British Guy Reacts to "TOP 10 CHRISTMAS TOWNS IN AMERICA" ❄️☃️
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- America is beautiful at christmas and this video BLEW me away!
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ugh! that carol on repeat is driving me up a tree too. too loud, and they don't switch it up. one would think that would have been the EASIEST part to edit on this video, DUH
@@marksmith4892 I knowwwww🤣
It's amazing how you manage to be "shocked" in every video 😅
@@bruceh4180 come live in Northern Ireland mate & you’ll see why
Eggnog is a nasty ass drink that is basically raw eggs and rum and whatever your grandparents decide to put in it. The recipe varies by region.
What everyone needs to understand is that America does everything big..one of our mottos is Go Big or Go Home
I just told him that! (through the screen)
"Anything worth doing is worth doing right" is another big one.
And some add “hold my beer” to go big or go home, or even “balls to the wall” based on location and amount of sheer umph put into it.
No pain, no gain. Nut up or shut up. Risk it or no biscuit. Time to put on your big boy pants. Fortune favors the bold. Play to win.
And of course, I'm here to chew gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of gum.
@georgemetz7277 Don't forget ........If you can't run with the big dogs , stay on the porch. We go the whole 9 yards , because we are all that and a bag of chips and we ain't just whistling Dixie.
I don't know how to tell you this, . . .
Just about every city, town and village in America looks a bit like that during the holidays.
Even in Florida except there's no snow
🤣👍❤️
@@redram6080 we lived in Florida from 12/2016 until 1/2020…(was northern Florida) it began to SNOW…by time my 6 year old got dressed it stopped 😢😢😢. He was so mad poor Babe
These may be the "top 10 Christmas towns", but almost every little town decorates a bunch for Christmas. My town puts lights on a giant pine tree in the middle of town, hang lighted wreaths from street lights, tinsel/garland wrapped around the rails of a bridge in the middle of town, and place other decorations/lights all over. But the impressive thing is what the HOMES look like. People go all out. There are houses that started putting their decorations up a few weeks ago and they draw a huge crowd (they even have lights that sync to music and there's a station it's synced to, so you put it on your car radio and the music you hear is synced with the lights). There are tons and tons of houses that put lights up and driving home at night is absolutely magical.
Very true my little town of Granville Ny decks out the whole town plus
I’m from New York but I feel like in *Every Single State* in the U.S. you will find several amazing towns that go absolutely all out for Christmas… Having a list of *ONLY 10* is *RIDICULOUS… I’ve seen many, many unimaginably beautiful towns throughout my life that are just as EQUALLY STUNNING* in *EVERY* way‼️
🎅🏽🦌🤶🏼 🧸☃️🥧🛷🎄🍪🥛🎁❄️
Eggnog is traditional holiday drink dating back hundreds of years, eggnog is made with eggs (hence the name), milk, cream, spices like nutmeg and vanilla, and fortified with rum, whisky, and/or brandy.
RECIPE:
6 large egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
2 cups milk
2 whole cloves
Pinch cinnamon
1 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg (lightly packed)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons bourbon, or to taste
2 tablespoons rum, or to taste
4 egg whites, optional
DIRECTIONS:
Beat egg yolks, then add sugar:
In a large bowl, use a whisk or an electric mixer to beat egg yolks until they become somewhat lighter in color. Slowly add the sugar, beating after each addition. Beat at high speed or whisk until fluffy.
Heat milk with cinnamon and cloves:
Combine the milk, cloves, and cinnamon in a thick-bottomed saucepan. Slowly heat on medium heat until the milk mixture is steamy hot, but not boiling.
Temper the eggs:
Add the eggs by slowly adding half of the hot milk mixture into the eggs, whisking constantly while you add the hot mixture. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan.
Cook until eggnog thickens:
Cook the eggnog on medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture begins to thicken slightly, and coats the back of the spoon. It helps to have a candy thermometer, but not necessary; if you have one, cook until the mixture reaches 160°F.
Do not allow the mixture to boil, or it will curdle. (If the mixture does curdle you may be able to save it by running it through a blender.)
Remove from heat and stir in the cream.
Strain and chill:
Strain the mixture through a mesh strainer to remove the cloves and any curdled bits that may have formed. Let chill for 1 hour.
