Looking for the quintessential mountain Christmas experience in North Carolina this year? Then gather up friends and family and head over to the tiny town of Dillsboro. At Christmastime, this charming mountain locale turns into the most enchanting Main Street in the country.
Filled with delightfully rustic galleries brimming with handmade crafts, pottery, and other wonderful artisan creations, Dillsboro is a popular place to visit year-round.
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But each year on the first two weekends in December, Dillsboro tranforms into the most enchanted Main Street in America.
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Holiday cheer abounds as the shops, restaurants, trees, and streets are dripping in twinkling lights. But that’s not all…
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More than 2,500 hand-lit luminaries line the sidewalks for the annual Lights and Luminaries event taking place on Friday and Saturday evenings (the first two weekends in December).
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But you can also have a wonderful holiday experience in Dillsboro during the daytime in the Christmas season. And you just never know who you’ll run into on America’s most charming Christmastime Main Street.
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You may feel like a kid in a candy store as you stroll through this winter wonderland filled with shops, galleries, studios, and restaurants all decked out for the holidays.
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The town and merchants come together to completely deck the halls and it’s an experience most cherish attending year after year.
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Find handmade chocolates at the Dillsboro Chocolate Factory…
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… and handmade Christmas items in nearly every shop. Prepare to check a few people off your holiday shopping list after a visit to Dillsboro’s Main Street this season.
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As mentioned, the shops and studios are open all season long, but if you want to attend the special Lights and Luminaries event, it takes place December 6-7, and December 13-14, 2019 nightly from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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Join in with carolers strolling the streets, or take a horse-drawn carriage ride around the town. You simply can’t go wrong when you surround yourself in holiday bliss in Dillsboro this year!
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For a Christmastime memory the entire family will cherish, head to Dillsboro’s enchanted Main Street this year. Learn more at this link.
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As a mere point of reference: Dillsboro is located 17 miles southeast of Bryson City, 64 miles southwest of Asheville, 134 miles southwest of Boone, and fewer than three hours from both Charlotte and Winston-Salem.
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Address: Dillsboro, NC 28779, USA
