In general, it is difficult to put an end to: Weihnachten in the USA

From Baum’s warm welcome at New York’s Rockefeller Center to his surfing holiday, the boat parade and a city with Santa Claus – the festive season in the US is so much fun.

“We will be happy to welcome you during the winter holidays, enjoy the wonderful atmosphere, enjoy the culture and enjoy the warmth of the Christmas treats, enjoy the Christmas festivities throughout the year,” said Fred Dixon, chairman and CEO of Brand USA, the official tourism marketing organization of the United States of America.

Der Nordosten und de Mittelatlantik-Staaten

The Baum in Rockefeller Center is a Muss at a company in New York’s Weihnachtszeit. For example, the city’s next sights include the shopping halls of Kaufhäusern at Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman, the Neapolitan Barockkrippe of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the “Nussknacker” of the New York City Ballet and the “Christmas Spectacular” of Radio City Rockettes.

The male Christmas market in Bryant Park, Union Square and Grand Central is packed with a Bummeln. Zur Feier von Chanukka is located at Ecke Fifth Avenue and 59th Street at number 25. This month there is a large Menorah going on for eight nights.

The attractions in Washington, DC are the “National Christmas Tree” and the “National Menorah” in the Park of the White Houses, the Weihnachtsbaum in front of the Capitol, the “ZooLights” in the National Zoo and the US Botanic Garden, in the modelleisenbahnausstellung and Tausende von Weihnachtsstern-Pflanzen zu bewildered sin. We can gain a little more leverage over DowntownDC Holiday Market in front of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and over DC Holiday Market in Dupont Circle.

In the Open Light Museum Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia were Führungen, Straßentheater, Konzerte, Bastel workshops and special men, who cross a short distance from the Christmas festivities in America, angeboten. Ganz in the new Busch Gardens theme park: The Christmas Town lock with the great North American American airspaces, “Santa’s Fireside Feast” and a party.

One of the most beautiful places in town is the picturesque Vermont town such as Woodstock, Manchester, Grafton or Stowe. Alternatively, the big city of the Federal State, Burlington, is an escape in the winter absence. Ideal activities, a winter wonderland that offers skiing, cross-country skiing, Schlittenfahrten, Schneeschuhwanderungen or Schneemobiltouren. Gemütlich ausklingen lässt man den Tag with a Tasse heißen Schokolade for dem Kamin.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, during the Weihnachtsabend of 1741, the Spitznaam “Christmas City” was visited. As a rundgang goes through historical history Four times a Tour with a costumed Fremdenführer, and a Muss is a Busfahrt am Abend:

Then read about the weather in the city – the 28 meters above the stern on the South Mountain – further intensive. Carrying a gift, you will go to the Christmas market and in the Christmas town village. The one-time Live Advent Calendar with Music, Stories and Leckereien is running at Besuch ab.

Der Mittlere Westen

The town of Santa Claus in Indiana has a guest in “Santa’s Candy Castle” Kastanien who makes a fierce attack, in the Weihnachtsladen of Santa Claus a few, Weihnachtsplätzchen to see and a party with the Weihnachtsmann of the ghost. In Indianapolis, Newfields’ Winter Lighter became a significant stimulus. The smaller bowls at the WinterFaire, the large Children’s Museum of the World, at your expense, where the Erwachsenen Kunsthandwerk could be erstehen at the Athenaeum Christkindlmarkt.

In Columbus, Ohio, the road to the German Village used to be: The Christmas Market in Europe was quiet with kopfsteinpflastergas, secret cafes and festive decorations. Another attraction is a visit to the Nutcracker Village of Steubenville: Here at 215 lebensgroße, handmade Nussknacker and a Collection of 400 Krippen from the entire World zu existaunen. In Cleveland, an overview of the houses, in ‘A Christmas Story’, was created, empfehlenswert.

In Chicago, Illinois, shoppers head up the legendary “Magnificent Mile.” If there is a big outbreak of mulled wine or punch on the “Christkindlmarkt” in the Innenstadt, it is no longer noticeable. The next developments are the Eislaufen in Maggie Daley Park with a view of the Skyline and Lake Michigan.

A further highlight is the 50 sculpted Bäume in the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, the Fairytale throughout the world, including the light installations in the zoo, in the Botanical Garden and in the Morton Arboretum. Theater fans will listen to Fall “A Christmas Carol” at Goodman Theater and a live version of “It’s A Wonderful Life” in American Blues Theater adapt.

In Minnesota, the Holidazzle Festival in Minneapolis takes place from December 18 to 22 with interactive light shows, pop-up markets and live music. In the nearby Mall of America – the largest shopping center in the country – no one can now shop anymore, find between Elfen and the Weihnachtsmann, many decorations astonished and the Candy Cane Institute is like that.

In Duluth, the Spitznaam “Weihnachtsstadt des Nordens” can follow their Hundeschlittenfahrten and the Bentleyville “Tour of Lights” to the Pflichtprogram. Take the opportunity to see the future, Nordlichter zu sehen.

Der Süden und Südosten

The “NOLA ChristmasFest” was launched in New Orleans, Louisiana, from December 20 to 30. The attraction is an Eislaufbahn, a Lebkuchendorf and a Karussellfahrten. Auch für das culinary Wohl ist gesorgt: Restaurants in the Ganzen Stadt beet Festtagsmenüs anlässlich der Réveillon-Feier an.

