Christmas Vacations

Christmas Vacations

Increasingly, families are taking vacations away from home. For many people home is the best place to enjoy Christmas, but some seek a new and different way to spend their Christmas vacation. It really can be a nice way to enjoy Christmas in other ways than the traditional home gathering. As with any decision, there are pros and cons as to where you would most enjoy spending your next Christmas vacation.

Celebrating Christmas the traditional way, where you wither travel to family member’s house or they to yours and stay for a few to several days if they live in a different city. Certainly, spending time with loved ones that may only visit once a year is a greatly important part of Christmas to many people., but it is also a lot of work. Whether you are hosting or visiting, there is much to do in order to prepare for such a group celebration.

Try something different! Instead of spending hours and hours planning and shopping, cleaning and decorating, consider taking a vacation. Christmas vacations can be just as fun as a regular vacation, except that if you plan things right you can avoid the rush and crunch at the airports. This tends to fall on certain key days before and after Christmas, so if you can stagger your travel dates somewhat, which will be easier since you do not have to synchronize with extended family members.

Why not go skiing. A Christmas vacation ski trip can be a perfect way to celebrate Christmas with your significant other, your immediate family or even yourself. This is a great time to stay at a ski resort, as many people will be at home celebrating Christmas and you will have greater access to services and slopes. Many ski resorts will bring Christmas tress or a Menorah, as well as personalized Christmas stockings to your room during a Christmas vacation stay.

Many hotels and resorts also have their own special holiday festivities and traditions during winter. There is a legendary New Year’s Ball at Badrutt’s Place Hotel in St. Moritz. In Round Hill in Jamaica hotel staff dress up in Santa Claus suits and serve eggnog on the beach.

Want something more exciting and exotic? Take a Christmas vacation in Prague. The official Christmas meal in Prague is carp preceded by a fish soup. With its fairy tale gothic towers and cobble stoned streets, Prague is an idyllic place to spend Christmas.

For a truly Dickensian Christmas, fly to London for parties, champagne, roast goose, twinkling lights and cold weather. A great place for a delightful Christmas Eve dinner is Gordon Ramsay’s. They also serve a Christmas luncheon. Be sure to make reservations for either gathering.

IF you don’t want to do or see anything related to traditional Christmas celebrations, how about a trip to Beijing? Instead of not-celebrating Christmas with movies and ordering Chinese takeout, why not go for the real deal? There are beautiful hotels just off Tianamen Square that start around $238.

If you love Santa Claus and all things Christmas, consider a vacation to Finnish Lapland. This Province of Finland is just north of the Arctic Circle, and is home to Santa Claus Village, the Santa Park, and Santa’s Post Office. There are sleigh rides, Northern Lights, and pleasant bed-and-breakfasts that start at $120.

Deon Melchior is the Editor and Publisher of Article Click.
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