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Children’s choirs, church choirs, gospel, classical, folk, storytelling and other entertainment dazzle audiences at Marion Square. Bring your Christmas wish lists to the North Pole Mailbox and visit with Santa, Mrs. Claus and their Elf assistants in the magically decorated park. Admission is free!
Mondays-Fridays: 10am-6pm; Saturdays and Sundays: 10am-4pm
For more information call 843-724-7305 or visit www.charlestoncity.info
Bring in the New Year with a bang! Enjoy the show launched from the Tybee Pier at the stroke of midnight at one of Tybee’s many bars and restaurants, or watch it from the beach. It promises to be spectacular! Free to the public.
Holiday Cheer at Christmas on the River and Savannah’s Lighted Parade!
Get into the Holiday Spirit with two days of Regional Arts and Crafts, Fun-Fare Games and Holiday Entertainment in Savannah. This festival offers unique shopping in the old world setting of charm and history on beautiful River Street.
The two day’s festivities begin at 9am on both Saturday and Sunday, but the event starts Friday at 11 am with the River Street Maritime Panel unveiling in Morrell Park followed by Wet Willie’s First Friday Fireworks at 9:30pm and tours aboard the tall ship Peacemaker will be available all weekend!
The parade begins SATURDAY at 5:30pm….get there early for the best viewing spot! This year’s parade will include Grand Marshal Ruby Gettinger (and friends) from The Style Network’s television series Ruby, floats, marching bands, and of course Ol’ St. Nick and his Elves! The new River Street streetcar will make it public debut as the parade’s Honorary Marshal. The lighted parade begins on west River Street and makes its merry way to Broughton ending at Franklin Square.
Entertainment Schedule
Saturday, December 6
DJ’s to Go all day!
1:30pm Asbury Ringers
2pm Maxine Patterson School of Dance Performance
2:30pm O.L.I.V. (One Loud Inner Voice) – a cpella singers: 4-5 mics
3pm CC Express Cloggers
3:30pm Coastal Middle School Sassy Steppaz
4pm CC Express Cloggers
Sunday, December 7
DJ’s to Go all day!
2pm Gretchen Greene School of Dance
3pm Abeni Cultural Arts
For more information, visit www.riverstreetsavannah.com
Experience the holiday magic in Charleston. Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. and Santa Claus is lighting the magnificent 60-foot Tree of Lights, the official City of Charleston Christmas Tree in Marion Square.
For more information, please call (843) 724-7305.
The event is scheduled for Saturday, December 6, 2008: 4:30-6pm at Marion Square
For more information, visit the city of Charleston website.
Christmas 1860: Candlelight Tours of the Edmondston-Alston House.
Take a step back in time and celebrate the holiday season with a special candlelight tour of the Edmondston-Alston House, one of the first dwellings built on Charleston’s High Battery. The historic Edmondston-Alston House will be dressed for the holidays much as it would have been in the 1860s. Living historians in period clothing will tell the story of Charleston’s last opulent Christmas before the start of the Civil War and will share the different Christmas traditions of the day. In the courtyard, visitors can enjoy hearing Christmas carols and spirituals sung by The Washington’s, Low Country singers specializing in African-American spirituals and Gullah songs.
A House Museum of the Middleton Place Foundation
The Edmondston-Alston House, 21 East Battery
Dec. 5 & 12 from 6:00p.m.- 8:00p.m.
ADMISSION:
$20 when purchased the night of the event. $15 when purchased in advance. Group rates are available
For more information, please call (843) 722-7171 or visit www.middletonplace.org