The tradition passes to the city’s credit, which begins in the 1800s with the beginning of the Weihnachtsfestes with a great power, which will appear after the Mitternachtmesse nach Hause Kamen. A personal and personal approach believes the large light shows in New Orleans City Park, the free Konzerte in the St. Louis Cathedral, the Darbietung of Weihnachtsliederen in Jackson Square, which form the Lagerfeuer on the Mississippi River.

The part of the arts in Asheville, North Carolina is one of the most popular destinations in the United States, but there are much more attractive tourists who want to come now: the Advent season in Ashevilles experiences Biltmore Estate, so beautiful and you will become.

The first Biltmore Christmas Eve celebration took place during candlelight Christmas Eve in 1895. Live music, glittering decorations and kaminfeuer create a romantic atmosphere. A flight was carried out during the Anwesen rundet in the kunstausstellung of Dale Chihuly in the Aufenthalt ab.

The Florida punktet with zahlreichenfestival and parade: the luminous festival in St. Augustine, the Winterfest in Pensacola and the Luminosa festival and Santa’s Enchanted Forest in Miami go to the credibility. Another magnet is the festive Boat Parade: it takes place on December 7 in Jupiter and on December 14 in Fort Lauderdale.

The Höhepunkt takes place on December 24. Dezember: It arrives at Surfing Santas in Cocoa Beach at 7:30 am. Disney World presents Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party and Epcot’s International Festival of the Holidays, with Universal Orlando Grinchmas airing. The small Christmas town in the Nähe of Orlando is intended for its Weihnachtsmann statue and its Post Office, which were inscribed in the letter with the stamp “Weihnachten”. You can take to the streets after renting the Weihnachtsmanns.

Der Westen, Nordwesten en Südwesten

In Colorado, a spectacular “Mile High Drone Show” will take place in Denver on November 22. Night long in the Himmel, with other glittering light shows in the Denver Botanic Gardens, in the Denver Zoo, in the Elitch Gardens, in Cherry Creek North and in the Innenstadt such a sin. During the shows, the man will never fit in again, while Cleo Parker Robinson’s “Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum” makes an appearance at Jazz Club Dazzle.

In the right Christmas mood, man bei a Fahrt met dem Polar Express in Golden: Angelehnt an das Kinderbuch und de Film umfasst das Erlebnis Vorführungen von Weihnachtsliedern anyway besuch beim Weihnachtsmann. If the legendary Pulverschnee is located below the Skiern region, then the Zug from Union Station in Denver is directly in the Skigebiet Winter Park, or starts in 130 kilometers between Breckenridge. Here I am 7. This month there was a Christmas parade with Bernese Mountain Dogs on the program.

In New Mexico, the Luminaria Tour in Albuquerque highlights the local tradition of papier-mâché, the Plätze and the Wege-säumen. In Santa Fe there is a Winter Spanish Market for Bummeln ein, and in a brighter evening in Carlsbad at a boat trip on the Pecos River ein. A unique experience is a kind of indigenous community that is a Taos Pueblo: Here is the Holy Abend with Lagerfeuern, Prozessionen zu Ehren der Jungfrau Maria and Gewehrsalven aus alten Lehmhäusern gefeiert.

During New Year’s Eve in California there are many opportunities to visit the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade (December 18 to 22) and the Festival of Lights at the historic Hotel Mission Inn in Riverside. The festival of the high punks in Los Angeles is the Baum in the Einkaufszentrum The Grove, the Christmas celebration on Rodeo Drive, the Eisbahn on Pershing Square and the Christmas parade on December 1 in Hollywood.

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater started in 1969 with “Der Nussknacker” with puppets, performing in the Walt Disney Concert Hall and recording the films “Home Alone” in the statistics of live orchestras.

The Universal Studios Hollywood theme park is set in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the Super Nintendo World and the natural Grinchmas in Whoville. Disneyland festival with a Christmas Fantasy Parade, Eiszapfen in the Dornröschenschloss and a spectacle of Christmas celebration in “It’s a Small World”.

In Oregon, Bierliebhaber will come at Holiday Brew Fest in Portland at your expense. A journey through time began in Florence at the Victorian Christmas Open Houses, and in Bend the Wasserparade closed with geschmückte Kayaks, Kanus and Paddelbrettern jedes Jahr unzählige Zuschauer an. Abgerundet is the Freizeitangebot during the winter in the free time, such as a truffle, a Schneeschwandern and the Beobachtung von Adlern.

The hell lighter of Las Vegas, Nevada, there is a new insight during Christmas. On der Rennstrecke Las Vegas Motor Speedway finds the Glittering Lights-Show-statt and I enchant Las Vegas as a guest in the light labyrinth and at the lighter schnitzeljagd. In Henderson, the light show called “Candy Rush” is animated in a drive-through format at the M Resort Spa Casino.

The Bellagio Conservatory has spent its Blumendekoration and the Winter and the Fontänen of Christmas music have turned brown. Das Hotel Fontainebleau walks to the swimming pool terrace on the Eislaufplatz.

During Hawaii during the summer nights with luaus and hula shows, winter sports enthusiasts can enjoy the most beautiful beach resorts in a tropical area. Darüber is an optimal time for Walbeobachtung.

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico has spent the longest holiday season in the U.S. lighting up its inland nighttime lights. From January 16 to 24, the Misa de Aguinaldo-Gottesdienst with musical untermalung was broken up in the Catholic Churches, and the Feierlichkeiten continued with the Dreikönigstag on January 6 and the San Sebastian Fest on January 16 to 20.

Quelle / Photos: visittheusa.de