11/23/2025
Add Corolla! The Kind Cup / coffee & art is sponsoring the Corolla Christmas Village this year which has become a beautiful yearly event with lights, food, art, vendors, music and more. Whalehead in Historic Corolla has holidays tours and events. Also visit the Corolla Christmas House light display, right on Rt 12 close to Harris Teeter. It’s the most wonderful time of the year on the beach!
North Carolina’s Coastal Christmas Towns Road Trip takes you to 10 of the most festive spots along the NC Outer Banks and southern coast. In Manteo, the waterfront glows with lights and the Elizabethan Gardens shine bright for WinterLights. Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head add decorated piers and dune-top lights. Duck and Kitty Hawk bring small-town charm with garland, soundside displays, and coastal cottages wrapped in lights. Elizabeth City and Edenton feel straight out of a Christmas card, with waterfront trees, historic streets, and warm holiday lights. Washington lights up the Pamlico River with its riverfront festival. New Bern adds Candlelight Christmas at Tryon Palace. Beaufort brings a lighted boat parade and waterfront decorations. Bath, North Carolina’s oldest town, adds quiet colonial charm dressed in simple, glowing lights.
📍Manteo (WinterLights at the Elizabethan Gardens)
📍Nags Head (Jockey’s Ridge Holiday Displays)
📍Duck (Duck Town Park Holiday Lights)
📍Kitty Hawk (Kitty Hawk Christmas House)
📍Elizabeth City (Harbor of Hospitality Holiday Parade)
📍Edenton (Edenton Christmas Candlelight Tour)
📍Washington (Bright Lights on the Pamlico)
📍New Bern (Tryon Palace Candlelight Christmas)
📍Beaufort (Beaufort Lighted Boat Parade)
📍Bath (Historic Bath Christmas & Town Lights)
