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Canton Christmas Festival
Canton, MS · Holiday
- When
- November 28 – December 23, 2026
- Where
- Historic Courthouse Square · Canton · MS
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Canton's courthouse square is wrapped in more than two hundred thousand lights each winter, with carriage rides and nightly displays running from late November through Christmas. The festival has run for 36 years.
The history within reach
- Canton Flea Marketsame spot
Twice a year the Canton courthouse square fills with hundreds of arts and crafts vendors, a market that has run for 62 years and draws shoppers from well outside Mississippi.
- Canton Christmas Festivalsame spot
Canton's courthouse square is wrapped in more than two hundred thousand lights each winter, with carriage rides and nightly displays running from late November through Christmas.
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