Nashville, TNHoliday Bars

Pearl Diver keeps its retro tropical look year-round, and each winter the East Nashville tiki bar leans into a Christmas theme as one of the country's licensed Sippin' Santa locations. The regular rum-forward drink list gives way to a dedicated set of holiday tiki cocktails and specialty mugs for the season, and the patio and dining room both get decked out for the transformation. Order from the seasonal list while it runs, then expect the everyday tropical menu to return once the new year begins.

Pushing Daisies is a subterranean margarita bar on Lower Broadway, and each winter the semi-secret room gets a full Mexican-inflected holiday makeover. A ceiling full of colorful ornaments and woven decor replaces the bar's usual look, and the tequila-forward drink list shifts to a dedicated set of seasonal cocktails for the month. The space reverts to its everyday margarita bar look once the pop-up ends for the season.

Schulman's is a neighborhood burger bar in East Nashville that goes all in on a Christmas movie theme each December, filling the room with more lights and decor than the house next door. The regular menu keeps running, but the drink list adds a set of movie-referencing holiday cocktails and a beer-and-shot special for the month. It's a laid-back, packed-house scene built around a shared holiday movie in-joke rather than a single showpiece theme. The bar reverts to its everyday look once the new year turns over.