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New Year’s Eve Events in Savannah

NEW YEAR’S EVE 2017

– Holiday Evening Tours by Candlelight, December 26-30 2017
Candlelit tours of the Davenport House Museum, focused on historical seasonal celebrations. Ticket purchase required, reservations recommended. More details

– Up the Cup New Year’s Eve Celebration, December 31 2017
Annual New Year’s celebration on River Street with light show and fireworks. Free event. More details

– City Market New Year’s Eve, December 31 2017
Annual New Year’s celebration at City Market, with live music. More details

– (Tybee Island) Tybee New Year’s Eve Fireworks, December 31 2017
One of the South’s biggest fireworks displays, at the Tybee Island Pier. More details

– A Wild Night On Ossabaw, December 31 2017-January 1 2018
Overnight New Year’s Eve visit to Ossabaw Island, with interpretive tour, hog roast and other activities. Transportation to the island (from Skidaway) included. From $150 per person, advance reservations strongly recommended. More details

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These Savannah Spots Have the Most Festive Decor

There’s something magical about Savannah during the holiday season! Dazzling lights, festive décor and Christmas cheer fill the city from top to bottom. If you can’t get enough of Christmas-themed décor, events and spirit, you’ve got to check out these jolly Savannah spots.

City Market
Savannah’s spirit becomes even more exquisite during the holiday season, and City Market is no exception. Stroll beneath holiday lights, taste sweet treats in City Market shops and find the perfect gifts for your loved ones, all while being serenaded by Christmas carolers.

There are also plenty of events to look forward to during City Market’s holiday season. Children will have the chance to make ornaments, decorate cookies and get Grinched (a tradition of Grinch-inspired hair and makeup!). Kids of all ages can also meet Father Christmas and take a Cinderella carriage tour. All this plus face painting, choir music and more add up to a day of fun the whole family can truly enjoy. Look at City Market’s calendar to learn more.

The Forsyth Park Fountain is certainly beautiful year-round, but it’s even more dazzling at Christmastime. Festive wreaths, bright bows and garland frame the already picturesque fountain. During the holiday season, the Forsyth Park fountain often becomes the location for family Christmas cards and engagement photos. It’s a Christmas lover’s dream come true!

Broughton Street
At Christmastime, the shops, boutiques and restaurants along Broughton Street decorate inside and out. Bright, sparkling lights are streamed from building to building all along Broughton Street creating a picture-perfect backdrop for holiday shoppers.

The festive season, called “Holidays on Broughton,” also offers seasonal events for all ages and interests. From the return of a beloved children’s toy store in a pop-up experience to photos with Santa and musical performances, eventgoers can count on an experience that will prove magical year after year.

Throughout the whimsical holiday event, many of the unique and eclectic shops along Broughton Street will offer extended hours of operation and holiday shopping incentives. It’s surely the most wonderful time of the year on Broughton Street!

By:Larissa Allen

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Parker Scott Properties Weekend Guide

WEEKEND OF DECEMBER 2-3 2017</h2
– A Christmas Tradition, November 23-December 24 2017
2-hour annual Christmas-themed, family-oriented performance at the Savannah Theatre, with shows available Tuesday-Sunday. Adults $37, children (under 18) $18. More details

– Savannah Harbor Holiday Series, November 24-December 24 2017
Family-friendly outdoor seasonal programming at the Westin Hotel on Hutchinson Island, with Gingerbread Village display in the hotel’s lobby. More details

– Holiday Sights Tour, November 24-December 24 2017
Old Town Trolley’s seasonal tour, which includes stops at the Davenport House Museum and the Westin Hotel’s Gingerbread Village on Hutchinson Island. Adults $28.50, children (4-12) $16. More details

– December Nights & Holiday Lights, November 25-December 24 2017
Self-guided walking tours of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens’ annual holiday lights show, with more than a million lights. Admission is charged. Event does not run on rainy evenings. More details

– City Market Holiday Open House, December 1 2017
Holiday lights, caroling and evening opening at City Market. More details

– (Tybee Island) Lights On For Tybee, December 1 2017
Holiday celebration and tree-lighting ceremony at the Tybee Island roundabout, with music and refreshments. More details

– Christmas on the River, December 1-3 2017
Seasonal arts and crafts festival with music and other entertainment, including the annual Lighted Christmas Parade. Free event. More details

– City Market Christmas For Kids Celebration, December 2 2017
Child-oriented Christmas event at City Market, with visits to Santa, crafts, music and other entertainments. More details

– (Tybee Island) A Lighthouse Christmas, December 2, 9 and 16 2018
Special evening holiday event at the Tybee Island Lighthouse exploring the holiday traditions of Tybee’s lighthouse keepers in the 1930s and 1940s, with carols, cider, and the opportunity to climb the tower to see Tybee’s holiday lights from above. Adults $15, children (5-17) $10, young children free. Advance reservations are required, call 912-786-5801. More details

– (Tybee Island) Tybee Island Christmas Parade, December 2 2017
Holiday parade on Tybee Island, with visits to Santa. More details

– Oyster Roast for a Reason, December 2 2017
Fundraising oyster roast on Skidaway Island, to benefit the ongoing efforts to revive Georgia’s historic oyster farming industry. $50 per person. More details

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List Ranks Top Cities For Trick-Or-Treating

If you have kids – or have ever been one yourself – you know that Halloween is an important time of year. The opportunity to amass large quantities of free candy is irresistible to most kids. Combine that with the chance to dress up in costume and parade through the streets and Halloween becomes one of the year’s most anticipated days. Because of this, Zillow ranks the best cities for trick-or-treating each year. Their rankings are based on home values, the share of population under 10 years old, and single-family home density. This year, five of the top 10 cities are in California, with San Francisco topping the list. Of course, much of that has to do with higher home values in the West, but kids in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Jose, and Long Beach can look forward to a happy Halloween this year. Other cities that made the top 10 included Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Milwaukee, and Seattle. But regardless of where you are, Dr. Svenja Gudell, Zillow’s chief economist, says there’s a surefire way to tell the best local neighborhoods for trick-or-treating. “These are places we think will have plenty of candy and lots of young kids running around from door to door,” Gudell says. “If you don’t live in one of these cities, look for areas that are getting into the Halloween spirit with decorations and lots of costumed kids.” More here