With Christmas approaching, many families are looking for an area to celebrate and spend time together. If you’re not sure on great places to spend holidays, I have round up a few of the best in this article…

Boston – Although this city is an amazing place to stay year-round, it is exceptionally amazing around the holidays! With countless lights and Christmas trees gathered around, the city could not be more entertaining. A few activities Boston offers around the holidays include light shows, concerts, shopping, carolers, ice-skating, sight-seeing and much more. Not to mention the beautiful snow this city gets around December.

Chicago – This city is one of my absolute favorites. From the massive skyscrapers and beautiful lights to the good food and shopping areas, Chicago has countless things to do. However, this city has many activities and events dedicated to just the Holiday season. For starters, we have Chicago’s “Tree lighting ceremony”, this is a tradition that has continued being done for over a century in Daley Plaza. However, this year the event has been moved to Millennium Park. Another popular activity around the Christmas time is shopping at the Christkindlmarket, this is Chicago’s largest holiday market. Things sold include nutcrackers, cuckoo clocks, food, drinks and hand-made ornaments. Chicago also has ice-skating, shows and sight-seeing, it is not a place to miss during the holiday season.

NYC – New York City is one of the most famous places in the world to visit around the holidays. With extremely well known events/sights such as the ‘Macy’s day parade’, Ice skating at ‘Wollman Rink’, ‘The Rockettes show’ and The ‘Rockefeller Center Christmas tree’, there is an endless amount of things to do in this magical city. The lights, buildings and beautiful snow gives a Christmas feeling you can not get anywhere else. Not to mention hotels are decorated stunningly around this time of year. You can also pop over to a few NYC stores and get some Christmas shopping done. New York City is the perfect place to spend the holidays.

San Francisco – Even though this famous city resides in the warm west coast, it is a beautiful place to spend the Christmas season. This city puts on its best light show for you when Christmas rolls around and where better to see it than from a boat or perhaps, even the Golden Gate Bridge? San Francisco puts on many similar events to other cities such as city Christmas tree lighting and shows. There are also trolley tours for tourists to see the Holiday themed city.

London – If you’re looking to get a little farther away, perhaps London is the place for you or your family to spend your Christmas. London has many activities and events for people looking to celebrate the season. These events include ‘Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland’, checking out the Warner Brother’s studio to see Hogwarts in the snow, the Christmas festival ‘Winterville’ where they have food, drinks, a Christmas decorated Ferris Wheel and Ice skating, carols, Musicals/Plays including ‘The Nutcracker’, Christmas museums, Restaurants and much more. Not to mention all of the beautiful English shops!

Wherever you may travel this Christmas season or even if you’re staying in with family, I hope it is filled with joy. Merry Christmas!