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Decorations Shine at Williams House during Cookie Tour

Monday, November 19th, 2012

The Williams House always decorates for the holidays in style and has been known locally as the “Christmas House” since before Byron and Deborah were the owners.  Each year we repeat some of our favorite decorations while Deborah always creates a few surprises and changes to enhance the guest experience.  This year we have a major candy theme going and if Deborah can just keep the dishes filled (as Byron grazes by) guests will enjoy it.  It all fit together well for last weekend’s cookie/house tour of all the B&B’s, and if our comments were accurate from visitors we were voted most beautifully decorated.  It’s a pleasure to feel all the hard work and decorating is appreciated and we enjoy hearing comments when visitors enter the main hall for our winter wonderland!  I’ve attached some pictures below for those who weren’t able to attend are won’t be joining us before the decorations come down in Jaanuary.

Main hall and staircase

Williams House front porch

Williams House dining room

Williams House parlor

Deborahguides visitors thru Williams House

Cookie tour visitors pose on the porch

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Amelia Island Annual Holiday Cookie Tour of Inns

Friday, November 16th, 2012

We have been in a riotous cloud of flour and sugar, nuts and sweets baking cookies for the big event here at the Williams House and burning the midnight oil getting all of the Christmas decorations up and lit in anticipation of “Oooh’s and Ahhh’s” with the chance to show our beloved Inn to you all dressed up and ready for the party!

We are merely HOURS away from the start of the Amelia Island B&B Associations annual COOKIE TOUR!  So dig out your Christmas sweater and join us Saturday, November 17, 2012 from 12 noon until 5:00 pm.  Spend the afternoon strolling through eight of Amelia Island’s  charming bed and breakfast establishments and sampling an array of cookies!  See you Saturday!

 


Date: Saturday November 17, 2012
Time: 12 pm-5pm
Place: Begin the tour at any of the eight bed and breakfast inns on the tour.
Maps are printed on your ticket and will be available at the door.
Tickets: $25 each for all ages and can be purchased at any of the Amelia Island Bed and Breakfast Inns, The Purple Dove Resale Center in Yulee, the Amelia Island Visitors Center, Nassau County Public Library (downtown Fernandina) and the Chamber of Commerce gateway office.

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Free Cookies on Holiday Inn Tour

Thursday, October 4th, 2012

Williams House Parlor

The Amelia island Inns annual Cookie Tour will be held on November 17 from 12pm-5pm in Fernandina Beach.  Eight historic Inns will be decorated for the Holidays and open for touring with each Inn providing a special cookie and refreshments along with the recipe.  Tickets are available on ameliaislandinns.com and are $20 until November 1 when they increase to $25.  We also have VIP lodging tickets that include two tour tickets, a  mid- week  stay at the Inn you select, and an association cook book.  Trolley and horse drawn carriages will carry visitors between inns as they stroll around the historic district and take in all the sights of this historic village.The Williams House is nearly fully booked for this event and guests participate and in some cases show off their rooms to other tour participants.  Come and join us for this once a year opportunity to see historic Fernandina beach and the lovely Inns that relive the town’s history.

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Christmas Comes Early on Amelia Island with Bed and Breakfast Cookie Tour

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Deborah by Williams House decorations

 
Saturday was a big day on Amelia Island as all eight B&B’s decorated for Christmas, baked their favorite cookies and opened their doors to over 500 visitors for the Amelia Island Bed and Breakfast Cookie Tour.  The tour is held the Saturday before Thanksgiving each year, and this time visitors enjoyed a warm and mostly sunny day.  Trolleys, taxi’s and horsedrawn carriages carried visitors between Inns and fresh cookies and refreshments were ready at each stop.  At Williams House we began decorating Nov. 1 and finished a day or two before the tour.   We had six rooms plus the common area open for touring and everything was decorated to the max.  Our cookie was a peanut butter, oatmeal variety with both regular and dark chocolate M&M’s.  Thanks to our slight over-cooking, I am still enjoying a few.  Carriage horses Boomer and Jazz moved between Hoyt, Williams House and Fairbanks and the trolley moved visitors from Hoyt to Elizabeth Pointe.  Taxi’s took them the final leg to Amelia Ocean Front.  We had an excellent turn-out that was 70% higher than last year.  Apparently lot’s of folks wanted to get into the Christmas spirit or they are really serious cookie fans!  A portion of the revenue will be given to Barnabus Center, our charity for 2011, and the added crowd versus last year will help us give them a larger donation. We want to thank Barabus for their volunteers who helped each B&B with stageing their rooms and guiding visitors.   Our thanks from the Williams House and all the other B&B’s for public support of this tour and our charity and we look forward to even bigger results next year!  We hope you enjoy some pictures from the event and the Williams House.

Jaime,Deborah,Byron&Jami on WH porch before tour began

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Williams House front porch

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Williams House dining room

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Williams House stairwell

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Williams House grand hall

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Williams House parlor

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Williams House hall tree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Top porch tree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dining room table

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Flamingo Christmas tree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Candy pole sign

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Williams House decorations

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Decorations with a candy theme

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Deborah tells visitors our history

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Visitors prepare to tour Williams House

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Visitors size up Boomer

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jazz also treats guests to ride

 
 

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Cookies and Christmas in November on Amelia Island

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

Amelia Island B&B cookie tour

The annual Amelia Island Bed and Breakfast Association Cookie Tour is coming soon on November 19 from 12 to 5 pm.  It’s an opportunity to see eight Amelia Island Inns decorated for Christmas (yes we know this is early and before Thanksgiving) and it will put you in the mood and give you ideas for Christmas decorating.  In addition you get cookies…lots of cookies at each Inn including the recipe for how to make them in case one turns out to be your favorite.  All the Inns are busy putting their Christmas decorations in place and the halls will be decked with Holly for all visitors to see and enjoy. 
We still have rooms at the Williams House and a special package with discounted room rates for two nights that includes two tickets for the tour.  Come join the fun, see decorated Inns and be inspired for the Christmas season before anyone else in your family or neighborhood.  Attached are some scenes from last year’s decoratiuons at the Williams House.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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