LIST: Holiday parades & events in the Pine Belt

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - It’s the first of December, and the Pine Belt is already in the Christmas spirit!

While you’re enjoying this holiday, here are some of the upcoming holiday parades happening around the Pine Belt to mark the holiday season.

Dec. 1

• Hattiesburg Jaycees 72nd Annual Christmas Parade: 6 p.m. starting at the Sacred Heart High School
  • The Hattiesburg tree lighting will follow the parade at Town Square Park
• Collins Christmas Parade: 6:30 p.m.
• 2nd Annual Mistletoe at Mason - Light the Park!: 5 to 8 p.m. at Mason Park in Laurel
  • Lights will turn on at 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 2

• Purvis Christmas Parade: 6:30 p.m.
• 40th Annual Sertoma Christmas Parde: 7 p.m. in downtown Laurel
• Sumrall Olde Towne Christmas Festival - Day 1
  • 4 to 6 p.m. - Downtown tour of businesses, sales, music and door prizes
  • 6 to 8 p.m. - Christmas on the Hill at Beam Park, live Nativity with performances from five local churches and Frank the Camel

Dec. 3

• Christmas in the ‘Ville: 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. in downtown Ellisville
  • The Ellisville Christmas Parade will happen at 2 p.m. and a Christmas tree lighting event is set for 5 p.m. in Community Bank Park
• Mount Olive Christmas Parade: 5 p.m.
• Walt Massey Parade of Lights: 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in downtown Columbia
• The Town of Sandersville & Sandersville Fire Department Annual Christmas Parade: 6 p.m. starting at the Old Sandersville School on Hawks Road
• Sumrall Olde Town Christmas Festival - Day 2
  • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Downtown festival on Main Street (food vendors, merchants, music), silent auction and angel dedication

These times and dates may change for any reason, such as the weather. This list will be updated if more parade times are provided.

Other holiday events happening include:

Nov. 24

Christmas in the Park: (Nov. 24, 25 & 26) 5 - 9 p.m at Robertson Park in Collins

Nov. 26

Shop Small Saturday: 10 a.m. in downtown Hattiesburg

HCAC Holiday Art Market: (Nov. 26 & Dec. 10) in downtown Hattiesburg

Keepsakes Workshop: (Nov. 26, Dec. 3, 10 & 13) at Main Street Books

Nov. 29

Christmas Vespers: 6 p.m. at the Thomas Fine Arts Auditorium at William Carey University

USM Holiday Choral Spectacular: (Nov. 29 & Dec. 1) at the Mainstreet Baptist Church in Hattiesburg

Dec. 2

Columbia Christmas Story Walk: 5 p.m. beginning at Tower Loan

Keyboards at Christmas: 7 p.m. at the Thomas Fine Arts Auditorium at William Carey University

Lights of the Wild: (Dec. 2 - 4, 9-11 & 16-23) at the Hattiesburg Zoo

Dec. 3

Donuts with Santa: 8 a.m. at the Stringer Volunteer Fire Department

Olde Towne Christmas Festival: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Celebration in the Park: 3 p.m. at Hinton Park in Petal

“Händel’s Messiah:” 3 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church of Hattiesburg

Christmas in the Orchard: 6 p.m. at the Fulmer’s Farmstead and General Store in Richton

Dec. 6

World Ballet: Nutcracker: 7 p.m. at Hattiesburg’s Historic Saenger Theater

Dec. 8

A Tuna Christmas: (Dec. 8 - 11) at the University of Southern Mississippi Mannoni Performing Arts Center

Dec. 10

6th Street Museum District Open House: 12 p.m. at the African American Military History Museum (USO) and Smith Drug Co.

Victorian Candlelit Christmas: 5 p.m. in the Hattiesburg Historic Neighborhood

Dec 11

A Carey Christmas: Love came down at Christmas: (Dec. 11 - 12) at the Hardy Street Baptist Church in Hattiesburg

Dec. 16

A Very Sopro Christmas Party: 6 p.m. at Southern Prohibition

The Nutcracker: (Dec. 16, 17 & 18) at the University of Southern Mississippi Mannoni Performing Arts Center

Dec. 17

Holly Jolly Christmas Community Give Back: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Shady Grove Baptist Church.

Dec. 31

Midnight on Front Street: at the intersection of Front Street and Main Street in downtown Hattiesburg

These times and dates may also change for any reason, such as the weather. This list will be updated if more holiday events are provided.

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