Celebrate the joy of giving this year by shopping down the street or around the corner. Spend your holiday shopping, dining and leisure dollars locally throughout this holiday season and watch your gift multiply.

Help Alabama businesses thrive. Local stores and restaurants, which give your community flair and flavor, have already begun their holiday promotions and deals. Don’t leave them off your list.

>> Alabama Retail Association’s 2024 holiday shopping forecast

Join the Shop Alabama for the Holidays movement and share the hashtag #ShopAlabama throughout the 2024 holiday season.

Here are some upcoming holiday shopping events in Alabama:

5:30 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12: Prattville’s A Main Street Christmas. Shop local small business for the perfect Christmas gift and then enjoy horse-drawn carriage rides, carolers, hot chocolate and cookies, children’s make and take art projects, dancers, music and more, plus a visit from Santa!

Thursday, Dec. 12: English Village Open House. Mountain Brook. Get all of your holiday shopping done and enjoy sales & festivities!

Daily: Candy Cane Trail, downtown Jasper. More than 30 participating retail shops in downtown Jasper and beyond.

6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13: Christmas in a Railroad Town, Opelika. Live entertainment, shopping, pictures with Santa and more!

4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16: Jingle Rails, downtown Opelika. Shop local, support small businesses and snap a photo with Santa!

Email us your events and we’ll add them here.