Christmas in Savannah

Snagged a chance to spend two hours in Savannah, Georgia, on Sunday.
Pure bliss.

If you have never been to Savannah- you are truly missing out on a unique city. It is a beautiful city, yet it is also a quaint-artsy-southern-working-sleepy town- ALL at the same time. Interstate 16 just spits you out in the heart of downtown Savannah as the interstate ends. One minute you are traveling 60 mph and the next you are stopped at a traffic light, staring at a beautiful historic square full of live oaks draped in moss and covered in resurrection ferns. The squares are surrounded by many buildings as old as Georgia, itself (and Georgia was a colony, after all). And there are lots of squares, thanks to James Oglethorpe and Colonel William Bull. And lots of history, thanks to our forefathers. And lots of misquitoes, if you visit in the summer.

Back to my Sunday......

One of my favorite stores is The Paris Market & Brocante on Broughton Street. Here is their cute website.

And here are some photos I took. -They are already dolled up for Christmas..........

Another favorite shop on Broughton Street is @Home (blogged about it on Monday -here).

Here is our favorite hotel in Savannah............

The Marshall House Inn

(did not get to spend the night in Savannah, this trip).

The Marshall House is on Broughton, also - a couple of blocks down from the shops I mentioned, above. It is Savannah's oldest hotel (c. 1851), so if you don't like "historic" - there are plenty of Hiltons and Marriotts nearby.

More "typical" Savannah views (the sun was at a low angle, so the photos are few).

And, here is a picture from an 1864 Harper's Weekly article of General Tecumseh Sherman's headquarters while in Savannah. ...............

And here is that same house, now............

And what does this have to do with Christmas?

Well...

it was in this house that Sherman penned a telegram sent to President Lincoln that read....

"I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the City of Savannah, ............."

His march through Georgia was finally over.

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