christmas festivals near me

christmas festivals near me

There's a chill noticeable all around and a twinkle in each eye. That implies the Christmas season is practically around the bend. At the point when December arrives, light shows show up, peppermint sweet sticks are unwrapped, and families anticipate praising the soul of the season with companions and neighbors at a portion of the South's best Christmas celebrations. These celebrations celebrate what is loveliest about the season—network, convention, liberality, thus much-shared euphoria. From Victorian-style choralists singing your most loved Christmas tunes to merry go rounds beyond any doubt to amuse children, all things considered, the best Christmas celebrations will fill your eyes with amazing lights, your creative energy with ponder, your stomach with scrumptious occasion nourishment, and your soul with the delight of the season.

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Branson Christmas

Ozark Mountain Christmas

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Branson, Missouri 

Nov. 3, 2017-Jan.1, 2018

As opposed to having a solitary celebration, Branson changes into a Christmas wonderland promptly following Halloween. From live shows to Silver Dollar City's Old Time Christmas, America's Christmas Tree City has bounty going on this Christmas season.

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Light Up Bardstown

Light Up Bardstown Kentucky

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Bardstown, Kentucky

Nov. 24, 2017, 5:30-8 p.m.

Assemble for the official lighting of Bardstown's city Christmas tree, and in addition, numerous other light shows around town. There will be music and refreshments, and Bardstown's shops remain open late for Christmas shopping. We hear that even Santa will show up at Light Up Bardstown!

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Occasion Festival of Lights

Occasion Festival of Lights Charleston

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Charleston, North Carolina

Nov. 10, 2017-Jan.1-2017, daily beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Charleston's renowned Holiday Festival of Lights is known for its three-mile driving visit, yet that is not all the celebration brings. Bright attractions like a mobile trail, Santa's Sweet Shoppe, present shops, a climbing divider, and more merit escaping the vehicle for.

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Christmas in the City

Christmas in the City

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Knoxville, Tennessee

Nov. 3-Dec. 31, 2017

There are many occasions that makeup Knoxville's Christmas in the City, including the Regal Celebration of Lights, Holidays on Ice, a Christmas march, the Tour de Lights bicycle ride, and Christmas Lantern Express train rides.

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North Carolina Holiday Flotilla

North Carolina Holiday Flotilla

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Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Nov. 24-25, 2017

In case you're searching for a Christmas celebration on the water, the North Carolina Holiday Flotilla ought to be your next outing. Besides the real Flotilla, which is a Christmas-light secured occasion march on the water, there are a lot of merry occasions for the family throughout the entire end of the week.

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Dickens on the Strand

Dickens on the Strand Galveston 

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Galveston, Texas

Dec. 1-3, 2017

A weekend-long festival of Victorian England and the characters of Charles Dickens, the celebration is in its 44th year. Dickens on the Strand is loaded up with constant processions, excitement, and costumed sellers, and on the off chance that you appear in a Victorian outfit, affirmation is a large portion of the cost.

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Pensacola Winterfest

Pensacola Winterfest

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Pensacola, Florida

Nov. 24-Dec. 23, 2017

Amid the Christmas season, the seaside town of Pensacola changes for Winterfest, a celebration that includes an Elf Parade, the Reindeer Games, a Performance Tour, a Polar Express Tour, a Grinch Tour, and that's only the tip of the iceberg. We hear Santa will even be hosting a Puppy Gathering!

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Scottish Christmas Walk Weekend

Scottish Christmas Walk Weekend

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Alexandria, Virginia 

Dec. 1-2, 2017

Observe Old Town Alexandria's Scottish Heritage at the 47th yearly Scottish Christmas Walk Weekend. Not exclusively will there be the Scottish Walk Parade, there are occasion home visits, the Taste of Scotland occasion, and more bagpipe-and plaid-filled choices.

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Victorian Christmas

Victorian Christmas

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Thomasville, Georgia 

Dec. 14-15, 2017, 6-9 p.m.

Investigate the historical backdrop of Thomasville with its Victorian Christmas. See Victorian-style exhibitions, watch the Magic Lantern show, and walk the town's cobblestone boulevards (or ride in a steed drawn carriage) to encounter Christmas cheer at each corner.

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Smoky Mountain Christmas

Smoky Mountain Christmas

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Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Nov. 4, 2017-Jan. 1, 2018

On the off chance that you've never made a trek to Dollywood, Smoky Mountain Christmas is an ideal opportunity to do it. With live shows, the Parade of Many Colors, administrations at Dolly's Christmas Chapel, Santa Land, and a Meet Rudolph and His Friends occasion (in addition to additional), Dollywood a standout amongst the most chipper spots to be this season.

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Dahlonega's Old-Fashioned Christmas

Dahlonega's Old-Fashioned Christmas

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Dahlonega, Georgia 

Nov. 24-Dec. 23, 2017

On the off chance that you need to visit a Christmas town that is culled straight from a Hallmark motion picture, you need to visit Dahlonega, Georgia, and experience Dahlonega's Old-Fashioned Christmas. The festival starts with the yearly Lighting of the Square, and bubbly occasion occasions like the live diversion, the Christmas march visits with Santa, and occasion demonstrates happen consistently.