More than 700 people took part in the Christmas Holiday Tour of Homes in Mount Airy this weekend.

A good portion of those people chose Saturday to visit the homes on this year’s tour, but more than 250 still went on the trek Sunday.

“We were busy decorating our home on Saturday,” said Macon Sammons Jr. while he and his wife, Candace, made Sunday visits on the tour. The couple has included their own home on the tour in the past, but this year opted to simply visit other houses.

“We enjoy it,” he said of taking the tour. “We just are big fans of Christmas.”

“And we support the restoration foundation,” Candace Sammons said.

The annual tour, now in its 24th year, is a fundraiser for the Mount Airy Restoration Foundation, prompting not only hundreds of people to pay $10 for tickets to take part in the tour, but also spurring area homeowner to open up their houses for the visitors.

Teresa Lewis said she began preparing the home she and her husband, Jim, live in just after Thanksgiving. In addition to decorating her home, Lewis said she had to line up volunteers to help with the tour, others to watch over parking, and to have food and drink on hand. Despite the work, she said it was fun.

“We’ve enjoyed it,” she said. “It’s been great to see old friends and meet new ones,” she said. “This has gotten me in the Christmas spirit.”

That enjoyment seemed to extend to visitors on the tour. Many strolled through the Lewis household, spending time enjoying the festively decorated home and chatting with others on the tour.

In addition to the Lewis household, other locations on the two-day tour included the homes of Robert and Jean Preston, Bill and Tina Johnson, Joey and Stephanie Slate, Andy and Kelly Hull, Dr. Charlie and Catherine Minton, as well as the Globe Tobacco Lofts units occupied by Rodney Gwynn and Dustin Bledsoe.

The Gertrude Smith House and the Moore House were also part of the tour.

John Peters is editor of The Mount Airy News. He can be reached at jpeters@mtairynews.com