I hope you had a chance to attend the annual Cracker Christmas at Fort Christmas Historical Park a couple weeks ago.  It’s a fun activity with a lot to see and a lot of vendors selling unique items.  If you couldn’t make it this year, keep it in mind for 2020.  And don’t forget that you can visit Fort Christmas throughout the year.

Christmas Post Office

This park in east Orange County includes a reproduction of the 1837 Fort built near this spot.  It also has 7 restored historical homes that preserve the ‘Cracker’ architecture of the area. The park gives us a glimpse into Florida pioneer life. It’s a little like traveling back in time and photo ops abound.

NO Chickens Allowed

Volunteers often dress up in period costumes and demonstrate what life was like back then.

Getting ready

During the festival, there are even more folks showing us aspects of other times.

Civil War Re-enactors

Here’s a photo hint that helped me when I was there:  Scan your frame to check the composition for distracting or out of place items that might spoil your image.  In this photo of the two soldiers, I noticed Airstream trailers behind their tent so I shifted my viewpoint so they weren’t visible in the final image.

In the kitchen

And in this photo  of the kitchen, there was initially a modern Yeti cup on the stove.  I was glad I was able to re-make my photo when it was removed.  Much easier than removing it in Photoshop!

Many of the homes are decorated for the season and you can photograph things in December that don’t exist the rest of the year.  A fabulous time to go!

Merry Christmas to all!

Anyway, a fun short photowalk.  You can read more of my Fort Christmas posts here.  And you can see more photos from there in this album on Flickr.

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. Merry Christmas to everyone and enjoy spending time with family and friends.  And don’t forget to make some photos with them!

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