SIMPLE TIP!
In a hurry to serve your eggnog? Chill it in an ice bath.
Stir in vanilla extract, nutmeg, and bourbon and rum:
Feel free to omit for kid-friendly eggnog and proceed to chill.
If you you want to include egg whites (optional):
Beat egg whites with an electric mixer until they reach soft peaks. Add a teaspoon of sugar and continue to beat until they reach stiff peaks. Gently fold into eggnog.
Note that because of the salmonella risk from raw eggs, it is recommended that children, elderly, and people with compromised immune systems refrain from eating raw eggs such as the optional whipped egg whites in this recipe, unless you use pasteurized eggs.
You can also reheat the combined eggnog and egg white mixture over a double boiler until it reaches 160°F, then remove from heat and let cool, then chill. The mixture will lose some of its fluffiness from the beaten egg whites, but not all, and the eggnog will be much airier than without the egg whites.
SIMPLE TIP!
Eggnog will keep for several days in the fridge, especially if you've already added liquor (which acts as a preservative).
Oh how I love some good egg nog.
Thanks! This is actually pretty helpful.
Damm this is AWESOME thx for the Recipe ur the BEST
@@angelagarutti6118 You’re welcome sweetheart! Enjoy! Oh, and you can put as much alcohol as you want in it! 😂
I'll stick with grocery eggnog
I can say for sure that Leavenworth Washington is absolutely magical in any season, but during the winter it's just pure Christmas. You don't feel winter, you literally can feel Christmas.
It looks magical!
And normally I’m not a big town, building, or architecture person! I’m more of a mature person but that’s such a beautiful little city
@@dacrosber There are plenty of hikes, river rafting (in the summer), and fishing in the immediate area as well. You can spend the day day adventuring outdoors then head back to town for beer and brats. When we visit in the winter we usually go snowshoeing or hike along the river that runs past the town.
@@Leightr yeah I hope to possibly visit when I visit Washington for the first time
@@dacrosberIt truly Is magical! ❤
I lived in Washington for 15 years and it was always a treat to spend the day in Leavenworth.
btw adam, EVERY city in america has a christmas festival. it’s a big deal here
LOL. Actually, it's not a big deal here. It's low key EVERY year. It's normal.
@@BlaqVenom ok grinch
@BlaqVenom well, bless your ❤️
A HUGE DEAL!
Adam In America Every Major City & Even Every Small Town Decorates The Buildings/Houses/Streets/Traffic Light Poles/Restaurants/Stores/Walmarts/Target, Just Everything & Every City/ Towns Have There Own Christmas Parades With The Local/Neighboring Schools Marching Bands/Cars Decorated & You Name It, Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years/Valentine's Day/Easter Are All Huge Decorating Times Everywhere In The USA
Yes that’s true. It’s also a thing to drive around and look at all the lights!
I’m a hop, skip, and a sleigh ride away from Leavenworth, Wa. The amount of detail and man hours put into their displays are crazy impressive. I started riding the bus to and from as there’s so many people that there’s no parking ❤💚
@@donnabert Amtrak goes to Leavenworth. Take the Empire line from Union Station
Nice! I’m down in Camas. Leavenworth is fun place.
Adam, it makes me sad to think that you don’t experience Christmas like we do in the US. It really is magical. I don’t think you can go to any town and not find either a decorated Main Street or at least a decorated tree in the town common. The vast majority of people decorate the house with a wreath on the door and many have lights on their outside trees and bushes. It’s so fun to drive around and see the different lights. You would love it!
Never really cared for Christmas until I had kids. Magical time of year now
yea almost every town has a “candy cane lane”
Not long after Adam pointed out that the music was annoying, he started to head bob and looked like he was about to laugh and I had the distinct impression he wanted to bash his face in his desk at that moment. 🤣
He was right though. Having a little background Christmas jingle would have been fine. The volume and repetition of the music throughout turned what could have been a beautiful presentation into a barely tolerable painful experience. 😱
@@aura81295 I totally agree. It was too loud! It nearly drowned her out in many places.
Yep. She really needs to re-edit this. And there are so many Christmas songs to mix in, it's not necessary to have one repetitive song for such a long video.
He really should have gone with the original video. This one is just a "knock off" stating the exact same information, just not as well
I just ignored it after about 30 seconds. lol!
