CHARLOTTE – The Southern Christmas Show will pay tribute to America’s veterans on Thursday, Nov. 11, the first day of the show, and also Veterans Day.

The annual gift expo, along with show exhibitors, is helping raise funds for the United Service Organizations of North Carolina. Guests arriving at the show on Veterans Day will have the opportunity to donate $10 to help the service men and women supported by the USO. Donors will receive an “I Support the Troops” sticker, which will qualify those visitors to a 10 percent discount on purchases with hundreds of show exhibitors who have signed up to help.

The show continues through Nov. 21. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays. Find more information or purchase discounted tickets online at www.SouthernChristmasShow.com. At the door, tickets cost $9 or $3 for children 6 to 12 years old. Children younger than 6 get in free.