Warm up with a glass of hot cider while listening to Gullah Christmas stories by a local storyteller; admire a Venice-Simplon Orient-Express train replica; experience Christmas in Charleston. Make this holiday season memorable with a visit to the Holy City and check the following bucket list items off your list!

1. Enjoy the Holiday Festival of Lights

2. Attend Christmas on The Battery: Carols, Candlelight & Gullah Christmas Stories

3. Sip hot chocolate & enjoy the first ever Holiday Parade at Magnolia

4. Shop local for your holiday gifts during the Yuletide on the Ashley – Holiday Market & Craft Fair

5. Visit the Charleston Holiday Market

6. Get dolled up for a holiday show at 34 West Theater Company

7. Admire Charleston’s historic homes decked out for the holidays during a Charleston Strolls Holiday Walking Tour

8. Take a candlelight tour of the historic Drayton Hall

9. Sing along to winter classics and holiday favorites during Live at Firefly: Holiday Swing

10. Ring in the New Year aboard the USS Yorktown

11. Bake Callie’s Charleston Biscuits’ “Drunk & Toasty Myers Pecan Pie“

Ready to spend the most wonderful time of the year in America’s no. 1 destination? Begin planning your Christmas in Charleston.