Take a trip to Rudolph, Bethlehem, Santa Claus and North Pole... the town names that prove Christmas is alive all year long in America
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'Tis the season to be jolly, but there are some US towns and cities that embody the spirit of Christmas 365 days a year. With names that reflect biblical places, figures of holiday lore and, in some cases, mere seasonal coincidence, these towns and villages have become magnets for tourists who are attracted to their yuletide celebrations and festive markets.
![[Santa pays a visit to Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Bethlehem is only a short drive away]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/19/93437933-14221791-image-a-2_1734983349321.jpg)
Stretching from the sunny climes of Christmas, Florida to the appropriately frosty North Pole, Alaska - and with a Dasher and Rudolph in between - these towns and villages draw fans who flock to them for everything from a timely Christmas card postmark to a visit with live reindeer (the terrestrial kind).
![[The borough comes into its own at Christmas time with The Nazareth Area Chamber Elf Trail]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/19/93437931-14221791-image-a-1_1734983345215.jpg)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It may be 5,757 miles from the birthplace of Jesus Christ with which it shares a name, but the Pennsylvania city of Bethlehem boasts of being the first in the US to decorate a Christmas tree. Originally a Moravian settlement, the town became known for decades as the home of the mighty Bethlehem steel plant before the factory's closure in 2003.
![[Christmas, Florida, has become best known for its post office, which opened in 1892, and is a mecca for people who want a 'Christmas' postmark on their holiday cards]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/16/93432975-14221791-image-a-3_1734972409687.jpg)
The community was christened on Christmas Eve of 1741 by Bishop Nicolaus Zinzendorf, who said: ‘Brothers, how more fittingly could we call our new home than to name it in honor of the spot where the event we now commemorate took place.’. Six years later, the city decorated its first tree and in 1937, during the Great Depression, it adopted the nickname Christmas City USA and erected a large star on top of the city’s South Mountain.
![[The famous Christmas post office circa 1955]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/16/93432969-14221791-image-a-2_1734972236522.jpg)
