Have a Majestic Holiday in Loudoun

From the Nutcracker to our Christmas parade to experiencing a historic Christmas, the wonder of the holiday season in Loudoun County comes alive! So many events to choose from and so many memories to make that you will never want to spend another holiday away from Loudoun.

Let the Loudoun County holiday spirit come alive during a live musical performance or at the Nutcracker ballet, experience family fun on a choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm, and soak up local heritage with hunt club riders in vibrant riding pinks atop horses and guiding their hounds in the vanguard of Middleburgs Christmas Parade. Its a site not to be missed. Every year, Loudoun County is a wonderful place to experience the majesty of the holiday season!

Loudoun Thanksgiving Specials, Dine Out in Loudoun County or Bring Thanksgiving Home!

Thanksgiving Dinner at The Red Fox Inn
Thanksgiving at the historic Red Fox Inn includes a choice of four starters, including their famous Peanut Soup, Cream of Parsnip & Cauliflower Soup, Caesar salad, or Classic Spinach Salad. Choice of entrée including traditional Turkey Dinner, Pork Tenderloin Roulade, Salmon Oscar, Filet Mignon, or Red Fox Crab Cakes. Choice of Desert including Apple Cranberry Bread Pudding, Bourbon Pecan Pie, Pumpkin Cheesecake, or Chocolate Torte. Adults $59.95; children 6-12 $29.95; Children under 6 free. www.redfox.com/dining.html
Red Fox Inn, Middleburg

Lansdowne Resort Offers Several Thanksgiving Menus
From buffet breakfast in Riverside Hearth on Thanksgiving morning to a four-course dinner in On The Potomac, Lansdowne has Thanksgiving dining options for everyone.

• Buffet Breakfast in On The Potomac
6:30 to 11:00 a.m.
Adults $15.95 | Children (ages 6-12) $7.25

• Thanksgiving Dinner Buffet in Riverside Hearth
12:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Adults $65 | Children (ages 6-12) $15

• Thanksgiving Four-Course Dinner in On The Potomac
2:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Adults $75 | Children (ages 6-12) $15

Children 5 and under eat free. Tax and gratuity not included in listed prices. Reservations required, call 703.729.8400. www.LansdowneResort.com
Lansdowne Resort, Lansdowne

Thanksgiving at Patowmack Farm
Thursday, November 26
Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Chef Christopher is planning a special menu. He will be serving the traditional with an element of surprise. Prix fixe includes hors d’oeuvres and a sampling of Thanksgiving sweets to finish your meal. View the menu at http://www.patowmackfarm.com/Thanksgiving_Menu.html
Prix Fixe: $75.00 per person; A la carte available.
1-7pm
The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm, Lovettsville


Bring Thanksgiving Home!

Bonnie’s Country Kitchen, Lovettsville
Complete Turkey Dinners with all the trimmings (roasted or deep fried). 540-822-5285

Tuscarora Mill Restaurant, Leesburg
The family Thanksgiving dinner includes a roasted 12 pound turkey with rosemary and thyme including fresh baked ciabatta bread, Caesar salad, sausage sage stuffing, whipped potatoes, green beans with almonds, glazed carrots, turkey gravy, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. These dinners are carefully boxed and ready to heat and enjoy. Their website also includes recommended wines which can be ordered. To order: www.Tuskies.com

Magnolias at the Mill, Purcellville
The family Thanksgiving dinner includes a roasted 12 pound turkey with corn bread stuffing, romaine salad with Parmesan Peppercorn dressing, fresh baked foccacia bread, whipped potatoes, green beans casserole, sweet potato streusel, turkey gravy, orange cranberry sauce, and pumpkin or pecan pie. These dinners are carefully boxed and ready to heat and enjoy. Drive in and pick up Thanksgiving morning. Their website also includes recommended wines which can be ordered. To order: www.Magnoliasmill.com

Time To Hit The Road

It’s time to hit the road and experience the breathtaking beauty of autumn in Virginia! Start your road trip at Lansdowne’s Autumn Rendezvous, where the ballroom will be transformed into a culinary tour with endless tasty stops at bountiful buffet stations featuring regional foods and wines from Loudoun County.

In addition to treating your taste buds, enjoy dancing to a mix of 80s, 90s and today’s music from The Jack Diamond-Jim Steed Band. While there, be sure and take advantage of special packages for Autumn Rendezvous guests. So celebrate the season in style - eat, drink and be merry!

Event Time: 6:30pm

Admission Fee/Ticket Price: Hit the Road package: $199/couple includes one night’s accommodations in a luxury guest room, 2 drink tickets, themed buffet dinner for 2, music & dancing

7th Annual Pumpkin Chunkin' Weekend

Halloween has come, Halloween is now gone, so what to do with your jack-o-lanterns? Have no worries, bring your leftover jack-o-lanterns to our 7th Annual Pumpkin Chunkin' Weekend! Watch them fly, smash them yourself with the Silo Drop and Zip Wire Sploosh or add them to the upside down "fireworks display"...pumpkin dropping from a high lift over the parking lot.

So have some fun with those left over jack-o-lanterns while enjoying cow train rides, swings, slides and mazes before winter settles over the farm.

Event Time: 9am-5pm

Admission Fee/Ticket Price: $8/person, free/child under 2, includes a pumpkin to smash

Great Country Farms
18780 Foggy Bottom Rd
Bluemont, VA 20135
540-544-2073
http://www.greatcountryfarms.com

Loudoun County Shopping Spooktacular

Loudoun County offers a vast selection of shopping centers and boutiques that will allow any shopaholic to have a glorious day!

With individually-owned boutiques and premium outlets, you can find that unique clothing, piece of furniture or that special gift for someone. Old-fashioned country stores, modern shopping centers,name brands, luxury items, unique gifts and American heirloom antiques! Loudoun has it all.

On Saturday, October 31 Loudoun's shopping district gets eerie and will make your spine cringe. Trick-or-Treaters will be out at Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets during the Halloween Spooktacular. Participating stores will hand out treats to children in costumes as the event entertains with face painting and balloon twisting.

Come out and experience Loudoun county shopping and treat yourself to a spooktacular time as well.

Event Time: 3:00-5:30pm

Halloween is just around the corner, and if you’re up for a spine-tingling good time . . . there’s nothing spookier than a real-life ghost story! Hauntings – Leesburg’s annual scary tour de force at the Loudoun Museum – kicks off tonight. This nighttime tour will leave you shaking in your booties, as costumed interpreters regale you with hair-raising, historical tales about Leesburg’s haunted homes and businesses! Spoooky!

The tours take place on Friday, Oct. 23, 6-10 pm, and Saturday, Oct. 24, 6-10 pm. Cost is $15/person in advance, $20 at the door. For tickets or more information, call 703-777-7427 or email hauntings@loudounmuseum.org. Don’t miss this chance to be scared silly, and learn more about Leesburg history to boot!

Oatlands Mansion: Paranormal Activity

When you think of Halloween, you think of goblins, witches, monsters and GHOST! It's a spooky world out there and you can experience first hand how ghost play on Halloween.

The Oatlands Mansion will be conducting paranormal tours starting October 26 and running through October 30. Visitors can take advantage of an evening tour with a knowledgeable guide through the mansion. Learn about ghost legends and hear about some of the paranormal activities that were found with ongoing investigations. As you tour the mansion, you will also hear personal paranormal accounts from the guides and maybe have your own personal, chilling paranormal experience.

Oatlands will be holding tours twice a day from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Tours will be conducted by reservation only with a cost of $12.00 for adults and $5.00 for children under 12. To make a reservation and for more information, call (703)777-3174.

Happy Ghost Hunting!!!!