Ahoy, Santa! Annual boat processions during the holiday season transform North Carolina’s waterways into shimmering winter wonderlands.
8 Places to See Christmas Lights
Across North Carolina, familiar landmarks shine a little brighter when they slip into their holiday finery.
O Christmas Tree
One of Avery County’s oldest tree farms extends its evergreen branches to those who fight for our freedom — a sacrifice its founder understood well.
Wilmington’s Saint Nick
Born on Christmas Day, the founder of the Saint Nicholas Christmas Foundation makes a list and checks it twice so that everyone’s stocking is stuffed for the season.
North Carolina’s Santa School
Before the beard and belly laugh, becoming the Man in Red requires a little magic — and plenty of training — in Charlotte, where Santas go to earn their ho-ho-ho.
Old Christmas in Rodanthe
For more than 200 years, villagers in the Outer Banks community have celebrated Christmas on their own terms.
Of Literacy and Gingerbread
In Wilkesboro, an annual gingerbread house festival raises funds — and hope — for the Wilkes Literacy Foundation.
Leading the Fearrington Village Singers
In a Chatham County barn filled with music and light, a choir director’s Christmas concert becomes a love song to the mother who helped him develop his gift.
Resilience in the Ebersole Holly Garden
Once left to the weeds, a world-class holly collection in Pinehurst is thriving again, thanks to the determination of those who believe in a second season.
