Best Places to Spend Christmas

Christmas Season is synonymous with family reunions, holiday cheer, and hymns around the Christmas tree and gifts. Christmas is about imparting the happiness and its essence to family and friends.

Today, for more individuals around the globe, Christmas is turning into the time connected with fabulous adventures. Employees whose working 40 hours per week are discovering it less demanding to take time off during the holidays to escape from stressful days and explore the world beyond the place they grew up. Here are extraordinary places to get you in the spirit of taking off.

Lapland, Finland

The wild Urho Kekkonen National Park, an hour and a half flight from Helsinki, is a genuine winter wonderland: navigate the frosty scene by means of a reindeer-pulled sled, or go cross country skiing on the Saariselkä trails

Zurich, Switzerland

In this compact Alpine city, a showcase of 12,000 gem lights denotes the season. Get a heissi schoggi (hot chocolate) and discover the displays on Rämistrasse, look at the Conelli Christmas Circus, or listen to a holiday show in the Romanesque-style Grossmünster church.

Charleston, SC

Charleston puts its own particular twist on the holidays-pecans broiling rather than chestnuts, eggnog spiked with whiskey, and choirs singing spirituals at Drayton Hall plantation.

Reykjavík, Iceland

In this supernatural scene, sunlight is a four-hour affair and the fluid green aurora borealis lights up the evening sky. Statues of the 12 Yule Lads (the Icelandic rendition of Santa Claus) peer out from each corner shop and window.

Santa Barbara, CA

The waterfront towns in Santa Barbara County consolidate New England-style solace and old California style with extreme holiday kitsch during winter season.

Boston

New England's old-world climate and coziness make Boston a regular option for the holidays. Appreciate Beacon Hill's cobblestoned avenues cleaned with snow, and praise the phantoms of Christmases past with the Christmas Revels at Harvard's Sanders Theater.