour.

Attractions include:

  • taking a guided tour of the home while it is decked in Victorian-era holiday finery that is designed and installed by Old World Christmas Master Decorator Sarah Dyne.
  • hearing holiday stories told by a professional storyteller.
  • enjoying hot cocoa and cookies.

In Atlanta’s West End, The Wren’s Nest is the historic home of author and journalist Joel Chandler Harris, who is best known for recording and publishing the Brer Rabbit folktales as told by the fictional character Uncle Remus.

Reservations may be made at bit.ly/3tCiwCQ.

Ticket prices are $14 to $18 plus fees and sales tax.

All ticket sales from this fundraiser will support this 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization “that preserves storytelling traditions, cultivates the next generation of readers and writers and celebrates self-expression,” according to the website.

About the Author

Carolyn Cunningham
More Stories

Keep Reading

Sure it's only mid-July, but Escape the Netherworld is hosting five themed escape rooms, including one called Haunted that challenges players to defeat the Night Hag. (Courtesy of Escape the Netherworld)

Credit: Courtesy of Escape the Netherworld

Move over, Christmas in July — Summerween is staging a ghoulish takeover

Event presenters and retailers say summertime is the right time to put jack-o’-lantern smiles on faces of Halloween lovers.

Enjoy the spooky vibes of two Southern gothic debuts

Georgia author Jen Julian and Texan Tennessee Hill evoke thrills and chills with new novels for spooky summer reading.

Texas floodwaters damaged crops and endangered livestock. Now farmers and ranchers are cleaning up

The Latest

Family and friends participated in a processional led by a horse-drawn carriage carrying the remains of Cornelius Taylor from Ebenezer to Atlanta City Hall on Monday, February 3, 2025. Taylor, a homeless man, died during an incident involving city workers clearing a homeless encampment on January 16. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

Family of man crushed at homeless encampment sues city of Atlanta

Woman, 60, accused of fatally stabbing woman near Bankhead liquor store

Deaths of 2 teens highlight Georgia’s lightning risk

Featured

“Our members cannot be bought off,” General President Sean O’Brien said in a social media statement, calling UPS' offers “illegal and haphazard.” (Hyosub Shin/AJC 2023)

Credit: Hyosub Shin/AJC

UPS offers unprecedented buyouts for drivers

The Teamsters union, which represents about 340,000 UPS employees, is urging its full-time members to reject the offers.

Longtime south Atlanta flea market set for massive mixed-use makeover

The developer is planning one of the largest projects in Atlanta’s Southside, a more than $500 million project near Greenbriar Mall.

MARTA chief Collie Greenwood retiring early

MARTA CEO and General Manager Collie Greenwood is leaving “because of immigration and personal matters” and has elected early retirement.