The Derosia Team

Happy November! TEMPERATURES are cooling, LEAVES are falling, BEARS are scavenging for food, TURKEYS are calling, and CHRISTMAS LIGHTS are being turned on! That can only mean one thing in the Sevier County....it's NOVEMBER ! There is lots to see and do throughout the year which each month being just as magical as the one before. The events in November are sure to not disappoint. Check out this month's post to find several can't miss activities and a recipe for one of my favorite things... PUMPKIN PIE !   Sevierville Winterfest Kickoff - November 7, 2016 3:00-7:30 pm The 2016 Sevierville Winterfest kickoff event, dubbed “Music, Lights and Magic,”  takes place in the heart of the city at the municipal complex downtown. Free food, local entertainment, kids' games and fireworks make this event fun for everyone! The evening wraps up by turning on the area's first Winterfest lights. Sevierville Convention & Visitors Bureau, 110 Gary...

                                               In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.Thanksgiving Day did not become an official holiday until 1941. The Derosia Team would like to wish you and your families the happiest of Thanksgivings. May you be surrounded by friends and family. May love, joy, laughter, and happiness surround you in abundance through the holidays.  Interesting fact: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed 2,020 pounds and measured just over 12 feet long. It was baked on October 8, 2005 by the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers in Ohio, and included 900 pounds of pumpkin, 62 gallons of evaporated milk, 155 dozen eggs, 300 pounds of sugar, 3.5 pounds o...