Merry Christmas Village

Merry Christmas Village

Christmas Village 2008 marks the 48th year of this annual event. It was created in 1961 by the Nashville Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club to raise money for its philanthropies and to engage its members in an interesting and worthwhile project.

Berenice Miller Denton and Barbara White Fridrich, the first co-chairs of the event, paved the way for the tremendous success of Christmas Village today. They planned a Christmas fairyland, with beautiful and exciting gift displays from local merchants. The show started as a one-day event at the Hippodrome on West End, netting $1,020.


Today Christmas Village is recognized as a premier consumer show in the southeast. Housed at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in six buildings, more than 25,000 shoppers from TN, KY, AL, MS, and LA can find exceptional items from over 260 fabulous merchants from around the country selling limitless choices of gifts, clothes, jewelry, crafts, holiday decorations, antiques and food. It is the place for one-stop shopping.

Christmas Village