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Cannons will boom as candles illuminate windows and fireworks dazzle the night sky during the Grand Illumination of the Historic Area in Colonial Williamsburg at 6 p.m. on Dec. 8 as revelers officially commence the holiday season with a military tattoo and merrymaking. Colonial Williamsburg adorns itself in seasonal finery typical of the 18th century for a month of holiday programs, including dancing, music of the Fife and Drum Corps, antique toy displays and feasting. Carolers stroll past doorways decorated with pine and boxwood wreaths dotted with oranges, okra pods, pomegranates, pinecones and holly. Ivy was often omitted from the evergreens used to decorate churches because of the plant's association with Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.