It’s beginning to look like Christmas...especially in Southwest Virginia!
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From photos with Kris Kringle himself to Christmas parades and tree lightings, we have a full list of events throughout the region that’ll surely help you and your entire family get into the holiday sprit.
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Alleghany County
- Dec. 14: Cookies with Santa
Amherst
- Dec. 6: Town of Amherst Christmas Parade
Bedford County
- Now until Jan. 5: Bedford Festival of Trees
- Dec. 6 to Dec. 7: Christimas in Wartime
Blacksburg
- Dec. 15: Murder Under the Mistletoe
Bland County
- Dec. 7: Christmas at the Market
Botetourt County
- Dec. 6 to Jan. 1: Botetourt Chamber Tinsel Trail
Buchanan
- Dec. 14:
- Dec. 20: Slacker’s Annual Christmas Caroling
- Dec. 24: Buchanan Christmas Eve Luminaries
Buena Vista
- Dec. 14: 3rd Annual Christmas Market
Campbell County
- Now until Dec. 2: Christmas at Hydaway
- Dec. 2: Altavista Christmas Parade
- Dec. 3: Timberlake Tavern Santa Event
- Dec. 6: Santa at the Airport
- Dec. 7: Brookneal Christmas Parade
- Dec. 8: Sundaes with Santa
- Dec. 9: Annual Deck the Heels 5K
- Dec. 9: Candy Cane Run
- Dec. 10: Rustburg Christmas Parade
Carroll County
- Dec. 7:
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Christiansburg
- Dec. 7: Breakfast with Santa
- Dec. 13: Christmas Tree Lighting and Parade
Danville
- Dec. 6: Christmas on the Plaza
- Now until Dec. 24: Photos with Santa
Floyd County
- Dec. 7:
- Dec. 7 & 8: 30th Annual Winterfest & The Festival of Trees
- Dec. 13: Smores with Santa
- Dec. 14:
- Dec. 15:
- Dec. 17:
- Dec. 21:
Franklin County
- Now until Dec. 25: Land of Lights
- Dec. 8: Rocky Mount Christmas Parade
- Dec. 21: Santa’s Teddy Bear Workshop
Galax
- Dec. 6: Christmas Tree Lighting & Parade
- Now until Jan. 1: High Country Lights Show - Daily
Giles County
- Dec. 7: Bells and Carols of Christmas
- Dec. 21: Bluegrass Holiday Bash
- Now until Jan. 4: Magical Christmas Village & Marketplace
Grayson County
- Dec. 7: Winter Market
- Dec. 16: Holiday Concert
Halifax County
- Dec. 5: Holiday Wreath Workshop
- Dec. 7: South Boston Christmas Parade
- Dec. 6-8, 13-15: Lights for Hope
- Dec. 7, 8, 13, 14, 15: Lighting of the Bridge
- Dec. 8:
- Dec. 14:
- Dec. 15:
- Dec. 19: Gingerbread Cookie Night
Lexington
- Now through Dec. 31: 2024 Festival of Trees at Natural Bridge State Park
- Now until Jan. 1: Drive-Thru Holiday Light Display
- Dec. 6: Lexington Christmas Parade
- Dec. 13, 14, 15 and 20, 21, 22: Luminary Nights
Lynchburg
- Dec. 5-31: Legacy in Lights
- Dec. 5: Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas — Dec. 5 — 7:30 p.m. — Academy Center of the Arts
- Dec. 5, 6, 7, 13, 19, & 20: Holiday Candlelight Tours
- Dec. 7: West Edge Christmas Market
- Dec. 7: Holiday Line Dance Party
- Dec. 8: 65th Lynchburg Christmas Parade
- Dec. 9 &12: Santa at the Airport
- Dec. 12: Jingle Jam Holiday Sing-Along
- Dec. 14: Happy Pawlidays
- Dec. 14: Afternoon with the Grinch
- Dec. 14: Children’s Holiday Festival
- Dec. 14: Wreaths Across America
- Dec. 13, 14, 15 (varying times): Thomas Road’s Virginia Christmas Spectacular
- Dec. 14, 19, & 21: Daytime Holiday Tours
- Dec. 14: Candlelight Wine Dinner
- Dec. 22: A Christmas Musical
- December 5 – 22: A Christmas Carol
Martinsville
- Dec. 5: Christmas Tree Lighting
- Dec. 4-7: Holiday Extravaganza
- Dec. 6: Uptown North Pole Jingle
Nelson County
- Dec. 14: Christmas Parade in Lovingston
Patrick County
- Dec. 6 & 7: Hometown Christmas in Stuart
- Dec. 13: DeHart Park Festival of Lights 2024
- Dec. 14: 4th Annual Christmas Spectacular
Pulaski County
- Dec. 7: Pulaski County Winterfest
Radford
- Dec. 10: 2024 Parade “Making Spirits Bright”
Roanoke/ Roanoke County
- Now until Dec. 30: Illuminights
- Mondays through Dec. 16: Pet Photos with Santa
- Now until Dec. 23: Santa’s $1,000 Nice List
- Dec. 6 until Dec. 15: Live Nativity
- Dec. 6, 13, 20: Dickens of a Christmas
- Dec. 6: Christmas Tree Lighting
- Dec. 13: Christmas Parade
- Dec. 20: Pet Costume Contest
- Dec. 7: Catawba Holiday Market
- Dec. 7: Photos with Santa
- Dec. 7 to Dec. 8: Candy Cane Express
- Dec. 7: Grandin Village Winterfest 2024
- Dec. 7-8: Old Southwest Holiday Parlor Tour
- Dec. 7: Breakfast with Santa
- Dec. 8: Clara’s Tea Party
- Dec. 8: Towers Photos with Santa
- Dec. 12 to Dec. 23: Santa’s Winter Wonderland
- Dec. 14-15: Holiday Craft and Vendor Show
- Dec. 18: Dinner and a Movie with Santa
- Dec. 21-22: Holiday Craft and Vendor Show
- Now until Dec. 21: Fantasyland 2024
- Now until Dec. 24: Santa’s Workshop at Valley View Mall
- Now until Jan. 2: Deck the Rails
- Now until Jan. 1: Fashions for Evergreens 2024
Salem
- Dec.6: 2024 Salem Christmas Parade
- Dec. 7: Salem Gingerbread Festival
Vinton
- Dec. 5: Vinton Christmas Parade
- Dec. 10: Santa Crawl
Wytheville
- Dec. 7: 1st Annual Yuletide Market
Know of a holiday event we missed? Email Jazmine Otey at jotey@wsls.com