10/12/2026
🎄 Save the date: Friday, December 4 at 6:00 PM 🎄
The 31st Annual Calabash Christmas Tree Lighting & Parade is set! A small-town parade runs down Beach Drive to River Road, then the tree lights up at Callahan’s of Calabash. Roads along the route close at 5:45 PM.
Youth and adult dancers will be in the parade and on stage after the tree lighting, joined by a singer for a holiday performance. Stick around for caroling, hot cocoa, and a visit with Santa. Kids can drop a letter in the North Pole Mailbox and mix up a bag of magic reindeer food to sprinkle on the lawn Christmas Eve so Rudolph finds the right house. 🦌✨
🚒 Want to be IN the parade? Entries are limited to 30, and the committee picks the most festive, so tell us everything: lights, music, costumes, and how many people. Apply here: https://bit.ly/2026CalabashParade
🎁 The giving drive is on, too! The Calabash Christmas Giving Foundation is collecting clothing and unwrapped gifts for children in southern Brunswick County schools, grocery gift cards for local seniors, and nonperishable food for the Lord’s Pantry.
📝 Wish lists: here on our page, at Truist Bank, and at Coffee Cottage
📍 Drop-off: Calabash Town Hall or Truist Bank, through December 8
💻 Give online: givebutter.com/2026-calabash-christmas-donation
POAs, churches, and businesses: want to adopt a child? Email us.
Questions? [email protected]
See you there! 🎅