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Winter Vacations & Holiday Season

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photo courtesy of Universal Orlando.

Looking for family vacation ideas for the Holiday Season, or other winter months? Head to these pages:

Winter Vacations: ideas for eight regions. Northeast; Hawaii, Mexico (Mayan Riviera, Cancun, and more) ; Caribbean; Orlando; Southwest and California; North, to Canada and Alaska. Also: Family Cruising-- with a difference.

Holiday Packages:

    - VT: Home for the Holidays, at Wildflower Inn
    - NH: The Polar Express train
    - GA: Sea Island - 12 Days of Christmas Package
    - GA: Atlanta Marriott Marquis- Holiday Experience
    - TX: Barton Creek Resort -Christmas Package
    - VA: The Homestead - Holiday Package
    - CO: Vista Verde - Dude Ranch for the Holidays
    - NM: Hyatt Regency Tamaya - "Holiday of Lights"
    -CA: Yosemite - Evergreen Lodge "12 Days of Christmas"
    - "Snowland" at Great Wolf Lodges

Great Places to See Santa: including North Pole NY, Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, Hershey's Christmas Candylane, Colonial Williamsburg Virginia, Christmas windows in New York, and Finland & Russia for a Magical Santa Claus Tour.

Christmas at Disney World: annual traditions, at all four theme parks. Plus:

Christmas at Universal Orlando: nightly Macy's Parade and Grinchmas

More Holiday Season in Orlando

Happy Holidays: Christmas Celebrations and other Holiday Events in Many Cities: so much family-fun, so many places

First Night Celebrations: family-friendly New Year's Eve bashes in many cities

Holiday Gifts for Traveling Families

    - Baby Toys
    - Stuffies and Plush Toys
    - LeapFrog Leapster - for ages 4 to 8
    - Klutz Activity Kits
    - Christmas Books and Movies to Take Along
    - For Teens: iPods
    - NAMiTS - travel game
And on Christmas Eve, don't forget to Track Santa at the NORAD web site: every year, the official NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command) site goes all out to give kids a very official-looking real-tracking of Santa's flight around the world. Especially great for little doubting-Thomases!
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