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Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Tallulah Falls community members and students at Tallulah Falls School kicked off the holiday season with its annual Town Christmas Party on Friday, Dec. 5. Unique to Tallulah Falls was a giant bonfire that lit up the night sky and warmed eventgoers on a chilly evening.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Tallulah Falls community members and students at Tallulah Falls School kicked off the holiday season with its annual Town Christmas Party on Friday, Dec. 5. Unique to Tallulah Falls was a giant bonfire that lit up the night sky and warmed eventgoers on a chilly evening.

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Tallulah Falls gathers for annual town Christmas party

Megan Horn
Thursday, December 11, 2025
The Town of Tallulah Falls kicked off the holiday season with its annual Christmas party at the Town Hall on Friday, Dec. 5. Townspeople and students at Tallulah Falls School showed out to the family-friendly event which featured a potluck dinner, caroling and live music.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Ben McKissack, a youth member from Head of Tennessee Baptist Church, reads the Christmas story during the Dec. 3 Christmas tree lighting event in Dillard. The focus of his message was the birth of Jesus.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Ben McKissack, a youth member from Head of Tennessee Baptist Church, reads the Christmas story during the Dec. 3 Christmas tree lighting event in Dillard. The focus of his message was the birth of Jesus.

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Dillard kicks off holiday season with annual tree lighting

Megan Horn
Thursday, December 11, 2025
The City of Dillard was bustling with holiday cheer on Wednesday, Dec. 3, as community members enjoyed the annual family-friendly Christmas event at its city hall. Community members enjoyed yule-time cheer and a countdown to the lighting of the Christmas tree. “This has become a great event.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Lyla Messer, 6; and Gentry Messer, 4, happily visit Santa “On the Farm” and tell him what they want for Christmas, during the Dec. 4 event hosted by the RCHS and RCMS FFA chapters.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Lyla Messer, 6; and Gentry Messer, 4, happily visit Santa “On the Farm” and tell him what they want for Christmas, during the Dec. 4 event hosted by the RCHS and RCMS FFA chapters.

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Community visits Santa ‘On The Farm’

Megan Horn
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Santa spends most of the year in his workshop at the North Pole, but during December he can be seen having a jolly good time around Rabun County. On Thursday, Dec.
File/The Clayton Tribune. Santa Claus is expected in this year's Christmas Parade in Clayton. This year's theme is "Christmas Movies."

File/The Clayton Tribune. Santa Claus is expected in this year's Christmas Parade in Clayton. This year's theme is "Christmas Movies."

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Flicks the pick for Christmas Saturday parade

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Netflix, Prime, Hulu, HBO Max and many other streaming services and television networks certainly give a Santa’s sleigh-worth of holiday movie options in December. And some of those Christmas classics will come to life on Clayton’s Main Street Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
File/Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Community members are invited to experience Christmas in Appalachia at “A Foxfire Christmas” on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 98 Foxfire Lane, Mountain City. Donations are appreciated.

File/Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Community members are invited to experience Christmas in Appalachia at “A Foxfire Christmas” on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 98 Foxfire Lane, Mountain City. Donations are appreciated.

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Explore Appalachia with an Old-Time Foxfire Christmas

Megan Horn
Thursday, December 4, 2025
‘Tis the season for winter holidays where families enjoy spending time together and making memories. Foxfire is committed to honoring those cherished traditions that have been passed down for generations.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. On Black Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29, crowds of people made their way to the Rabun County Civic Center for the 2025 Rabun Festival of Trees and Holiday Extravaganza. A total of $13,695 was raised for the Teaching Kitchen of the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia and many vendors made plans to return in 2026.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. On Black Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29, crowds of people made their way to the Rabun County Civic Center for the 2025 Rabun Festival of Trees and Holiday Extravaganza. A total of $13,695 was raised for the Teaching Kitchen of the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia and many vendors made plans to return in 2026.

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Trees please hundreds of festival goers

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, December 4, 2025
For two days crowds flowed through the Rabun County Civic Center to awe at this year’s Rabun Festival of Trees and Holiday Extravaganza and the event did not disappoint. While putting the hundreds who attended in even more of a Christmas mood, the vendors were very successful on Nov. 28 and Nov.

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Help F.A.I.T.H. halt abuse by giving back this holiday season

Megan Horn
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Local nonprofit Fight Abuse In The Home (F.A.I.T.H.) advocates, empowers, prevents, and protects the victims of abuse and violence in Northeast Georgia. Its staff works tirelessly to protect society’s most vulnerable and offer trauma-informed services to all victims of abuse.