Candlelight Christmas dinners at the Historic Ramsey House are set for December. Image courtesy of the Ramsey House.

KNOXVILLE — Travel back in time to 1797 and experience a traditional family Christmas dinner in the beautifully furnished and decorated home of Col. Francis Alexander Ramsey and his family — the Historic Ramsey House. A limited number of tickets are now on sale for a very exclusive Holiday Dinner with the Ramsey’s at the on December 7, 8, 9, 10,& 11, starting at 7pm each night. Only five seating’s of 10 guests each are available.

”What makes this event so special,” said Judy LaRose, Ramsey House Executive Director, is that guests will be served in the Ramsey House dining room on fine China, bringing the house museum to life with a wonderful holiday feast.”

The tour will start in the Visitor’s Center with a viewing of the award winning video that tells about the home, the Ramsey Family and early Knoxville. The walkway to the home will be lined with candlelight as you stroll to the house for your docent guided tour of the historic home, dressed in its finest holiday best of natural greens, fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts and every room awash with candlelight.

The dinners will include a menu similar to what the Ramsey family would have enjoyed and will be catered by Bradford Catering. The Holiday Dinners with the Ramsey’s reservations will be $125 per person or $1,250 for a complete table of 10 people. This is only the second offering of a holiday dinner in the Ramsey’s Dining Room for you, your friends, business associates or with people that you will come to know as you share this special time. Reservations must be made in advance and with limited seats available, tickets will sell out quickly. Please call (865) 546-0745 to reserve your place on a first come first serve basis. Payment will be required to reserve a seating.

The proceeds from this very special event go directly to Historic Ramsey House to enable us to continue its mission to preserve, educate and interpret the home of Francis Alexander Ramsey and the Ramsey Family.

The Historic Ramsey House is located at 2614 Thorn Grove Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914.