DeSoto County, Mississippi, is here to keep your schedule packed full of festive family friendly activities this holiday season!
Holiday Parades
Southaven Christmas Parade
Dec. 5 at 10 a.m.
Town of Walls Christmas Parade
Dec. 5 at noon
Olive Branch Christmas Parade
Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.
Hernando Christmas Parade
Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m.
Where to see Christmas lights
Cedar Hill Farm's Christmas Traditions
Select nights, Nov. 27-Dec 23 from 4-8:30 p.m.
Olive Branch's Light Garden Light Display
Nov. 27-Jan. 3 from 6-9:45 p.m.
Southaven’s Southern Lights
Select nights, Nov. 27-Dec. 31 from 5-10 p.m.
Christmas tree lightings
Silo Square Christmas Tree Lighting
Nov. 4 at 5:30 p.m.
Hernando Christmas Tree Lighting
Nov. 13 at 6 p.m.
Tanger’s Tree Lighting
Nov. 13 at 6 p.m.
Olive Branch Christmas Tree Lighting
Dec. 3 at 5 p.m.
Where to meet Santa
Silo Square Christmas Tree Lighting
Nov. 4 at 5:30 p.m.
Tanger’s Tree Lighting
Nov. 13 at 6 p.m.
Hernando Dickens of a Christmas
Nov. 13-14
Bowling with Santa (Southaven)
Nov. 27 at 11 a.m.
Brunch/Dinner with Santa at Cedar Hill Farm
Select days, Nov. 27-Dec. 23
Hernando's Annual Cookies with Santa
Dec. 4
Santa’s Workshop Family Craft Festival (Southaven)
Dec. 5 at 11 a.m.
Howliday Pictures with Paws & Clause (Hernando)
Dec. 13 from 2-4 p.m.
Where to buy a Christmas tree
Cedar Hill Farm in Hernando
Select days, Nov. 21-Dec. 19
Silo Square’s Buy A Tree, Change A Life
Select days, Nov. 21- Dec. 7
Holiday Shopping
Christmas at Silo Square
Nov. 6-7
Hernando Christmas Shopping
Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Christmas Open House (Hernando)
Nov. 8 from 1-4 p.m.
Hernando Farmers Market Christmas Market
Nov. 14 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Holly Jolly Merry Market at Gatorade Fieldhouse
Nov. 14-15, hours vary
Day after Dickens Shopping (Hernando)
Nov. 15 from 1-4 p.m.
Southaven High School 18th Annual Craft Fair
Dec. 5 from noon to 5 p.m.
Tinsel Town Holiday Market (Southaven)
Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
DeSoto Arts Council's Red Door Market
Dec. 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Other fun ideas
Christmas DREAMland (Horn Lake)
Dec. 5 at 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
White Christmas by DeSoto County Family Theatre
Select days, Dec. 11-14