I definitely caught the head-bob. I actually think I was doing it with him, without my knowledge.
Hey Adam how you doing today? 70 year old southern country gal here. Going to shorten it and start having 70yrSCG from now on. I live in a little small town called Liberty Tennessee it's about 50 mi east of Nashville TN. Liberty Tennessee is so small we only have a post office ," but come Christmas time , oh Lord honey Christmas lights everywhere there's decorations in the yard , and we have Christmas lights on the trees and the bushes. We all start putting up lights right after Thanksgiving. Talk about being beautiful. Our county seat is in a little town called Smithville and all the streets are lined up with different kind of Christmas things. We have our Christmas tree lighting celebration, we have Christmas tree decoration contest to see who can have the prettiest kind of Christmas trees made. All kinds of festivals go on at that time and of course we do have our Christmas parade. I'll make a small video of the whole thing come Christmas time and send it to you so you can see how we celebrate Christmas. During our Christmas parade we have floats that celebrate everything from the fire department, Police department, our military and our veterans, plus floats that celebrate a whole lot more. That's beside the bands, the carolers, the old trucks and cars, and the people that are all on horseback. We all LOVE to celebrate Christmas. I still just enjoy the heck out of watching your reaction to different things whether it's music people or places. It's always a real pleasure watching ya. May God Bless you and sending much LOVE to you and yours. I hope y'all stay safe and healthy honey.❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🥰🥰🥰
Greetings from a Tennessee native (Clarksville) :)
@@seantodd8875me too. Hello, fellow Clarksvillian ❤
Howdy neighbor! I live in Madison (Nashville) Tennessee.❤️🐝🤗
Hey y'all! Sparta Tennessee checking in.
Morristown here, originally from Kingsport home of the Santa Train where the local businesses fill a train with toys and goodies, pop ole Santa on the back and drive him through the mountains and back to town. At which time he boards a firetruck and pitches candy to the crowd at the Christmas parade.
8:26 "Santas everywhere like how does he do it". I died when you said that with a straight face 😂😂😅
I have said so to my own children, and given the same advice to friends, once they start questioning Santa and how is it possible....
"It's possible because he has helpers all over the world. I'm one his helpers, now you are one of his helpers." They know, but it keeps the spirit alive. Mushy, I know, but it keeps a little magic in it as they interact with their little cousins or friends kids. The Spirit of St. Nicholas.
@hilarytimpe7056 Yes ofc. Trust me I have little ones of my own and I too say the same things.
I grew up in Seattle and Tacoma so we would rent a 7 bdrm house in Leavenworth and our family would spend Xmas there. It truly is magical. We did this for 10 years and rented the same house every year. I do miss that. You would love it.
We have a large, antique, wooden Christmas Carousel that is operated by our town free of charge each year. The free tickets are obtained at a ticket booth that looks like a giant, red candle. Even at 56, I look forward to a ride each year, lol.
Growing up we had Candy Cane Lane. The homes who decorated to the hilt was such a big draw for decades that the city paid the homes’ electrical bills!
Was this in ca cause when I was growing up there was a candy cane lane went to every yr when I was younger
I'm from Ontario, Canada and most small towns are decorated this way around Christmas. There are also a lot of festivities throughout December wherever you go, such as drive-through light displays, horse-drawn carriage rides, winter markets selling hot apple cider, gifts etc. Every city also has an annual Santa Clause parade which usually happens on a Saturday or Sunday in December. I just assumed every town looks like this at Christmas. It makes me sad the U.K doesn't do this. In my ignorance I just assumed it was normal everywhere lol.
mulled wine, mulled cider - you put the wine in a pot and season it with cinnamon, orange peels, all spice - stuff like that and warm it up for 20 minutes. It's super good. You go out and play in the snow or walk around the neighborhood and get cold, and then drink warm spiced cider or mulled wine. As a nation of immigrants, all the different cultures bring all their Christmas traditions and they all melt together into this Christmas extravaganza. Thanks for the reminder of how fun and special it actually is, I take it for granted.
pretty much every town or city i've ever been to around christmastime has been a bit like this, just without so much of the touristy aspects. regular neighborhoods sometimes have more impressive lights on private homes than some of the towns in this video
Leavenworth Washington is amazing at Christmas time especially when it's dumping snow there's over 1,000,000 lights in town it's just simply a great place to be
A lot of us load up into the car and go around and look at all the Christmas lights and decorations. Some of the lights are really elaborate! 😃
I was about to say this, so I'll just glom on. I'm just outside of Chicago on the SWS, and there neighborhoods that collectively go all out. Westchester, & Clarendon Hills do Luminaries. Every Christmas eve, once we finished our family celebration, we'd hook up and go cruising, listening to chistmas songs.
