Travel calendar

Georgia

■ St. Marys — The Santa Special Train Rides, select dates through Dec. 11, is an interactive family-friendly adventure to save Christmas from being ruined by pesky mice. thegeorgiatrain.com.

■ Dahlonega — Dahlonega’s Old-Fashioned Christmas, through Jan. 9, will be decked out in thousands of twinkling lights, a Christmas tree on the square, carriage rides, socially-distanced visits with Santa and a Christmas market. www. dahlonegachristmas.com.

■ Jekyll Island — Holly Jolly Jekyll, through Jan. 2, features 35,000-plus lights on the Great Tree, Santa sightings, Peppermint Land, fireworks displays and openair trolley tours on select nights. jekyllisland.com/ holiday.

■ Lookout Mountain — The Enchanted Garden of Lights, through Jan. 2, features a magic forest filled with lights, and there also is a chance to visit Santa in his workshop, listen to music and shop for ornaments and holiday gifts. seerockcity. com.

Alabama

■ Theodore — Magic Christmas in Lights at Bellingrath Gardens and Home, through Jan. 5, features 3 million twinkling lights in 1,100 custom-designed set pieces and 16 scenes. Santa will be there for photos each night through Dec. 23. bellingrath.org.

■ Warrior — Wonderland Under Warrior, through Jan. 2, transforms the cave with more than 100,000 lights and holidays displays along the mile walk in the cave. There also is a gift shop and Santa visits. alapark.com.

■ Gulf Shores — The annual Christmas Lighted Boat Parade, Dec. 11, has boats leaving from LuLu’s Gulf Shores at dusk and heading to the Wharf in Orange Beach. gulfshores.com.

Florida

■ Homestead — Magic of Lights, through Jan. 1, has set up at Daytona International Speedway and uses LED technology and digital animations to display prehistoric Christmas and Big Foot Monster trucks in lights. magicoflights.com.

■ Coconut Creek — Holiday Fantasy of Lights, through Jan. 2, is a threeand-a-half mile long path animated with twinkling lights taking the form of Santa, carousels, palm trees and giraffes. holidaylightsdrivethru.com.

■ Key West — The Key West Holiday Fest, through Jan. 1, includes the Harbor Walk of Lights, historic inn tours, a boat parade, an on-land parade, art markets and a grand finale of a NYE ball drop. fla-keys.com.

Louisiana

■ New Orleans — The NOLA ChristmasFest, Dec. 17-30, features an ice skating rink, ice slides, carnival rides, Santa, gingerbread houses, decorated trees and more. nolachristmasfest.com.

North Carolina

■ Blowing Rock — Crazy Christmas at Mystery Hill, through Dec. 30, needs help rescuing stranded elves. Activities include an elf hunt, Christmas crafts, gem mining, snowball fights and more. mysteryhill.com.

■ Winston-Salem — Holidays at Reynolda, through Dec. 31, has the bungalow decked out in period decor, and is offering Christmas-themed hour tours, caroling, wreath decorating and more. reynolda.org.

■ Concord — Speedway Christmas, through Jan. 2, is a four-mile drive-through course at the Charlotte Speedway with more than 4 million LED lights synchronized to Christmas-themed music. www.charlottemotorspeedway.com.

South Carolina

■ Myrtle Beach — Nights of a Thousand Candles, through Jan. 2, features candles and lights illuminating Brookgreen Garden paths as musicians play and carolers sing. brookgreen.org.

Tennessee

■ Chattanooga — Ruby Falls Lantern Tours, held Friday nights and select Saturday nights after hours, let visitors experience the cave and falls when it is illuminated only with hand-held lanterns. rubyfalls.com.

COURTESY OF JEKYLL ISLAND Holly Jolly Jekyll, through Jan. 2, features 35,000-plus lights on the Great Tree (above), Santa sightings, Peppermint Land, fireworks displays and open-air trolley tours on select nights.