Show times are December 1,6,7,8,13,14,15 at 8pm. For more information call 577-5967. This annual event features festive holiday decorations, carriage rides, Christmas tours of the house museum, holiday menus served in the Middleton Place Restaurant and gifts handmade by stableyard craftspeople. Come experience the four-mile driving tour and experience an array of dazzling designs for the holidays. Create your own light display at the Lakeside Lights activity area or take a leisurely stroll through the Enchanted Forest.
Groups can choose from fun-filled packages that include entertainment and menu selections.
More than 500,000 lights illuminate the community center and 88 beautiful trees are decorated by local churches, schools, businesses and civic groups. Entertainment, rides, dancing troupes, hayrides and pony rides add to the excitement of the holiday. First night is a community celebration of the New Year through the arts. Events feature music, visual art, dance, theatre, puppetry, fireworks, magic, storytelling and music. Tickets to First Night are actually buttons worn on your outer clothing during the celebration providing unlimited access to every festival site and venue.