Winter Vacations & Holiday Season

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:

• Disney World Christmas photos - Magic Kingdom
• Disney Christmas Photos Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios

• 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!