Every year I take my teenage kids past the "ditto" house in our neighborhood. Let me know if you don't what a ditto house is.
I live 5 minutes from Frankenmuth Michigan. Huge tourist trap… they call it little Bavaria. It has the largest Christmas store in the world. They go all out… ice sculptures and the whole nine yards.
👆This.
But, don't go during Deer Widow's Weekend. 😲
im close to there too, was that not featured in this video? yes im commenting before finishing cuz thats literally the only reason i clicked it lol
@@thedominator87 nope they didn’t mention it. Lol
@@thedominator87 Nope, they put places in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas ahead of it. Mind boggling.
I’m not far from there either. Love it there.
I live in the North Georgia mountains & every town goes all out for Christmas with lights, parades with local children, and a tree lighting ceremony. Most homes also have outdoor decorations with some even giving tours. It’s pretty magical.
Leavenworth is a beautiful city year round. It also really kicks off during Octoberfest.
Also, I live on the Western side of Washington and there is a park in the town I live in where they decorate it with a ton of lights of various types. The giant red light up teddy bear is the star attraction of it that people enjoy seeing as they drive thru the park.
There's a city near LAX (El Segundo) on a street they call "Candy Cane Lane". All the homes on that street are decorated with festive lights and holiday music! It's Awesome!! In one city where i once lived a man decorated his entire front yard with all the Peanuts characters (Lucy, Charley Brown, Linus, and Snoopy, etc.). Each of the characters were 3 feet tall and each were calling out to each other and laughing. In the background you could hear music from the Charley Brown TV program playing!
Every single town in the US decorate for Christmas or Hanukah ! Almost every house decorates with as little as a Christmas tree or Menorah to elaborate displays with lights and Christmas/Hanukah themed animated figures in the yard and house. It’s a wonderful (and sometimes stressful) time of the year.
When I was growing up in California, we'd go to Solvang every year. It was also a bavarian villiage dedicated to Christmas. I love the small-town holiday love.
You should watch some Christmas light display videos. There are some spectacular displays.
Same with the Halloween ones, there’s some people who go all out being festive.
@@kate2create738 oh yeah. There's a guy in my town that does a display every year and last year it was a full scene from The Nightmare Before Christmas, with a 15' tall Jack Skellington (and all the other characters) animatronic and he played the soundtrack from the movie. Another year he did a full laser light show timed with classic Halloween music and horror movie soundtracks. Man spends thousands every year for that one night.
@@tanyapoe5490 It’s so funny you mentioned the Nightmare Before Christmas because I too had a neighbor that decorated Jack for Halloween with Jack and some spot lights, took it down in November, but put Jack back up in a Santa’s outfit taking a small string of Christmas lights for their Christmas decoration. I say that is a stellar way to go out while not being overwhelmed with the storage those decorations need lol 😆
@@kate2create738 well that's just cute.
8:01 There will be homes that don't decorate for Christmas in the US, sometimes blocks but you can usually drive (or walk) to another block where everyone goes nuts. Here in Portland Oregon we have a tree and skating rink in the city center. Even though we usually have rain, not snow. Only a couple people on my block decorate, but a guy on the next block has so many lights you can probably see it from space. Plus he has a TV playing popular Christmas shows out his front window.
I remember when I lived west of Portland in Forest Grove, snow only came like every 4 years or so, so everyone was unaccustomed to using chains. You could expect to see some sliding cars.
Adam! If you organized all the businesses in your hometown, I bet YOU could start a Christmas light tradition there! I know you could pull it off.
Maybe not this year for them. It's my understanding that in the UK there is an energy crisis going on. I could be wrong.
@@Lynn-kh5rs awww dang! But maybe they could do some festive candle type thingy? I’d like to see Adam get a chance to get his festive on.
