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Cherokee Native Christmas, brought to you by the Cherokee Chamber of Commerce and EBCI Marketing and Promotions, will be held in downtown Cherokee on December 13 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Downtown Cherokee will be adorned with twinkling lights to celebrate the holiday season. Featured entertainment includes Clogging, Bands, Choirs, Indian Dancing, Storytelling, a visit by Santa, and other exciting events. Entertainment is from noon to 6 p.m., with the exciting finale of the Cherokee Christmas Parade.
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Christmas is coming and holiday shopping has begun. If you’re looking for that one-of-a-kind Christmas gift, look no further. The Annual Half Price Christmas Sale at Qualla Arts & Crafts Mutual Co-op offers hundreds of handcrafted, unique works of art by Native American artists including jewelry, baskets, wood and stone-carved items, beadwork, dolls, and more. The sale runs from December 1 to December 24 at the Co-op, located at 645 Tsali Blvd., across the street from the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.
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It’s a history few people know about, a legend they say, of how the creator put the Cherokee people here on this land in the southern Appalachians some 11,000 years ago. Indeed, archaeological evidence shows people living here in this region at the end of the last ice age. Today, Cherokee elders tell stories of strange giant animals that once roamed the mountains. As direct descendants of the first people in North America, the Cherokees are one of the oldest continuous cultures on earth—older than the Mayans, the Incas, the Aztecs, or the Egyptians.
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Join your friends at the Travel & Tourism Christmas Bazaar this year, located at the Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds – 545 Tsali Blvd (HWY 441), on Saturday, December 13, from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The holiday bazaar will feature traditional Cherokee crafts and Christmas gift items of every kind from more than twenty vendors.
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