Tree Lighting Ceremony

Join the Mark Twain Museum as we celebrate the start of the Holiday Season with the Annual Lighting of the Christmas Tree and Boyhood Gardens outside Twain’s Boyhood Home on Hill Street. The Salvation Army Brass Band welcomes you to the event at the Main Stage beginning at 5:00 pm with traditional holiday music, followed by Christmas Carols led by Hannibal’s Tom and Becky ambassadors and Santa Claus. Lighting the tree and grounds will be held at dusk.

We invite you and your family to bring an unwrapped toy for Hannibal’s Toys for Tots program. Museum staff will be on hand to help place your donation under the tree during the ceremony.

The Museum Christmas Tree has been donated by the Branch Ranch Tree Ranch each year. Visit our Facebook page for all the updates.