It’s beginning to look a lot like Tybee for the Holidays and you’re invited to come help us spread the holiday cheer!
4th Annual Crab Shack Tybee Boat Parade
On December 2nd, join us for our 4th Annual Tybee Boat Parade! It’s free for participants with a Second Harvest Food Donation and $5 for spectators with a donation! There will be a hot dog and chili bar available from 6pm -7pm. Boats depart our docks around 7pm and awards will be presented out upon their return! Call 912-786-7009 for info.
Lights on for Tybee
Come join us on December 7th from 6:30pm – 9:00pm for Tybee’s annual tree lighting celebration with holiday joy and excitement. Enjoy downtown with singing, dancing and more.
Tybee Arts Association Christmas Art Show
December 7-9, get your last minute holiday shopping don! Support local artists and causes at the Tybee Arts Association Last Minute Christmas Show and Sale. Fifteen local artists will display their work, including jewelry, pottery, paintings, fiber arts, sculpture, prints, art quilts, glass art, photography, and much more. You are sure to find gifts to check off your list. While you are there, help a good cause with a donation to Tybee’s Rising Tyde Food Pantry. Bring a non-perishable food or cash donation and get a raffle ticket for an artist’s basket filled with small works by the artists.
Tybee Island Christmas Parade
We’re having a parade on December 8th at 1:00pm! Celebrate and share the joy of the holiday season as participants parade from 14th Street to the Tybee Island Gym during the annual Christmas Parade.
Garden Club Annual Holiday Gifts & Goods Sale
Also on December 8th, the Tybee Island Garden Club is hosting a special holiday gift and goods sale to benefit the Tybee Island Garden Club on Saturday, December 8, 2012 from 11 a.m. — 3 p.m. This year’s holiday fundraiser will feature delicious baked goods, unique crafts made with natural elements and specialty plants. This event is free and open to the public.
Ft. Pulaski Candle Lantern Tour
On December 14 and 15, Fort Pulaski commemorates the Confederate Nog party of 1861 each year during the holiday season. The long-lived Savannah tradition provides night-time tours of the historic fort by candlelight and oil lamps. The original party, held at Christmas time in 1861, gave the Confederate garrison at Fort Pulaski a respite from the tension of impending battle. The fort casemates, armed with cannons, were decorated with holiday garlands. As one soldier commented, tables groaned under the weight of fine delicacies sent down from the city. With song and good cheer, the men celebrated a light-hearted moment as the dark clouds of war gathered over Savannah.
7th Annual Christmas Caroling Trolley
On December 15, neighbors board the trolley and spread singing joy throughout the island. This year’s sponsor and meeting location is Marlin Monroe’s @ 404 Butler Avenue. Gathering begins at 5pm and the Caroling Trolley will depart at 6pm — rain or shine. Flashlights are recommended. One trolley will be transporting this year, so be sure to buy tickets early! For more information, please send an email here.
6th Annual Tybee Island Toure de Lights
December 15th is also the date for the 6th Annual Tybee Island Toure de Lights. Light up your bikes and homes and come to Tybee Island for a night of holiday fun! The Toure de Lights event will kick off at A-J’s Dockside with a bike line-up and awards ceremony, with prizes for the best bike and home decorations. The Toure de Lights parade will begin at A-J’s Dockside and end at Marlin Monroe’s. Registration forms are available at A-J’s and Tim’s Beach Gear. All event proceeds benefit the Rising Tyde Community Food Pantry. Bike line-up and awards ceremony at 5 p.m. Toure de Lights Parade at 6:30 p.m. A-J’s Dockside Restaurant 1315 Chatham Avenue Tybee Island, Georgia $10 entry fee. Cash or checks will be accepted. Please make checks payable to Rising Tyde Community Food Pantry. 912-786-4801
Childrens Civil War Holiday Workshop
On December 22nd, Fort Pulaski National Monument will celebrate the holiday season with special children’s holiday workshops throughout the month of December. Children are invited to join park staff in making, molding, and painting the holiday candy know as marzipan! We will also be making special edible holiday ornaments for the enjoyment of our backyard wild friends! Space is limited. Reservations are requested. Please contact Gloria Swift, Park Ranger, by phone at (912) 786-5787 extension 218 or via email at Gloria_Swift@nps.gov for more information.
Christmas Eve & Christmas Day Dining
This year, let Christmas Eve and Christmas Day be the days you take it easy and let someone else take care of the “food frenzy”. Follow the link where you can let just that happen. Many of Tybee’s wonderful dining establishments will be open and ready to share their cooking with you for the holidays.
New Year’s Eve Fireworks
Bring in the New Year with a bang! Enjoy the show launched from the Tybee Pier at the stroke of midnight at one of Tybee’s many restaurants and bars, or watch it from the beach. It promises to be spectacular!
Tybee Polar Plunge
This event has become a Tybee tradition, held every January 1st at noon at the Pier on the south end of the island. Plan to be with us next year, invigorating your soul with a cleansing (and cold) plunge into the Atlantic.
Of course, all the best visits start with the cottage charm and coastal calm of Mermaid Cottages. Call us today and let us help you select just the right Tybee Home For The Holidays!
