It’s time for twinkling lights, joyous music and winter wonderlands in Columbia County:

Evans
On Thursday, December 5, Christmas in Columbia County will take place from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Evans Towne Center Park. The event will include live music, ice skating, a holiday market, pictures with Santa, a Christmas lights display and a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at 6 p.m.

The Merchants Association of Columbia County also will hold its annual Christmas parade on Sunday, December 8 beginning at 3 p.m. Featuring nearly 150 entries, the parade will follow Washington Road and end at Evans Towne Center.

Grovetown
The city will hold its annual Christmas parade on Saturday, December 7 at 10 a.m. The theme will be “Rock N’ Roll Re-Do” since last year’s event with the same theme was canceled due to inclement weather. The parade begins at Augusta Tech in Grovetown and ends at Grovetown Middle School.

Festivities will continue that evening from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. with the annual Christmas Festival at Liberty Park. Grovetown’s own winter wonderland will include food and craft vendors, games, music and fun for all ages.

Harlem
Christmas in Harlem 2024 has a full slate of activities planned for Saturday, December 14 in the downtown area from morning ’til night. Vendors will sell their wares at a holiday market, which will include a kids’ area and concessions, from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.

The twilight parade begins at 6 p.m. at Harlem City Park and follows West Milledgeville Road and North Louisville Street to West Forrest Street, where the tree lighting ceremony starts about 6:45 p.m., or whenever the parade ends, on the library lawn.

At 7 p.m. little ones can line up to have their picture taken with Santa. A showing of the movie, Elf, under the stars also will begin about 7 p.m. after the tree lighting ceremony has concluded.