Christmas Events North Carolina 2024. Historic downtown franklin, nc is transformed into a winter wonderland featuring living window displays of christmas & the holidays, live sounds of the season outdoors at the downtown gazebo and inside stores, free wagon rides & pony rides (weather permitting), refreshments, hot cider, great sales from downtown merchants and much more. Western north carolina’s been on my christmas radar for a while.

We’ve organized these ways to celebrate christmas in north carolina (and other festive holidays) by categories, from christmas festivals to outdoor recreation: Here are a few traditional favorites, followed by others that you can only find in one place.