HAVE TO VOTE TO RAISE THE
DEBT CEILING ON THEIR OWN.
>>> COVID HAS CHANGED SO
MANY THINGS AND TAKEN AWAY
SOME OF OUR FAVORITE HOLIDAY
TRADITIONS.
BUT THE HISTORIC BOSTON
EDSON HOME TOUR MAY ACTUALLY
BECOME MORE POPULAR BECAUSE
OF HOW THEY ARE BRINGING IT
BACK.
LET’S GO LIVE TO PAULA
TUTMAN.
PEOPLE REALLY DO LOVE GOING
AROUND THE HISTORIC HOMES
AND LOOKING THROUGH THE
ROOMS AND CLOSETS IT’S JUST
KIND OF DREAMY? >> Reporter: YEAH, I KNOW,
>> Reporter: YEAH, I KNOW, THAT’S SO INTERESTING.
THAT’S SO INTERESTING.
IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO -- THE
BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE IS
RIGHT THERE.
WHATEVER REFRESHMENTS YOU
WANT.
>> Reporter: FOR 45 YEARS
BOSTON EDSON HOLIDAY HOME
TOUR LOOKED A LOT LIKE THIS
EVERY FIND A HOME, GO INSIDE
BUT BECAUSE OF THE MADGE OF
TECHNOLOGY THIS YEAR FOR A
SECOND YEAR YOU HAVE
ENRICHED CLEAN OPTICS OF THE
FINE ARC TERKAL DETAILS --
ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS.
>> SOME OF OUR FAMOUS
RESIDENTS INCLUDES BOXER JOE
LOUIS, FORD MOTOR COMPANY
FOUNDER HENRY FORD AND
MOTOWN RECORD FOUNDER BERRY
GORDY.
>> Reporter: THIS YEAR WILL
ARE FIVE HOMES ON THE
VIRTUAL BOSTON EDSON HOME
TOUR AND YOU GET TO.
>> WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE
THEY REALLY LIKE THIS.
>> SO YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF
DETAILS.
THERE’S A LOT OF PLASTER
WORK DONE A LOT OF WOODWORK
DONE AND REALLY ORNATE
DETAILS WHETHER IT’S THE
SCONCES ON THE WALLS AND THE
TRIM WE REALLY WORK TO
HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF THOSE
DETAILS.
>> THE RECORDED TOUR IS LIKE
STEPPING INTO HISTORY ON A
CABLE CHANNEL.
IT HAS THAT WONDERFUL SENSE
OF VOYEURISM AND A PEEK INTO
HOW PEOPLE LIVED IN BYGONE
ERAS.
THEN YOU GET TO MEET THE
FOLKS WHO ARE THE KEEPERS
AND STEWARDS OF THE HISTORY
WHO PROUDLY WALK YOU THROUGH
WHAT MAKES THEIR HOME
SPECIAL.
LIKE SHARA AND HER HUSBAND
CONRAD WHOSE HOME BELONGED
TO A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN.
>> HE RAISED HIS FAMILY HERE
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS SO IT’S
REALLY SPECIAL TO BE ABLE TO
LIVE IN APART OF HISTORY.
>> FOR US IT KIND OF FEELS
LIKE IT’S THE CAREY’S HOME
AND THEY’RE JUST LETTING US
KIND OF VISIT.
>> Reporter: YOU GET TO KNOW
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND
WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT LIVING
IN A VIRTUAL HISTORY LESSON
ON STYLE, CULTURE, AND EVEN
DECOR.
>> COMING IN THE FRONT DOOR
AS YOU GO DOWN THE HALLWAY
THAT LEADS TO THE KITCHEN
AND TO THE DINING ROOM
THERE’S A BEAUTIFUL GREEN
MURAL THAT IS TOTALLY ONE OF
A KIND.
AS YOU TURN AND YOU GO INTO
THE DINING ROOM, WHERE
ACTUALLY WE HAVE A SECOND
MURAL THERE AS WELL THE
BEAUTIFUL BLUE SCENERY
AGAINST THE DINING ROOM
WALL.
>> Reporter: DELICIOUS,
THAT’S THE WORD I COME UP
WITH WHEN I LOOK AT THIS
VIDEO.
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.
AGAIN YOU GET TO DO THE HOME
TOUR WITHOUT EVEN LEAVING
YOUR HOUSE.
IT ACTUALLY STARTS THIS
SUNDAY.
YOU CAN BUY A PASS IT’S ONLY
$20 AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY
WATCH THE TOUR OVER AND OVER
AND OVER OR YOU CAN EVEN BUY
A GUESS PASS FOR A FRIEND
FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
WE PUT A LINK ON OUR SOCIAL
MEDIA PLATFORM SO YOU CAN
BUY YOUR SEASON PASS TO THE
HOLIDAY HOME TOUR.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
I’VE SEEN THE WHOLE THING,
BY THE WAY, IT IS BEAUTIFUL,
KAREN.
>> YOU KNOW PAULA I’M A
LITTLE HGTV ADDICT MYSELF
BUT THIS IS SO COOL.
THERE ARE NO HOMES LIKE
THESE.
THESE ARE JUST PRICELESS AND
SO UNIQUE.
>> THEY ARE.
THOSE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS
AND STRANGE LITTLE CUBBIES
THAT PEOPLE USED TO HAVE WAY
BACK WHEN IT’S REALLY
SOMETHING TO SEE IT.
>> REALLY IS.