@@Lynn-kh5rs LED lights use A LOT less electricity. Makes Christmas decorating much more affordable.
I was thinking the same thing. Also, if everyone in the comments would send him something such as Christmas lights, ornaments of some kind he could decorate his lawn If he has one, and start his own Christmas tradition for himself.
It's absolutely ridiculous here and it's the most wonderful time of the year! Everybody is happier and the music and the food...I'm an Atheist and I go around wishing everybody I see MERRY CHRISTMAS and decorate with snowmen and snowflakes and snowball fights and stuff...it's awesome!
We DO Christmas big around here, you should see Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge around Christmas (there is a Christmas shop that is open all year)! Our crafting group starts creating cards, biblical Christmas journals, decorations and gifts with a big Christmas in July bash every year.
Any "Best Christmas Town" list that doesn't include Frankenmeuth, Michigan is incomplete. Seriously.
Santa Claus, Indiana wasn't even on it smh
@@E-1337As a Hoosier I was thinking the same thing lmao. But yet places like Texas got a spot on the list🤦🏼♂️
It’s just wrong!
@@Jahtyn12345 and it has holiday world. Smh
Just about every town decorates for Christmas! Whole neighborhoods decorate their houses, trees, bushes and fences. It's so beautiful here during the Holiday season starting with Halloween and ending with New Year's Eve. My favorite light combo is Blue and White, it makes everything look icy, so cool ( no pun intended )
Adam: "You guys go all out at Christmas. We don't go out at all!". . Lol 🤣
Eggnog is a holiday drink made of beaten egg yolks, sugar which is slowly added to hot milk, heavy full cream with vanilla and nutmeg. This is then chilled in the frig. Now the best part - add your favorite liquor - cognac, whiskey, rum, bourbon! Top it off with a shake of nutmeg and a dollop of whipped cream!
If you like freaking out over Christmas lights look at some of the TH-cam things on single-dwelling homes that compete for the best lighting that year🎉
Berwick, PA is always lit up. Then there is Hershey, PA---Chocolate World.
Pa always goes over the top. I'm from Reading area. So so quite a few places.
I've been to the Mifflinburg Cristkindl Market before, my mil got me drunk on gluhwein 🤣
Salida, Colorado. Along with many other Colorado towns decorate the mountain to look like a giant Christmas tree and all the homes and businesses along Main St
It has always been my dream to be able to go to Leavenworth, Washington at Christmas. The snow, along with the horse drawn carriage rides, the aroma of hot chocolate in the air, kids sledding down the hill in the center of town, and all the LIGHTS makes it a WINTER WONDERLAND AT CHRISTMAS!! I am born and raised in the desert, so to me, Christmas needs snow and cold to really feel like Christmas. But, I would also prefer to go to a Christmas Eve church service too, after all Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without Christ.
A traditional holiday drink dating back hundreds of years, eggnog is made with eggs (hence the name), milk, cream, spices like nutmeg and vanilla, and fortified with rum, whisky, and/or brandy.
I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Home of Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and so much more. There is nothing better than a snowy Christmas with friends and family. We usually get our first snow in October. Looking forward to it. I've been to Vail at Christmas time and it's is spectacular. It is where the Hollywood stars come to play. In America we try to do it right and especially for the children.
Eggnog is raw eggs, milk and sugar. Some people add rum or other alcohol
I really liked skiing in Vail Colorado back in the 90’s but I LOVED skiing in Keystone Colorado so much more!!!! It is a fantastic place to go and celebrate the holidays. You can also go to a nearby village called Breckendale Colorado to go snowmobiling through the woods and to some of the closed down gold mines.
Go big or go home. It’s a motto many of us live by.
And then you go to European christmas markets and realise, you probably should go home.. Lol.
So true. Even if we are financially challenged we try to find something for the holidays. Its all about LOVE
A favorite tradition is driving around neighborhoods and looking at each other’s houses with Christmas lights and decorations. Downtown every block has lights,bows, trees and annual Christmas parades, and each downtown shop decorates their windows. This is in South Carolina where we don’t often get snow but it does get cold enough for coats. We love Christmas here! 🎅🏼🎄
I live in Washington State and Leavenworth is a favorite for the Holidays! It’s stunning, and feeding the reindeer is pretty cool! Come on over!
