Lynnette Curry, left, sits with her mother, 99-year-old Mary Hammond of Andersonville, as Mrs. Hammond prepares to read Christmas stories at the Museum of Appalachia during last Friday night’s Candlelight Christmas event. - G. Chambers Williams III

The Clinch River Ramblers perform in the Lenoir Museum at Norris Dam State Park on Sunday night during the Christmas in the Park event. They are, from left, Brian Eversole, Julia Eversole, Eli Ferguson, Ethan Ferguson and Austin Stovall. - G. Chambers Williams III

Preston Rhyne, 8, left, and his sister Josephine, 10, and brother Austin, 5, of Andersonville make Christmas tree cutouts at a crafts table during last Friday night’s Candlelight Christmas event at the Museum of Appalachia in Norris. Staffing the crafts table was Melanie Fetterolf, right. - G. Chambers Williams III

Debra Anders of LaFollette, left, and Elena Mechan of Sharp’s Chapel look over some of the craft metal items at the booth of Archie Liggett in the Christmas Market at the Museum of Appalachia during last Friday night’s Candlelight Christmas event. - G. Chambers Williams III

Erica Warwick and Kelly Wright of Clinton check out the pies up for silent auction in the Crosby Threshing Barn during Sunday night’s Christmas in the Park event at Norris Dam Stte Park. - G. Chambers Williams III

Ryan Farewell and his daughter Ellie of Kodak check out the ceramics table of Ashley Pegram, left, in the Christmas Market area of the Museum of Appalachia in Norris during last Friday night’s Candlelight Christmas event. - G. Chambers Williams III

Taylor Hudson, 4, left, and Stella Richards, 4, visit with Santa in the gift shop in the Rice Grist Mill during Sunday night’s Christmas in the Park event at Norris Dam State Park. - G. Chambers Williams III

Donnie and Courtney Pyle look over the living nativity scene at First Baptist Church in Norris on Saturday evening with their children, Joseph, 6; Madison, 7; and Haylee, 4. Cody Taylor and Sarah Bumgardner were playing the roles of Joseph and Mary. - G. Chambers Williams III