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Natchitoches Christmas Festival of Lights
Experience the charm of the original French colony in Louisiana (1714) during
the Festival of Lights and Christmas Festival, one of the nation's oldest
community-based holiday celebrations.  The Festival of Lights begins November
22 and lasts into the New Year. The Natchitoches (Nack-a-tish) Christmas
Festival has been held on the first weekend in December since 1927. This
annual event draws in excess of 100,000 visitors each year for the parade, live
entertainment, food fair, arts and crafts show and a spectacular fireworks show
over the scenic Cane River Lake.

Mini-festivals are held every weekend in December with a Holiday Tour of
Homes, entertainment and fireworks every Saturday and at midnight on New
Year's Eve.
November 20, 2010 – January 6, 2011
Accomodations in Natchitoches, Louisiana

The Holiday Trail of Lights  
Millions of lights, fireworks, live entertainment, Christmas musicals and parades.
Two states and six cities, Marshall, Texas, Kilgore, Texas, Jefferson, Texas,
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana, and Natchitoches, Louisiana, all within a one
hour drive of each other, are connected by a short drive on Interstates 20 and
49. Southern hospitality sparkles in the six cities as you follow the Holiday Trail.
November  18, 2010  to January 6, 2011
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Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg welcomes the Christmas season with a magnificent spectacle of
candles, fireworks, and music. Performances are held on multiple stages in the
Historic Area and continue after the fireworks, which are set off from three
locations simultaneously.

Colonial Williamsburg's seasonal programs range from an elegant wine dinner
with Thomas Jefferson to breakfast with Santa Claus. Choose from live theatre
for children or 18th-century performances on period instruments. Enjoy
Christmas breakfast in a tavern or a full-blown New Year's Eve gala. Attend a
seminar and learn the secrets of creating Williamsburg's signature decorations.
Whatever your choice, you’ll remember a Colonial Williamsburg Christmas visit.

November 25 - December 31, 2010 Williamsburg VA
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Christmas in Bethlehem (PA)
Christened "Bethlehem" by Moravians on Christmas Eve 1741, Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania is the Christmas City. Join us this holiday season for a celebration
like no other. From carriage rides to Christkindlmarkt, make the Christmas City
part of your family's holiday tradition!
November 21 - December 31, 2010 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Accomodations in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Christmas Festival of Lights at The Grotto
Continuing a wonderful holiday tradition begun as a gift to our community in
1988, The Grotto's Christmas Festival of Lights welcomes all who seek the true
spirit and meaning of Christmas. Through the presentation of spectacular lights,
hourly music concerts, outdoor caroling, and other family entertainment,

The Grotto's festival surrounds visitors with the traditional sights and sounds of
this wondrous holiday season. Few holiday celebrations can hope to compare
with the grandeur offered by The Grotto's pristine sanctuary garden setting
with magnificent architecture, towering firs, and an angel-covered Cliffside as a
backdrop.
November 26, 2010 through December 30, 2010
Closed Christmas Day.  The Grotto, Portland,  Oregon
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The Winter Festival of Lights at Oglebay
In 1985 a holiday tradition began at Oglebay and soon spread throughout the
city of Wheeling.  The first year, displays and landscape lighting covered 125
acres over a three-mile drive throughout the resort. Since then the show has
grown into one of the nation's largest, covering more than three hundred acres
over a six-mile drive throughout the resort.

The Winter Festival of Lights is viewable nightly from dusk to 11:00 p.m. Each
vehicle is asked to make a one time donation, which remains valid for the entire
festival season. Trolley tours are offered several times each night beginning at
Wilson Lodge.  Oglebay, and the Winter Festival of Lights, is located 4 miles
from I-70 at Exit 2A. It is 60 miles from Pittsburgh via I-79 south and I-70 west;
120 miles from Columbus via I-70 east; and 150 miles from Cleveland via I-77
south and I-70 east.
November 12, 2010 - January 2, 2011
Accomodations in Wheeling, West Virginia

Winter Festival of Lights Niagara Falls
Visit the Niagara Falls CAA Winter Festival of Lights, Canada's foremost
illumination festival in spectacular Niagara Falls, Ontario - as we capture the
magic of the holiday season.  

The CAA Winter Festival of Lights turns Niagara Falls into a winter wonderland,
with over three million sparkling lights along a 5km route, Niagara Falls ice
skating at the TD RINK at the Brink, grand holiday displays throughout the city,
and unique Niagara Falls events like the Christmas Concert Series with the Glen
Campbell and Classic Country featuring Gene Watson, Jimmy Fortune, Helen
Cornelius and Shotgun Red.  

This most enchanting of Niagara attractions has become a family tradition for
over one million locals and visitors from around the world on winter getaways.
November 6, 2010 to January 31, 2011
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Other Communities with Christmas Celebrations
Nuremburg Christmas market
Cologne Christmas market
The Christmas fairs and markets of Germany are unique.
Get away for a real traditional Christmas
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