South Carolina Calendar of Events, Festivals – December 2010

SC December Events

Dec 2-5: ChristmasVille - Rock Hill - carriage rides, Snow Village with real snow, Festival of Trees, cookoffs, 5K

Dec 2-5: FestiVELO de Charleston - holiday festival of bicycles for families, lots of food, camping available

Dec 11: Mount Pleasant Holiday Farmers Market and Craft Show - locally grown produce, homemade goodies

Dec 11: Olde South Christmas Ball - Greenville - Civil War era - silent auction benefits Boys Home of the South

Dec 12: Mount Pleasant Christmas Parade - along Coleman Blvd - more than 100 floats, fireworks after

Dec 24: Christmas Eve - state holiday, normally not federal but is for 2010 to observe Christmas Day - Friday

Dec 25: Christmas Day - Saturday

Dec 27: Christmas Day Observed - proposed observed state holiday but not federal - Monday

Dec 28: Day after Christmas Observed - proposed observed state holiday but not federal - Tuesday

Dec 31: New Year's Day Observed - proposed observed federal and state holiday - Friday

Dec 31: New Year's Eve - not a state or federal holiday - Friday

Dec : Myrtle Beach International Film Festival - categories include amination, features, and "Anything Goes"

Dec : Anderson Lights of Hope - display with over a million multi-colored lights - benefits local charities

Dec : Roper Mountain Holiday Lights - Greenville - over 110 towering light displays - benefits local charities

Dec : Dove Street Festival of Lights - Hilton Head - thousands of lights - donate to the Deep Well Project

Dec : Children’s Garden Christmas & Kid’s Walk - Orangeburg - drive plus walk light displays - free!

Dec : Holiday Lights Safari Benefit - Inman - drive your vehicle through nearly 100 decorated acres

Dec : Holiday Festival of Lights - James Island - 3 mi drive, walk Santa’s Village & Winter Wonderland

Dec : Snow & Santa at Ridgeland’s Christmas Parade - play in real snow! - benefits Jasper Boys & Girls Club

Dec : Holiday Fair - Greenville - Carolina First Center - more than 300 venders featuring arts, crafts, and gifts

Dec : Holiday Market - Columbia - state fairgrounds - Junior League event to raise funds for local projects

Dec : The Festival of Healing and Spiritual Awareness - Greenville - portion of admission for A Child's Haven

Dec : Holiday Lights on the River - Columbia - light displays with music, activities - not every night

Dec : Fantasy of Lights - Sumter - Swan Lake-Iris Gardens with a million lights & Floating Christmas Tree

Dec : Carolina Carillon Holiday Parade - Columbia - starts at Bull & Gervais - floats, bands, performances

Dec : Holiday Parade of Boats - Charleston - decorate your boat with lights or just watch and enjoy!

Dec : Reindeer Run - Charleston - 5K run and walk, pet-friendly, benefits local charities

Dec : Roast & Toast to Camp Hope - Columbia - oysters, chili, live band - a Columbia Jaycees charity event

Dec : St. Nicholas Festival - West Columbia - visit with St. Nicholas, Russian food, crafts, choral performance

Dec : Shopping with Friends - Charleston - retailers donate 10% of purchases to Lowcountry AIDS Services

Dec : Christmas Parade - Prosperity - floats, bands, clowns and more

Dec : Greenwood Christmas Parade

Dec : Greer Christmas Parade - featuring over 100 entries - along W Poinsett Street & Main Street

Dec : West Metro Holiday Parade of Lights - 12th Street in Cayce & West Columbia - all entries will be lit!

Dec : Spartanburg Jaycees Christmas Parade - Pine, East Main, North Church streets - all entries will be lit!

Dec : Gaston Improvement Council Christmas Celebration - tree lighting ceremony, Christmas program

Dec : Strawberry and Chocolate Soiree - Charleston - signature food & drinks - benefits Courageous Kidz

Dec : Candlelight Tour of Homes - Camden - plus activities - benefit for the children of Kershaw County

Dec : Colonial Christmas - Camden - Kershaw-Cornwallis House - holiday customs and demonstrations

Dec : Chesnee Tree Lighting Celebration & Christmas Parade - collecting new unwrapped toys at parade

Dec : Chanukah in the Square - Charleston - food, music, dancing, candle lighting

Dec : Hilton Head Regional Medical Center Jingle Jingle 5K Road Race & Health Walk

Dec : Holiday Hope - Greenville - community comes together to provide Christmas meal & gifts to needy

Dec : Winter Fest - Columbia - music, movies, day camps, crafts, multicultural events, gift-wrapping

Dec : Happy New Year, Charleston! - alcohol-free, family-oriented New Year's Eve celebration - free!

Dec : Prelude to Midnight - Greenville - dinner, wine, show, silent auction - Chautauqua theater group benefit

Dec : WOW! 2010 - Columbia - family celebration - fireworks, rides, entertainment, face painting, karaoke

Dec : Lights Before Christmas - Columbia - Riverbanks Zoo - nearly one million twinkling lights!

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