McLean Annual Holiday Homes Tour Set for Thursday, Dec. 5th

The McLean Woman's Club annual Holiday Homes Tour will highlight two historic houses at the 6-1/4-acre Ballantrae Farm estate, plus two large, elegant homes on Benjamin Street in Langley Forest, McLean. Tickets for the tour, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., are $30 before that date and $35 after and can be purchased on the club's website, www.mcleanwomansclub.org; at Mesmeralda's Gifts, of McLean; Karin's Florist, of Vienna, and Great Dogs of Great Falls; and at Trinity United Methodist Church, McLean, as well as at the tour houses.

Trinity Church will host a "Mini-Marketplace" at the same time as the tour and will not only sell tickets but will offer lunch, gifts, and bakery items, as well as free vans to the Ballantrae houses. Ample parking is available at the church and on the streets at all four tour houses.

This year's Homes Tour will be the 53rd organized by the Woman's Club of McLean. All proceeds will go to local charities and nonprofits, such as SHARE Inc., Second Story, veterans' transitional housing, the Falls Church-McLean children's Center, the McLean Volunteer Fire Department, intermediate-school music and safety awards, and other educational programs.

For more information, see the Woman's Club website or call 703-556-0197.