NEW LIST: 100+ Christmas tree lightings, parades & more across Alabama

An annual holiday tradition, The Bama Buzz has compiled a list of Alabama Christmas tree and holiday lightings and parades this November and December. 

We found 100+ events — but we know there are many more.

Make sure to follow the links for all the details.

November 19-26 Christmas Tree lightings & parade

• Florence:  North Court Tree Lighting – November 19
• Evergreen: Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony – November 24
• Huntsville: Tinsel Trail – November 24–December 31
• Jasper: Festival of Lights – Tree Lighting Ceremony – November 24
• Cullman: North America’s Largest German Christmas Pyramid. Special lighting ceremony – November 24
• Brewton: CeleBrewton Lights – November 25
• Auburn: Holiday Lighting Ceremony – November 26, 4:00PM
• Thorsby: Christmas Tree Lighting – November 26
• Trussville: Trussville Caroling and Tree Lighting Nov. 26, 4PM 

November 27-30 – Christmas parades in Tuscumbia & Enterprise

• Jacksonville: Christmas Tree Lighting – November 27 & Christmas Parade November 30
• Guntersville; Downtown Christmas Tree Lighting – November 28
• Enterprise: “A Sweet Christmas” Parade – November 28
• Hoover: Hoover Christmas Tree Lighting – November 28
• Vestavia Hills: Vestavia Hills Tree Lighting Festival – November 28
• Enterprise – Christmas at the Movies – November 28
• Tuscumbia: Annual Downtown Christmas Parade – November 28
• Daphne: City of Daphne Christmas Tree lighting – November 30
• Montevallo: Montevallo Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting – November 30
• Dothan: City of Dothan Christmas Tree Lighting – November 30
• Muscle Shoals: City of Muscle Shoals 21st Annual Christmas Parade – November 30

December 1st-3rd -Snopelika & South’s largest Christmas Tree Lighting

• Andalusia: Candyland Snow in South Alabama – Parade is December 1 – shows throughout the month
• Anniston: City of Anniston Tree Lighting Ceremony — December 1
• Clanton: Parade and Christmas Tree Lighting – December 1
• Cullman: Parade & South’s Largest Tree Lighting – December 1
• Gadsden: Coosa Christmas Boat Parade  – December 1
• Prattville: Prattville: Christmas Parade (Dec. 1)
• Bay Minette: 41th Annual Christmas Festival – December 1+2
• Montgomery: State Capitol Tree Lighting – December 1
• Fairhope: Fairhope’s Magical Christmas Parade – December 1
• Opelika:  Snopelika Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting – Dec. 1

• Dauphin Island: Dauphin Island Christmas Parade – December 2
• Elberta: Christmas Tree Lighting and Parade – December 2
• Foley: Foley Christmas Parade – December 2
• Jemison: City of Jemison Christmas Parade – December 2
• Phenix City: Bi-City Christmas Parade – December 2
• Daphne: Daphne’s Christmas Parade – December 2
• Decatur:  “A December to Remember” Christmas Parade – December 2
• Demopolis: 50th Annual Christmas on the River – December 2
• Millbrook: Millbrook Christmas Candyland – December 2
• Robertsdale: Christmas Parade – December 2
• York: “Music and Magic of Christmas” Parade – December 2
• Vestavia Hills: Vestavia Hills Holiday Parade – December 3, 2:00PM 
• Maplesville: Old Fashioned Christmas – December 3
• Mountain Brook: Mountain Brook Holiday Parade – December 3
• Birmingham: Birmingham Christmas Tree Lighting Block Party – December 3

December 4-7 – includes a superhero Christmas in Troy

• Talladega: Talladega Christmas Parade – December 4
• Tuscaloosa: 46th Annual Christmas Parade “A Retro Christmas”  – December 4
• Troy: “A Superhero Christmas”  – December 4
• Auburn: Auburn Christmas Parade – December 4
• Alexander City: Christmas Parade – December 4
• Hamilton: Hamilton Christmas Parade – December 4
• Anniston: Christmas Around the World Parade – December 5
• Greenville: Greenville Christmas Parade – December 5
• Huntsville: Huntsville Christmas Though the Decades Parade  – December 5
• Jasper: Walker County Annual Christmas Parade – December 5
• Selma: “City of Lights” Selma Christmas Parade – December 5
• Homewood: Homewood Lighting of the Christmas Star and Parade – December 5
• Ozark: Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting – December 5

• Arab: Arab’s Annual Christmas Parade – December 7
• Athens: Athens-Limestone Christmas Parade – December 7
• Eufaula:  Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting – December 7
• Gardendale: Gardendale Rocket Around the Christmas Tree Trail  – Dec. 7 – Jan. 2, 2024
• Fayette: Old Fashion Christmas – December 7
• Florence:  Florence Christmas Parade “Sights and Sounds of Christmas” – December 7
• Headland: Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting – December 7
• Russellville: Miracle on Jackson Avenue Christmas Parade – December 7
• Sylacauga: Sylacauga Christmas Parade – December 7
• Oxford: Oxford Christmas Parade – December 7

December 8 – 14

• Leeds: Leeds Christmas Parade – December 8
• Fort Payne: Fort Payne Christmas Parade – December 8
• Jackson: Christmas in Whoville – December 8
• Bessemer: A Universal Christmas in the City of Bessemer – December 9
• Dothan: Dothan Downtown Festival – December 9
• Madison: Madison Christmas Parade “Santa’s Workshop” – December 9
• Montgomery: Capital City Christmas Parade – December 9
• Moody: No place like Gnome for the Holidays Christmas Parade – December 9
• Tuscumbia: 13th Annual It’s A Dickens Christmas Y’all – December 9
• Trussville: Cookie Walk Downtown – December 9
• Trussville: Trussville Parade Dec. 9, 3PM at the Mall
• Scottsboro: Scottsboro Christmas Parade – December 9
•  Gulf Shores: Annual Christmas Lighted Boat Parade–December 9
• Mentone: 5th Annual Community Christmas Tree Lighting – December 9
• Mobile: 48th Annual Christmas on the River Boat Parade – December 9
• Wetumpka: Have a Dino-Mite Christmas in the Crater – December 9
• Thomasville: Thomasville Alabama Christmas Parade and Stroll – November 9
• Hartselle: Hartselle Christmas Parade – December 14

Additional Tree Lightings & Parades from Bham Metro Area

Last Friday, our sister publication, Bham Now, also published a list of tree lights and parades in the Greater Birmingham Area – 22 Christmas tree lightings, holiday parades in the Birmingham Metro area.

Did we miss a parade or tree lighting? Do have a favorite memory? Let us know by tagging us on social media at @Thebamabuzz