most Christmassy place on East coast
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Anonymous
| I think what you’re looking for is in NY: Mohonk resort has a Christmas scene. |
Anonymous
I had relatives that lived there. The green was cute, but otherwise, Morristown is not charming. And I’m trying to be polite. |
Anonymous
Mohonk during the holidays is fine, but for kids, staying in Rhinebeck or Woodstock would be better. |
Anonymous
| Another vote for Williamsburg |
Anonymous
Vote against it. We went there maybe 5-6 years ago during Christmas for this reason. I was surprised it was a bit disappointing. NYC all the way. |
Anonymous
| Agree NYC all the way! Watch the many Christmas movies set there before you go. See the big tree, window shop down fifth and of course skate the rink. |
Anonymous
| Cape May is indeed beautiful at Christmas, and I really enjoy the coziness of visiting a beach town in the off season, but snow is unlikely. |
Anonymous
| How old are your kids? They might like Hershey? |
Anonymous
DP. So you aren’t stuck in the US? |
Anonymous
Spoken from such a place of privilege. |
Anonymous
Yes, as long as you're not looking for snow. NYC usually doesn't get snow until January, if then! We got basically nada for the past 2 years. |
Anonymous
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Since you have 7 days, I would do (in any order):
NYC: see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, go ice skating at Rockefeller Center, lots of other fun stuff to do. Bethlehem: https://www.discoverlehighvalley.com/cities-towns/bethlehem/explore-bethlehem-during-the-holiday-season/ and if you want something less stressful than NYE in Times Square, PeepsFest in Bethlehem could be good if you can get tickets) Baltimore: Miracle on 34th St https://www.christmasstreet.com/ , B&O Museum Holiday Festival of Trains, and maybe the Walters or other museum and the aquarium. Eat at Miss Shirley's |
Anonymous
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We were really disappointed in our NYC Christmas visit. I go there every December for work and a few times the kids and DH have joined me for the weekend. The last time they did this was 2 years ago. Let me preface all of this by saying we are fine with cities, crowds, lots of walking and very cold weather. My kids were 11 and 9 at the time.
So many people go to NYC to do the whole Christmas thing. It was so crowded everywhere we went. We could barely see the store windows or the Rockefeller tree, we were crammed like sardines in every store we entered, and my kids couldn't even see anything walking down the super crowded sidewalks because they were surrounded by adults (who are much taller). It was so cold and windy that particular weekend that even going to the outdoor holiday markets wasn't very fun. Ice skating was fine--again, very crowded. The whole trip was so overrated, IMO. Of course we were doing a lot of touristy things but that's kind of what you get at that time of year. We've had much better visits to NYC in the spring and fall. |
Anonymous
What's wrong with it? |
Anonymous
Are you sure that's what they want? No presents at all? How old are your kids? |