December 2009
Air Dates: 3 & 6 l 10 & 13 l 17 & 20 l 24 & 27 l 31 & 1/3
Past Episodes
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Episode #2325
Air Dates: December 17th & 20th, 2009
Looking Glass Restaurant 
Ken Wilshire journeys through the Looking Glass to find some gourmet dining in Clarksville.
Contact: Linda Eddington
Phone: (931)552-6344
Location: 329 Warfieled Blvd. Clarksville, TN 37043
Website: www.lookingglassrestaurant.com
Info: Open Mon-Thurs 7am-9pm, Fri & Sat 7am-10pm
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Belle Meade Masquerade Ball
Susan Watson visits the Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville to experience Christmas in the 1890s.
Contact: Belle Meade Mansion
Phone: (615)356-0501 / (800)270-3991
Location: 5025 Harding Road, Nashville, TN 37205
Website: www.bellemeadeplantation.com
E-mail: info@bellemeadeplantation.com
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Nutcracker Collection
Rob Wilds meets a couple in Nashville who are nuts about Nutcrackers.
Contact: Marilyn Kooch
Location: Nashville, TN
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Santa Special
Take a trip back into the Crossroads vault with Joe Elmore as we revisit the 50th Anniversary of one very special Santa train.
Contact: Kingsport Chamber of Commerce
Phone: (423)392-8800
Location: The train runs from Shelby, Ky. to downtown Kingsport, TN
Website: www.kingsportchamber.org/article.php?id=48
E-mail: info@kingsportchamber.org
Info: The Santa Train has already run this year. But if you would like to help with future runs, the train accepts physical and monetary donations. Financial gifts are used for the Santa Train Scholarship, given to select students who live along the train's route. Santa only takes new clothes or toys on the train. Gifts and monetary donations, may be sent to: Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce, Attn: Santa Train, 151 East Main Street, Kingsport, TN 37660.
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Episode #2326
Air Dates: December 24th & 27th. 2009
Christmasville
Ken Wilshire travels to a community near McKenzie to learn the story of Christmasville, one of the earliest towns in West Tennessee.
Contact: Gordon Browning Museum
Phone: (731)264-4629
Location: 640 North Main, McKenzie, TN 38201
Website: tn-roots.com/GordonBrowning/
E-mail: gbmuseum@bellsouth.net
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North Pole Limited
Rob Wilds travels to Chattanooga to ride the North Pole Limited to visit with the big guy himself.
Contact: Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
Phone: (423)894-8028
Location: Trips depart from Grand Junction Station at 4119 Cromwell Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421
Website: www.tvrail.com
Info: The 2009 North Pole Limited trains are sold out. Tickets for the 2010 North Pole Limited will go on sale no late than February.
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Dept. 56 Collection
Tammi Arender stops by a Nashville couple's collection that's so big they needed a new house to hold all their little houses.
Contact: John and Rebekah Baylor
Location: Nashville, TN
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Balls of Fire
Rob Wilds is invited to attend an annual family Christmas gathering in Loretto where the festivities light up the sky.
Contact: The Bosheers Family
Location: Loretto, TN
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Episode #2327
Air Dates: December 31st, 2009 & January 3rd, 2010
Historic Dunlap Coke Ovens Museum
Rob Wilds visits the town of Dunlap to find out how the people there are preserving their past.
Contact: Carson Camp
Phone: (423)949-2156
Location: Dunlap, TN
Directions: The Historic Coke Ovens Park is located ¾ mile west of downtown Dunlap. If headed south on U.S. 127 through Dunlap, turn right on Cherry Street at the one and only downtown traffic light. Cross over railroad tracks and follow the signs to the Coke Ovens.
From Chattanooga, TN take US 27 to Dunlap exit via state highway 111 west.
Website: www.cokeovens.com
Info: Call for museum hours and to schedule a tour
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Bread Maker
Tress Bush meets up with a Hickman County man who quit his day job to bake bread full time.
Contact: David Tannen, Twin Forks Farm
Phone: (931)729-9745
Location: 8824 Dog Creek Road, Primm Springs, TN 38476
Website: www.twinforksfarm.com
E-mail: david.tannen@gmail.com
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Cheeseburger Collector
Susan Watson meets a talented Nashvillian who shares not only a birthday with Elvis, but a love of cheeseburgers as well.
Contact: Renee Grant-Williams
Phone: (615) 259-4900
Location: Nashville, TN
Website: www.myvoicecoach.com
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Mama Turney's Pies
Tammi Arender meets a couple in Whites Creek who have turned their baking talents into a multi-million dollar pie company.
Contact: Barbara & Mike Turney
Phone: (615)299-9887
Location: 5470 Buena Vista, White's Creek, TN 37189
Website: www.mamaturneyspies.com
E-mail: mama@mamaturneyspies.com
Info: Mama Turney's Pies can be found at grocery stores throughout the state of TN as well as locations in Ohio, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan.
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