Road Trips — By Apryl Chapman Thomas on December 22, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Filed under: featuredarticle, Holiday events, holidays, Things to See in the South

18 Holiday Events in the South to do Before Christmas

If you need a little dose of the holiday spirit before your relatives invaded, oops, arrive for Christmas, you are in luck.

You can still have time to steal away a few moments to enjoy the many sights and sounds of the holidays in the South.

From the 25th annual Candy Cane Lane in Pocahontas, Ark., to the Miracle on Fulton Street in New Orleans to Fantasy of Lights in Sumter, S.C., there are many ways to enjoy the last moments of the Christmas holidays.

Soak in the holiday spirit as you listen to the 2009 Christmas Novena at Saint Mary’s of the Barrens Church in Perryville, Mo., through December 24.
Enjoy the over 40 decorated trees at the Trees & Trains Exhibit in Salem, Mo., through December 24.
Enjoy the carols played during the Tuba Christmas Concert at Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas on December 24.
It’s snowing giant snowflakes on the Mississippi Coast during Snowflakes on Mississippi’s West Coast in Bay St. Louis through January 3.
Go back in time at Victorian Christmas Festival in Canton, Miss., through December 23.
Take in the live nativity scene at Christmas at the Caverns in Valley Head, Ala., through December 24.
Lights, lights and more lights on the Christmas on the Cumberland in Cumberland, Tenn., through December 31.
Learn how the fish and other ocean life celebrate the holidays at Tennessee Aquarium Tropical Holiday Adventure in Chattanooga, Tenn., through December 24.
Be a kid again and take a ride on the kitschy Pink Pig at Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta, Ga., through January 4.
Experience a Victorian Christmas in Summerville, Ga., through December 31.
The decorated holiday windows in Chicago and New York City have nothing on Seaside’s (Fla.) merchants’ windows. View their interpretation on the theme “Starry Night” through December 31.
Perhaps you can find the answer to what is “Christmas Magic” at Christmas at Korner’s Folly in Kernersville, N.C. (through January 3).
Sing loud and proud during the Caroling by “Reindeer” Drawn Trolley/Carriage in Wilmington, N.C., through December 24.
Drive your car in Mega Cavern to see Lights Under Louisville (Ky.) through January 3.
Feel peaceful as you see the luminaries that line the streets in downtown Buchanan, Va., on December 24.