Celebrate Christmas in the Smokies
This Christmas, with so much going on and such a strong presence of benevolence and Christmas spirit around the town, Pigeon Forge is the perfect place to spend your holidays in style and comfort!
Visit the Pigeon Forge Accommodations page to plan your Christmas or New Years getaway today. Local resorts, hotels, condominiums, cabins, inns, motels and bed and breakfast establishments have
doors wide open, ready to entertain and pamper you and your family this holiday season.
Christmas in the Smokies can take many different tones, depending on your taste. From charming, quaint mountain shops, intimate church services, grand dinner feasts, moving choral performances, intricate seasonal décor and lights, sprawling outlet malls to serene mountain trails and historic chapels, anyone can find their Christmas niche in the Pigeon Forge area this year!
Here are some great upcoming Smoky Mountain Christmas festivities:
~~~On Sunday, December 18 Seymour Heights Christian Church will host its annual Christmas services at 9 and 10:30 a.m. The services are dedicated to celebrating the birth of Jesus, with special performances by the Adult and Children’s choirs; the congregation can sing along as well! The morning will include dramatic interpretations, Christmas carols and hymns, and delicious refreshments served between services in the Family Life Center.
~~~On the evening of December 18 be sure to laugh your fanny off at the Grace Baptist Church presentation of “Dirty Laundry,” a Christmas comedy with dinner following. The show begins at 6 p.m., held at the church located at 2539 Old Newport Highway. Call 865-453-4647 for more details.
~~~Visit the Pigeon Forge First Baptist Church Sunday, December 18 at 6 p.m. for an evening of Christmas music! Call 865-453-4647 for more information.
~~~Monday, December 19 come hungry and ready for a Christmas feast between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. at the Gatlinburg First Baptist Church on Highway 321 next to Alamo Steakhouse. Dinner is free to all, and Santa will visit, bearing gifts for children! Christmas carolers will project lovely Christmas harmonies as you eat and socialize on this merry evening. Call 865-436-4685 for details.
~~~A Christmas celebration featuring Don Richmond will be held at the First Baptist Church (between lights 6 and 7 on the Parkway) in Pigeon Forge at 6 p.m. on December 21. Call 865-453-4647 for more information.
December 24~
~~~Visit Seymour Heights Christian Church at 5 and 11:30 p.m. for a "Dressed Down at Christmas" service on Christmas Eve. The evening services will include special music, Christmas carols and hymns, and candlelight communion. At the 11:30 service, there will be a special time of music, prayer and communion.
~~~St. Paul Church at 1028 Boyds Creek Highway will hold a Christmas Eve service at 10:30 and a special ecumenical midnight service at 11 p.m.
~~~The non-denominational Christ Covenant Church of Sevierville will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight and Holy Communion service at 7 p.m. The church is located on 1625 Newport Highway.
~~~St. Paul Lutheran Church on 1610 Pullen Road will hold a Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. Call 865-453-2274 for more information.
~~~Middle Creek United Methodist Church will have a 6 p.m. candlelight service. Inquire at 865-428-6332.
~~~The First United Methodist Church of Pigeon Forge will host a Christmas Eve worship service at 11 p.m. with ensemble septet music, Midnight Holy Communion, and singing of hymns and carols. The church is located next to Food City in Pigeon Forge.
~~~Christmas Eve Mass will be held at 7 and 10 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church on the Historic Nature Trail in Gatlinburg.
~~~At 7:30 and 11 p.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight Holy Communion service.
December 25~
~~~St. Paul Lutheran Church on 1610 Pullen Road will hold a Christmas Day service with Holy Communion at 10:30 a.m. Call 865-453-2274 for more information.
~~~At 10:30 a.m. Pigeon Forge First Baptist Church (on the Parkway between lights 6 and 7) will have a Holy Communion service. Call 865-453-4647 for more details.
~~~Our Savior Lutheran Church will hold Christmas Day Holy Communion at 10:30 a.m.
~~~Covenant Baptist Church will have Christmas Day services at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.