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Family Christmas trips: light shows, Christmas markets, Santa visits and snow, from a weekend drive to Lapland.
Every stop below is priced for a family of four at a mid-range stay, before gas or flights. Price them all from your ZIP to see your family's full totals.
Best: Nov–DecNatchitoches Festival of LightsLouisianaFrom about $1,710 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecFrankenmuthMichiganFrom about $1,930 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecSanta ClausSouthern IndianaFrom about $1,960 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecBryson City Polar ExpressSmoky Mountains, North CarolinaFrom about $2,440 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–Jan, Mar–AprSt. Augustine Nights of LightsFlorida's Atlantic coastFrom about $2,440 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecBransonOzark Mountains, MissouriFrom about $2,510 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecGerman Christmas marketsMunich, Nuremberg & RothenburgFrom about $2,510 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: DecWilliamsburgVirginiaFrom about $2,640 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Dec–FebMontréal & Québec CityQuébec, CanadaFrom about $2,660 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Mar–Apr, Nov–DecSan Antonio River WalkTexasFrom about $2,720 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Oct–DecAsheville & BiltmoreBlue Ridge Mountains, North CarolinaFrom about $2,760 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecHersheyPennsylvaniaFrom about $2,770 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: DecLeavenworthCascade Mountains, WashingtonFrom about $2,880 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecVienna & SalzburgAustriaFrom about $2,880 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Oct–DecGatlinburg & Pigeon ForgeGreat Smoky Mountains, TennesseeFrom about $2,990 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecChicago ChristkindlmarketIllinoisFrom about $3,060 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecNashville & Opryland ICE!Nashville, TennesseeFrom about $3,350 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Dec–FebStowe & WoodstockVermontFrom about $3,450 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Feb–Mar, DecNorth Pole & FairbanksInterior AlaskaFrom about $3,470 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: May–Jun, Sep, DecLondonEnglandFrom about $3,590 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: May–Jun, Sep–Oct, DecParis & Disneyland ParisFranceFrom about $4,070 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: DecNew York City at ChristmasNew YorkFrom about $4,080 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecOrlando holiday parksCentral FloridaFrom about $4,830 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Dec–JanRovaniemi, LaplandArctic Circle, FinlandFrom about $5,660 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–MayDisney Cruise to the BahamasRound trip from Port Canaveral, FloridaFrom about $6,190 for 4, 5 days, before travelBest: Nov–DecRhine Christmas Markets river cruiseBasel, Switzerland to AmsterdamFrom about $6,770 for 4, 5 days, before travel