A Full Year of Christmas Fun and Adventure!

...to experience a year of Christmas with me! Hello, my name is Dawn and I absolutely LOVE Christmas!!! I love everything about my favorite holiday, from the music, the lights and decorations to just the sheer joy that Christmas brings. I love it SO much that my wish is to travel for ONE FULL YEAR, spending every day fully immersed in the spirit of Christmas! This will be a super fun adventure for us all, for those of us who love Christmas SO MUCH and wish that it wasn't over so quickly! It will also be great fun for those who just need a dose of cheer now and again! I will be traveling to cities and towns that celebrate Christmas all year long! Yes, Virginia, they do exist! There will also be surprise visits with some very deserving children, along the way. 

I will be sharing all of the magic with you...here on

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Beginning January 1st, my wish is to spend 2026 traveling to these YEAR ROUND Christmas destinations! I will visit places like North Pole, Alaska, Santa Claus, Indiana and Bethlehem, PA.!  I will also visit year round Christmas attractions such as Santa's Village in Jefferson, N.H., Castle Noel, Ohio with America's largest indoor year round Christmas attraction and so much more!!! I hope to spread good cheer, joy and the Spirit of Christmas with many along my journey and I'm going to take you all along with me on this very merry adventure! 

*Santa Claus, Indiana

The states largest #1 destination for year-long holiday festivities. With a Holiday World, Santa's Candy Castle and Santa's Lodge!

*North Pole, Alaska

Where you'll find streets such as Santa Claus Lane, Kris Kringle Drive and the expansive Christmas store called Santa House!

*Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Home to the self-proclaimed largest Christmas shopping village in the south!

The Inn at Christmas Place has a singing Santa twice weekly and present wrapping workshops...I'm in!!!

*Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Officially named "The Christmas City" in 1937.

*Paradise, Michigan

Hosts The National Christmas Museum with over 500 depictions of Santa Claus and much, much more!

*Frankenmuth, Michigan

Michigan's "Little Bavaria" with it's old world charm is home to Bonner's, the world's largest Christmas store!!!

* And many more cities and towns, yet to be determined and discovered!!!

*Sky Park at Santa's Village in Lake Arrowhead, California

A nostalgic outdoor, winter themed, amusement park in the woods, set on 230 acres of natural forest! I am SO THERE!!!

*Santa's Village in Dundee, Illinois 

 This "Azoosment Park" promises a magical Christmas experience!

*Midland, Michigan

Home to THE most prestigious Santa school where Santa's go to learn the biz, from A to Z!!! SO excited to visit!!

*Castle Noel in Ohio

America's largest indoor, year round entertainment attraction. They have the largest Hollywood Christmas movie prop collection!!!

*Murdough's Christmas Barn in Berks County, Pennsylvania

A delight for those in search of a beautiful Christmas shopping experience!

*Santa's Village in Jefferson, New Hampshire

Amusement park with rides, shows and visit's from Santa...and even a water park called Ho, Ho, H2O!!!

*Yankee Candle Village in South Deerfield, Massachusetts

A MAGICAL year round holiday store where in one of the rooms it snows every 4 minutes!!! I gotta go!!!

* And many more! If any of you know of other great destinations that I should visit...PLEASE email me and let me know!

While I am visiting these fun and magical places I will be stopping by local homeless shelters to spread some Christmas cheer to displaced children around our country.

I do not underestimate the importance of a single gift to a child! I look so forward to spreading joy and sharing time and gifts with some very deserving children, along my Christmas journey!