2023 Nine Flags Christmas Festival

Special Events

12/2 Nacogdoches Arts Collaborative's Winter Workshop

Come downtown to visit vendors and do hands-on workshops with local artists and craftspeople. Holiday fun before the lighted Christmas Parade!

12/2 Nine Flags Christmas Festival & Lighted Christmas Parade

Hands-on workshops to create your own ornaments and gifts with artists and craftspeople. Vendors, holiday joy and fun before the Lighted Christmas Parade. The Nine Flags Lighted Christmas Parade will begin at 6:30PM on the brick streets of Downtown Nacogdoches. Look for updates on the Nine Flags Facebook Page by clicking here!

12/9 Christmas Tour of Homes

Join us for our annual Christmas Tour of Homes! We have several wonderful homes on the upcoming homes tour, scheduled for Saturday, December 9th from 1-5PM. Advance tickets will be available at the Visitor Center.

12/9 Millard's Crossing's Old Fashioned Christmas

Millard's Crossing's Old Fashioned Christmas is back! Enjoy three showings of "A Christmas Carol" presented by Lamp-Lite Theatre, crafts, photos with Santa Clause, hot cocoa, pony rides, hay rides, petting zoo & more at the Historic Village! Watch the Village transform into a Winter Wonderland on Saturday, Dec. 9th from 2PM-9PM

Holiday vendors and free art workshops for kids behind the Visitor Center before the Lighted Christmas Parade from 10am-2pm!

Downtown Nacogdoches turns into a scene from a Hallmark movie. The streets are lined with families, Christmas lights sparkle, and local organizations put on a show with decorated floats. The theme this year is Christmas Around the World!

Parade Float Information

We are excited to launch signups for this year's Lighted Christmas Parade!

Our theme this year is..... CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD!

Here's how you sign up:

Complete the usual Parade Entry Form, available at the link below, or by calling Nacogdoches Area United Way at 936-564-5869.

The entry form and payment can be turned in at the Visitor's Center downtown (200 E. Main Street) or by mail to the address listed on the form. Please turn in your entry form by November 21st.

NEW PARADE ROUTE:

As you look ahead to this year’s Christmas Parade downtown, we’d like to make you aware of some changes to this year’s route due to ongoing construction in the Mound/Park Street area.

This year’s parade will start on Mound Street and travel through the downtown area before heading down Pecan Street. The suggested primary viewing area for residents will be in Festival Park, which the route will circumvent as it travels down Pecan Street, across Craven and back up through South Fredonia Street. The parade will then take Main Street over to Mound Street, where it will wrap up in the area of Thomas J. Rusk Elementary School. A map of the route for this year’s parade is attached, with the new route outlined in orange.

For more information on the 2023 Christmas Parade, check out event sponsor Nacogdoches Area United Way's information page here: https://bit.ly/3M4Nld5

2023 Parade Entry Form

2023 Parade Route