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For those who play holiday tunes in the spring and watch Hallmark Christmas movies in the summer, there’s a place for you. A number of places actually. From winter-based theme parks to towns with ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from Charlotte Motor Speedway's Speedway Christmas, which isn't too far from Christmas Town USA.Did you know there's a Christmas Town USA in North Carolina? In ...
From Christmas markets to light displays, small towns across the US get into the holiday spirit. Helen, Georgia, is a recreation of a Bavarian alpine village that goes all-out for Christmas. Santa ...
The holidays are upon us — and what better way to prepare for the big day than with a trip to your local Christmas market? Christmas markets make holiday shopping an enjoyable experience, with ...
If you’ve heard that the common myth that first Christmas tree in the United States came from Shiloh, you’ve certainly heard wrong. If someone told you that the first Christmas tree in Illinois came ...
The beginning of Christmas was small at first; just a spark from one man’s memory of a fir tree and happy children. In 1830, Charles Minnegerode, a political radical as he was called, was exiled from ...
For many American families, Christmas isn’t Christmas without a tree decorated with lights, ornaments, tinsel – and an electric train circling merrily beneath. No one knows precisely when the train ...
Americans are obsessed with a white Christmas and all the trimmings – snow, icicles, sleigh rides, frost on windowpanes, cuddling up by the fire, mittens, the North Pole. Christmas is a cacophony of ...
American Christmas, the holiday décor store in Mount Vernon, is having an online Christmas in July sale as well as a two-day summer sample sale. The store has grown to 15,000 square feet from 1,000 ...
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I love a good Christmas movie. I especially love watching Christmas ...