Memphis holiday events you won't want to miss — from lights to parades to ... Gremlins!

From Graceland to the Gremlins.

From Beale Street to the Botanic Garden.

Memphis and the Mid-South this year are so generous with their parades, light shows and other gifts that they are making Santa look like the Grinch.

Here are some of the highlights.

Christmas at Graceland

Through Jan. 8, Graceland

The holiday season at Elvis Presley's historic home includes a landmark date not on most calendars, as Graceland extends the season through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day all the way until Jan. 8, which in 2024 will mark what would have been Elvis' 89th birthday. Highlights of the intervening weeks will include the holiday light displays at the Elvis estate; Elvis-themed Christmas concerts Dec. 1 and 2 at Graceland Soundstage; and the opening of the new gift shop and gallery devoted to the collectible Christmas villages created by the Department 56 company.

Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees

Through Dec. 31, Museum of Science and History, 3050 Central

A 60-year-old tradition continues as the former Pink Palace again displays its "forest" of 50 specially decorated and "awe-inspiring" (per a MOSH press release) trees, augmented by a "scrumptious" Christmas village created by local chefs, a functioning miniature railroad and "Penguin Pond." In addition, the museum will host holiday concerts throughout the season, as well as screenings of "The Muppet Christmas Carol," "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Scrooged."

Christmas in Collierville

Nov. 21-Jan. 4, Collierville Town Square

The Christmas tree lighting ceremony begins at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 21, launching a season of Yuletide fun in the historic town square of Tennessee's 15th most populous city. Live music and Santa Claus can be found in the square's gazebo many nights, and the 46th annual Christmas parade begins at 7 p.m. Dec. 1.

Zoo Lights

5:30-9:30 p.m. most nights, Nov. 24-Jan. 6, Memphis Zoo

The Memphis Zoo's annual display of animal-themed holiday lights returns, augmented by an ice skating rink, an "Enchanted Ferris Wheel," hot chocolate stations, and that furry polar non-bear, Santa Claus himself.

Deck the Diamond Holiday Spectacular

4:30-10:30 or 11:30 p.m. most nights, Nov. 24-Dec. 31, AutoZone Park

"Offseason" becomes "holiday season" as the Memphis Redbirds host the newest addition to the city's Christmas traditions, a pathway "decorated with over 190 lighting structures including large walk-through tunnels, archways, animals, presents and trains all centered around a 60-foot Christmas tree" (according to the Redbirds website). Plus, a 3,600-square-foot ice skating rink will be ensconced in left field (if something that occupies 3,600 square feet can be said to be "ensconced").

Starry Nights at Shelby Farms

6-10 p.m. most nights, Nov. 24-Dec. 31, Shelby Farms

The park's largest fundraiser of the year showcases 2 miles worth of drive-by light displays. On some nights, visitors will be allowed to walk or bike the lines. Also, Santa Claus will be chillin' (perhaps literally, depending on the temperature); and local vendors will be selling holiday wares at the "Mistletoe Market."

Christmas at The Peabody

Nov. 24-Dec. 31, Memphis Zoo

The "South's Grand Hotel" hosts one of the city's most glamorous Christmas trees in its historic lobby, a floor-to-ceiling wonder so loaded with ornaments that even a wayward Peabody duck might not find a place to roost. The tree-lighting ceremony is set for 5 p.m. Nov. 24.

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Holiday Wonders at the Garden

5-8:30 p.m. most nights, Nov. 24-Dec. 30, Memphis Botanic Garden

"Playhouse Lane," the "Under the Stars Outdoor Lounge," "Snowy Nights in My Big Backyard" and Santa's sleigh (the dude gets around) are among the attractions at the annual display at Memphis' most ho-ho-horticulturally inclined holiday celebration. Includes some dog-friendly "Paw-liday" evenings.

Memphis Arts Collective Holiday Artists Market

10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. most days, Nov. 24-Dec. 24, 5847 Poplar #110

Artists and craftspeople from across the Mid-South offer unique gifts of all types during this 30th annual sale, held this year in the old Spin Street music store in Poplar Plaza. Visit memphisartscollective.com.

Millington Christmas Parade

1 p.m. Dec. 2, Millington

"Candy Cane Lane" is the theme for this year's parade, which begins at Newport Avenue and travels down Navy Road.

Olive Branch Christmas Parade

2-4 p.m. Dec. 2, Olive Branch

The North Mississippi town hosts its annual holiday procession, on a route that begins at 9200 Pigeon Roost Road.

Bartlett Christmas Parade

4 p.m. Dec. 2, Bartlett

"All I Want for Christmas Is...?" That Yuletide query is the theme for this year's parade, which will wend its way through neighborhoods along Kirby Whitten and Yale roads. Viewers are welcome to bring lawn chairs and blankets along the parade route.

Hernando Christmas Parade

6:30 p.m. Dec. 4, Hernando

The Hernando Main Street Chamber of Commerce again hosts an annual procession that travels from Commerce Street to the historic town square and finally to Hernando Baptist Church.

Christmas Fiesta!

11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 9, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 4339 Park

The Cazateatro Bilingual Theater Group and Opera Memphis celebrate and demonstrate the Christmas traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean. The entertainment menu and the literal menu will include traditional Spanish Christmas music, Latin food, crafts and such activities as parrandas (street carnivals), posadas (religious celebrations) and more.

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Germantown Holiday Parade

2-5 p.m. Dec. 9, Germantown

Decorated floats, horses, school groups, clubs, marching bands and Santa atop a Germantown fire truck are among the highlights of this ambitious parade, which begins at the corner of Kimbrough and Farmington and ends at the Germantown Athletic Club.

Memphis Holiday Parade on Beale Street

2 p.m. Dec. 9, Beale Street Entertainment District

Beale Street Management calls this "the grandest holiday parade in the region," and who could argue? The parade through the historic entertainment district sometimes designated "the birthplace of the blues" will feature marching bands, steppers, twirlers and "all sorts of sights," including, of course, the figure that Memphis rockabilly artist Cordell Jackson called a "red-dressed daddy-O," i.e., Santa Claus.

'The Nightmare Before Christmas' and 'Gremlins'

5:30 p.m. Dec. 13, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

In conjunction with Memphis' cult video venue, Black Lodge, the Brooks Museum hosts a macabre double feature that put the ghoul into Yule: The Tim Burton-produced "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993), a stop-motion adventure showcasing spindly Jack Skellington, and Joe Dante's "Gremlins" (1984), in which furry "mogwai" bring comedic terror to a small town at Christmastime.

Arlington Christmas Parade

11 a.m. Dec. 16, Arlington

Beginning on Airline Road near the entrance to Arlington High School, the parade has a "Toy Story" theme, which means Woody and Buzz Lightyear are liable to be vying for attention alongside Santa Claus and the other holly jolly celebrities.

Time Warp Drive-In: Strange Christmas 10

7 p.m. Dec. 16, Summer Quartet Drive-In, 5310 Summer

"Holiday Inhumanity" is the theme of this 10th annual Christmas-themed double feature, which marks the end of yet another season in the "Time Warp Drive-In" series, which is devoted to cult and classic cinema. First up is "Anna and the Apocalypse," a 2017 British musical in which high school students find their Christmas break party plans postponed by the zombie apocalypse. The second movie is Alex de la Iglesia's horror-comedy "Day of the Beast" (1995), in which a priest and a headbanger team up to thwart the Christmas Eve birth of the Antichrist.

This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: Holiday events in Memphis: Parades, tree lightings, lights & more