34 maconmagazine.com | December 2025/January 2026
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JULIA MORRISON
Santa always makes his way to Beverly Place, which
celebrated 75 years of Christmas magic in 2024.
You just can't
replicate it.
T
ucked right off of bustling
Vineville Avenue in midtown
Macon, there's a street that
feels lifted from a storybook.
Beverly Place is a quiet, small cul-de-
sac lined with cozy English Tudor-
style homes, with steep gables and
brick exteriors forming a picture of
timeless charm. One home has a
castle-like turret, another a dramatic
archway front porch, several covered
in ivy. Many who live there like to call
it "Macon's friendliest street."
Each December, the neighbors live up
to that moniker, as the storybook picture
glows a little brighter for a remarkable
gathering. In fact, the November/
December 1991 edition of this magazine
said, "The distinction of hosting
Macon's oldest continuous block party
goes to the past and current residents
of Beverly Place." Readers, feel free to
challenge us if you know of a piece of
Christmas cheer that's lasted longer!
In 2024 on December 7, the Beverly
Place Christmas Party marked its 75th
year. Beneath cozy tents strung with
twinkling lights and decorated with
bright red poinsettias, a big communal
tree at the dead end and jazz music
wafting, families old and new carried
on a ritual that began generations ago.
What started with a resident named
Josephine Crandall in 1950 has turned
into bright star marking a distinct
community – and one that neighbors are
not ready to let go.
A tradition that refuses to fade
"You think it's not going to happen, and
then somebody steps up and keeps it
going," says Holly Simpson, who has
called Beverly Place home for 35 years.
