It must have been a cold wintery Christmas morning in downtown Prescott back in 1863 when the residents first gathered beside Granite Creek to observe the holiday. Since 1867, the courthouse became the center of attention with simple decorations. In modern times, those “good old days” back in the 1950s began a brighter focus when the Chamber of Ccommerce got into the act to add lighted decorations to the courthouse and the Christmas parade started in 1982. Then, Governor Rose Mofford declared … [Read more...] about Acts of Love: Lighting a Candle, Painting a Mural