5 Christmas inspiring towns you have to visit this holiday season
By Brian Miller
Taking a trip to a Christmas town this holiday season gets you out of quarantine.
The Christmas season officially began the second the last Thanksgiving plate got washed and these towns are all about the season.
In some places, entire communities get together to decorate their homes so that passersby can revel in the beauty while they sip hot chocolate and the listen to the kids squeel with joy in the back of the car. These drive-thru beauties are starting to fade in many areas and are becoming harder to find.
It would be pretty safe to say that many towns across America have at least one “drive-thru” park that has lights during the Christmas holiday season. I loathe the spectacle personally. Especially given the fact that you pay and entry fee to see big lit signs with local business advertisements on each light display. So this year, it might be time to get away from the advertisements and dive into a Christmas town!
Step back in time for a Charles Dickens style holiday with the towns annual Dickens of a Christmas festival. Entering it’s 35th year, get up close with characters from A Christmas Carol and other characters as they come to life amid the Christmas decorations. Chat with the characters and get your picture taken as well.
Yes, you can live at the North Pole every single day of the year and with a name like North Pole, you have to go all out for Christmas. In North Pole, you can experience a Christmas atmosphere all yearl ong but get into December and watch out! The small Alaskan town has candy cane street lights, a home for Santa complete with reindeer!
3: McAdenville, NC or locally known as Christmas Town
Outside of Charlotte, enjoy everything that Christmas Town has to offer in terms of Christmas spirit for free. Practically everything is decorated from the homes, to the town itself. It has been going on for more than 60 years! When you refer to yourself as X-Mas town, you have a rep to uphold.
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2: Frankenmouth, MI
Michigans very own Bavarian town gets all dolled up for the holidays and Christmas is their best! Frankenmouth is home to the largest Christmas store in the world, Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland. If you have the largest store you better go all in and they do just that.
Can’t get to Michigan? No worries, Helen, Ga. is a reinvented town in the Blue Ridge Mountain range that has become another Bavarian paradise, and yes, they too go all out for the holidays!
The Welcome to Santa Claus sign has Santa Claus on it, why wouldn’t it? The town has only around 2,500 people but they bring Christmas to life! In Santa Claus, Christmas isn’t a week or a couple of days, it’s all month if not more and the feel around town lasts all year. It is the must stop travel spot for the holidays!