Dec. 6-8: A Small Town Christmas
A Small Town Christmas in Banner Elk begins Friday evening with the lighting of the town tree and a holiday variety show. Festivities include: a 5K run, Breakfast with Santa, candy cane hunt, storytelling, ornament making, cookie decorating, train rides through luminaries in the park, visits with Santa and a synchronized light show. Shopping is available, too, and all activities are within easy walking distance in this one-stoplight resort town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Visit a tree farm where you can choose & cut tree.