Day 1 - Travel to Washington area and overnight. Beginning late this afternoon, you enjoy a few holiday sights in the area starting with the Poinsettias Display at the U.S. Botanical Gardens. Your will also stop bu the Pageant of Peace in Ellipse Park across from the White House. Here there are nightly choral concerts, a Nativity, a burning Yule Log and the National Christmas Tree. A buffet dinner is served after the Pageant and then we head south to Manassas and drive through their 2 1/2 miles of holiday lights. There are jumping deer, Santa's Workshop, Frosty the Snowman, tin soliders, tinkering elves and much much more. Overnight Lodging.

Day 2 - A day of Presidential Holidays begins with a drive into the Virginia countryside and visit to Montpelier, James & Dolley Madison's home. Your morning will be spent here. The home has been restored to it's original 22 room size, exactly as it was when Madison served as 4th President. This is a real treasure, even the cellars have been restored. This afternoon, you will visit the Rotunda on the campus of the University of Virginia. It was patterned after the Roman Panthenon by Thomas Jefferson, who (in character) will meet you here. Once our visit at the University is complete, we will climb the mountain to Monticello. We will stop first at the Visitor Center where you will toss Jefferson Nickles into the fountain and visit the exhibits. Next, is a film entitled, " Thomas Jefferson's World" followed by several innovative exhibits such as Thomas Jefferson and the Boisterous Sea of Liberty, Monticello as Experiment: To Try All Things, Making Monticello: Jefferson's Essay in Architecture and more. It's truly a wonderful tour through the mind of a fascinating man. As the afternoon and evening unfolds you will be given access to many parts of the home note normally open to the public. You will also enjoy a Candlelit Dinner. Overnight Lodging will be in Charlottesville.

Day 3 - Depart for Home.