✨ Wishing You a Joyous Holiday Season! ✨

Warm Wishes for this Festive Time of Year!

As we approach the end of the year, we want to take a moment to express our gratitude for your continued support and partnership. Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or New Year’s, we hope the season brings joy, peace, and connection.

Ninety-two percent of U.S. adults plan to celebrate a winter holiday this year. Here are a few more fun facts to help you get into the festive spirit:

🎄 Christmas (December 25)

Christmas is celebrated in over 160 countries worldwide.
Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” is the all-time best-selling Christmas single.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Greenville, South Carolina; and North Pole, Alaska, are the top Christmas cities in the United States. (Although North Pole takes Christmas very seriously—and year-round—it is not the Earth’s actual North Pole. It’s a small city near Fairbanks.)

🕎 Hanukkah (December 25 – January 1)

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights.
Festivities include lighting the menorah, playing dreidel, and enjoying traditional foods like latkes (fried potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts).
The world’s largest menorah is located in Manhattan’s Central Park.

🖤 Kwanzaa (December 26 – January 1)

More than 9 million Americans celebrate Kwanzaa each year.
This weeklong celebration of African and African-American heritage and culture was founded in 1966 by a professor named Dr. Maulana Karenga.
The seven principles of Kwanzaa—unity, self-determination, collective work, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith—are celebrated through activities and reflection.

🎉 New Year’s Eve (December 31)

Over 1 billion people worldwide tune in to watch the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square, New York City.
More than 119 million Americans expect to travel this New Year’s holiday season.
One-third of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, but only 9% keep them all year.

If you need a break from all these festivities, check out one of our new tours (see below). You can take them either on-site or remotely!

New Tours

Experience Park City’s History (UT)

Learn how Park City began as a mining town that blossomed into a silver-producing juggernaut and eventually pivoted into a modern, world-class recreational destination.

Katonah Historic District (NY)

As you stroll along the beautifully tree-lined streets of downtown Katonah, you'll discover a fascinating quality that makes it unique.

WY Tour Meeteetse

Experience the history, charming downtown and beautiful natural surroundings of the quaint community of Meeteetse, Wyoming.

McCook, Nebraska

Discover life on the high plains in this historic downtown walking tour of what began as just a railroad stop, but persevered through drought, booms, hard times, and good times.

Explore all our tours (280 and counting!) at travelstorys.com.

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