Christmas On Cockrell’s Creek two-day tour to feature five homes

The Reedville Fishermen’s Museum (RFM) will celebrate the 25th year of Christmas on Cockrell’s Creek from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, December 14, and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, December 15.

This stellar event has drawn thousands of visitors to Reedville for its annual two-day Christmas House Tour, reported Priscilla Fink. Although many new attractions have been added over time, the tried-and-true features remain: the running of the trains through to-scale villages of the Northern Neck, the festive introduction to a special season, the beauty of the homes that are decorated by the Chesapeake Bay Garden Club, and of course, the boats.

A mere generation or two ago, people of Reedville were accustomed to going most places by water; even today…