Upcoming Events - December 2015

Our pick of very-cool, don't-miss upcoming happenings!
This month:

• Snowflakes in the Bay
• Special Shopping Nights in Old Town
• Waveland Festival of Lights
• Bay-Waveland Yacht Club Christmas Bazaar
• BSL Christmas Parade
• Snowflakes and Sugarplums Festival
• Library Holiday Tree Gala
• Holiday Tour of Homes
• Nutcracker Christmas in Waveland
• Second Saturday Artwalk
• Christmas Horse Parade in Kiln
• Live Nativity Scenes
• Dolly Should - a very special January Second Saturday!
• CASA Mardi Gras Ball

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Explore ALL the Holiday Fun with this Snowflakes in the Bay brochure!

Click on the brochure cover to open!

Snowflakes in the Bay, Waveland, Kiln and Diamondhead!

A series of joy-filled family events throughout the month of December.  Click on the cover of the brochure to open for a list of all the Holiday Happenings! 

The event series takes it name from the illuminated snowflakes that transform the historic live oaks of Bay St. Louis and Waveland during the month.  Lights continue during the evening hours through Jan. 1, 2016.

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12/3 & 10 & 17 - Thursdays

And finally, all you last-minute-shopping Men get the red carpet treatment at Men’s Shopping Night on Thursday, December 17, 3-8 p.m.! (Some of you may qualify for all three events!)

Thursdays: December 3, 10, 17
Special shopping nights in Old Town
Participating Old Town merchants
3-8 p.m.

Old Town hosts three special shopping evenings on consecutive Thursdays in December. First, educators come out and get your shopping done early and local for Teacher Appreciation Night on Thursday, December 3, 3-8 p.m.

The following Thursday, December 10, all you firefighters, emergency professionals and military personnel can make your rounds in Old Town during First Responders/Military Appreciation Night (also 3-8 p.m.)

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12/4 - Friday

Waveland’s Festival of Lights
Coleman Avenue, Waveland
Dusk
Free

Watch the oaks on Coleman Avenue become a wonderland of lights, sing some carols, then get a photo with Santa after he arrives at City Hall in a FIRE TRUCK! Also, snacks!!! This is just too much.

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12/4 - Friday +
12/5 - Saturday

Christmas Bazaar
Bay-Waveland Yacht Club
Friday, 10am - 7:30pm
Saturday, 10am - 2pm
#1 Yacht Club Drive
BSL

This annual event is hosted by the BWYC Ladies Auxiliary and features more than 30 vendors.  Lunch, dinner and drinks are available.  The public is welcome!  Attendees are asked to bring a donation to the Food Pantry in lieu of an entrance fee.

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12/5 - Saturday

Christmas Parade and Snowflakes and Sugarplums Festival
11 a.m.
Necaise Avenue and Main Street start; ends at Historic Train Depot
228-463-9222

It’s the 8th annual Christmas Parade in Bay St. Louis, and it all wraps up with the 3rd Annual Snowflakes and Sugarplums Festival at the train depot.

The Route:  Parade stages on Necaise Avenue, heads down Main Street to Beach Boulevard, Court Street, 2nd Avenue, Union Street, and ends at the depot.

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12/5 - Saturday

Holiday Tour of Homes
1-4 p.m.
Tickets at Maggie May's (123 Main Street, BSL) and Doggies Day Grooming
$12 OR $15 day of event at any of the homes

The Holiday Tour of Homes features historic homes in Bay St. Louis festively decorated for the Holidays.  All proceeds benefit Friends of the Animal Shelter in Hancock County.

Homes on Tour:  208 Leonhard; 134 Sycamore; 222 North Beach; 200 Carroll; 222 Felicity, and 211 de Montluzin Ave.

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12/5 - December

Nutcracker Christmas in Waveland
1-4 p.m.
Waveland Public Library
345 Coleman Avenue

Santa strikes again, this time at the public library in Waveland! Have some refreshments and enjoy some Santa time while picking out your Christmas reading material.

