🎡 Light shows, drive-throughs & attractions
Holiday Festival of Lights at James Island County Park
Charleston County Parks' flagship holiday event and a three-decade Lowcountry tradition: a three-mile drive-through route through James Island County Park lit by more than 750 illuminated displays and over two million lights, with a synchro
Aquarium Aglow at the South Carolina Aquarium
On select December evenings the South Carolina Aquarium on the downtown Charleston waterfront reopens after dusk and transforms its galleries into an indoor holiday light spectacular - immersive photo stations, festive light-and-color displ
The Charleston Christmas Special
Brad and Jennifer Moranz's long-running holiday stage production at the Charleston Music Hall, a downtown Charleston tradition for more than 25 years. A cast of roughly 30 professional singers, dancers and musicians performs an all-new mix
City of Charleston Holiday Parade & Marion Square Tree Lighting
The City of Charleston's Holy City Holiday Parade winds through the downtown peninsula and culminates in the official Marion Square tree-lighting ceremony, with musical performances, seasonal readings and a public countdown to the lighting
Home for the Holidays at Magnolia Plantation
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens on the Ashley River decorates the historic Magnolia House for a 'Home for the Holidays' tour, in partnership with the Charleston Museum, evoking a 1920s Southern Christmas with period furnishings, greenery and
Christmas at Boone Hall Plantation
Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant decks its antebellum mansion and grounds for the holidays with live Christmas trees, magnolia-leaf wreaths, sweetgrass ornaments and decorations crafted from cotton and berries grown on-site. A daytim
Lights Up at Mount Pleasant Towne Centre
The open-air Mount Pleasant Towne Centre kicks off the holidays with 'Lights Up,' a free public ceremony lighting a 44-foot Christmas tree with a laser light show, live music and Santa's arrival. The tree and holiday lighting glow across th
🏠 Decorated home displays
Wonderland of Temuco Lane
A Summerville home in the Reminisce neighborhood off Orangeburg Road with 70,000+ lights animated to a 15-song loop broadcast on 88.1 FM
Hidden Cove Santa's Workshop
A standout 'Santa's workshop' home anchoring the Hidden Cove neighborhood's well-known walk-and-drive Christmas display in Mount Pleasant
Hidden Cove Hook Lane Lights
A heavily decorated home on Hook Lane within Mount Pleasant's Hidden Cove holiday-lights neighborhood
Hidden Cove Leisure Lane Lights
A decorated home on Leisure Lane in Mount Pleasant's Hidden Cove, one of the Lowcountry's best-known light-up neighborhoods
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