Bethlehem's Christmas Town Fair - and other places to See Santa

Bethlehem -- a pretty place to visit, in Connecticut's Litchfield Hills - is a small town that makes the most of its name at Christmas time. Bethlehem is about 150 miles from Boston, 100 miles from NYC.

Each December, thousands of people make a pilgrimage to Bethlehem to mark their Christmas mail with not only the Bethlehem postmark, but also special rubber-stamps known as "cachets".

The best time for families to visit is during the Bethlehem Christmas Town Festival, a two-day event in early December. Opening night has a candlelight processional, and arrival of Santa to light a 75-foot Christmas Tree.

• Read more about Bethlehem at Christmas

(And p.s.: You can have your mail marked from Bethlehem even without visiting...)

See other Great Places to See Santa:

• North Pole NY
• Disney Christmas - at Walt Disney World
• Universal Orlando- Grinchmas; Macy's Parades
• Hershey PA: Christmas Candylane & More
• The Polar Express
• Breckenridge, Colorado
• Colonial Williamsburg Virginia
• Holiday windows in New York

^{Photo courtesy of Northwest Connecticut Convention and Visitors Bureau.}