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12/6 - Sunday

Hancock County Library's
Holiday Tree Gala
1pm - 4pm
Bay St. Louis Library
312 Hwy 90
Bay St. Louis

A breathtaking display of exquisitely decorated trees delight families while children get a personal audience with Santa.
Performances by the Hancock County Children’s Choir at 1:30 p.m., and the South Hancock Elementary Children’s Choir at 2:30 p.m. Punch and cookies will be served.

Hanukkah, the Jewish celebration that begins at sundown on December 6, will also be represented in the display case at the Bay St. Louis-Hancock County Library.   In conjunction with the gala event, the Bay-Waveland Garden Club will host a small standard flower show, Christmas Traditions, in the Seal Meeting Room.

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12/12 - Saturday

Saturday, December 12
Second Saturday Artwalk
Old Town Bay St. Louis
4-8 p.m.

Second Saturday is always fun, and you know that December’s artwalk will be HO! HO! Hopping! Music, snacks, and plenty of holiday cheer as merchants stay open late. Shop local, and say hi to all your friends and neighbors at the Second Saturday Artwalk!  Hot Spots:  Clay Creations (220 Main) and Green Canyon Outfitters (108 S. Beach Blvd).

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12/13 - Sunday

Christmas Horse Parade in the Kiln
Bobinger Road to Fire Dept. Road
12-2 p.m.
More info: 228-216-9424

Wait, there’s a Christmas HORSE PARADE with OVER 100 HORSES and wagons and Santa and Mrs. Claus in Kiln? We are THERE! Starts at noon at Bobinger Road, looping to Fire Department Road 6285, and ends back at Bobinger Road at 2 p.m. with Santa. WOW!

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12/17 - Thursday & 12/19 - Saturday

Live Nativity Scenes
12/17 - Thursday
First Baptist Church
141 Main Street
Bay St. Louis
7 p.m.
&
12/19 - Saturday
Christmas Live Nativity Re-enactment
Hosted by Bay St. Louis Little Theatre
Historic Depot Grounds
Bay St. Louis
7 p.m.

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12/26 - Saturday

 The ceremonial lighting of the symbolic candles during the gala will feature elders of the community and youth dancers.

This event is a fund-raiser for the NAACP Hancock County Chapter.

Unity in the Community Kwanzaa Celebration
St. Rose Holy Spirit Center
313 S. Necaise
Bay St. Louis
Sponsor/Patron Party: 7pm
Gala: 8pm - midnight
General admission: $20

The Unity Gala will include a live band, food and cash bar. Africa attire is encouraged, but not required. This annual event will celebrate the Kwanzaa Holiday with a ceremony to acknowledge the seven principles of Kwanzaa: Unity, Self-Determination, Collective Works and Responsibility, Cooperative Economics, Purpose, Creativity and Faith.
  

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1/8 - Friday

2016 King Mr. Kelly Cannon of Bay St. Louis and Mrs. Carol Shiyou of Kiln

5th Annual Krewe of CASA
Mardi Gras Gala
BSL Community Center
301 Blaize Ave
Tickets $40
Tables available for sponsorship

One of the premier events of the year, this Mardi Gras extravaganza raises money for the local CASA group (read more about their fine work in this Cleaver article!).  This year features live music by Category 6, dinner by Jimmie Ladner and friends, with a  silent and live auction.

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1/9 - Saturday

Dolly Should
Smith & Lens Gallery
106 South 2nd Street
Bay St. Louis
4-8 p.m.

Celebrate Dolly Parton’s birthday at this Dolly-themed party and art extravaganza! Smith & Lens is known for throwing spectacular and fun art openings/parties, and this one’s clearly going to be a barn burner. Break out your largest blond wig, squeeze into your best dungarees, button up that western shirt, and head on down to where the music’s playing. We hear there is a Dolly look-alike contest, so start planning now! And who knows? Ms. Dolly herself HAS been invited, so there’s always THAT.