I come from a small town of about 16 thousand and they decorate downtown every year. There will be banners, trees decorated in lights, and in general it’s very festive. You can drive around pretty much anywhere and see the same during the holidays. Also Ik u asked in the last video where to visit when you come to the us. Try to visit a small southern town. You’ll experience southern hospitality (especially if ur an outsider) great food, and a whole new culture you probably never knew existed. A shooting range is fun (like outside shooting clay pigeons) , or going mudding on 4 wheelers and side by sides is a must and soooo much more to experience.
We will get in the car and drive around to see all the lights that our neighbors put up! Every. Single. Year!!! It never gets old🎄🎅🏼
As an American, I've seen lights displayed outdoors many times during the holidays, but I've grown to appreciate them more since entering middle age. I walk for exercise starting late in the fall and through much of winter, so as I stroll through my decorated neighborhood in December my mood improves considerably, despite the cold and the darkness of night. It's a wonderful tradition, even for someone who does little or no celebrating of Christmas.
I lived in Leavenworth for 15years, moved about 20 miles away. Christmas/winter there is something else entirely!
COLORADO HERE! Yes, most towns here are little Christmas Wonderlands! In my historic town of Loveland, we have a Christmas tree lighting with free horse drawn carriage rides, Mr. & Mrs. Claus, Caroling, s’mores and hot popcorn (hot chocolate too). Lots of fun events leading up to the countdown and lighting the tree.
In the frigid cold, everyone is bundled up from toddlers to grandparents. (Christmas hats, sweaters and other ‘gear’ is worn by all ages too.)
Leavenworth is beautiful! We visited there during the holidays and loved it!
Leavenworth is great year round! Wineries, gifty shops, the Bavarian music at the park, the beer, the mountains, the Christmas store, all of it! In the summer, they put on a production of the Sound of Music at an outdoor theater and Maria literally comes in singing from the woods for the opening number. Pure magic whenever you go! Just be prepared to have so much beer, sausage, pretzels, and wine slushies that you're rolling home!
Love seeing the smile on your face. Christmas brings out the kid in all of us. You just can't help but smile.
Gluhwien, also known as mulled wine is something that is very popular in Germany, where I was stationed as an American soldier for a few years. It's something that I've worked into my own holiday traditions since then!
I hate TH-cam so much that they don't allow pics in the comments! Even FB allows that, and they're lame AF! 🙄
Yeah Germany and other European nations are definitely at the top of christmas celebrations. In terms of food, drinks AND decorations. Must've been a great time there for you!
Adam, what are you doing? You're gonna awaken the beast. She's already set to start appearing in stores next month. Run my brothers and sisters, Mariah awakens soon 😂😂😂
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i live in a suburb of phoenix, arizona and my town is actually known as being a christmas town. I live about half a mile north of city hall and murphy park which is where glendale glitters is hosted, the surrounding neighborhood called the catlin court historic district has tree lined streets with houses ranging from the 1880s to the 1940s and many of the old houses have been converted into shops, restaurants and even a few museums. all the trees are lit with lights and in total an area of 16 square blocks is lit with 1.6 million lights. typical events include a performance of the nutcracker, live music, food tours and my favorite is glendale glitter and glow, where they land dozens of hot air balloons on the streets at night and use the torches to make the sky glow. it all starts the night of thanksgiving with the mayor lighting the city tree and it lasts until the middle of january. i actually bought my house in this neighborhood because of the old town atmosphere while still being close to the urban center. on my block there are about 40 houses, and of those 30 or so will decorate and pretty much every street is like that in this area.
"This background music is getting on my nerves" ROTFLMAO!!! 🤣
It was driving me nuts too! I couldn't block it out no matter how hard I tried. 😭
christmas music will dig into your mind and stick around until like fucking march.
It's because it was too loud. It was competing with her narration. If it had been softer it wouldn't have been so bad. And this is coming from someone who's Mother's name is Carol Noel...so Christmas has always been a big deal to our family
@@kellyvenne2321 Yeah I like Christmas music so it wasn't bothering me for that reason.. just really really loud for no reason. Just badly edited. 🤷🏻♀
My daughter-in-law’s mom and stepdad lived just outside Leavenworth. It’s beautiful and a wonderful Christmas destination. However there’s so much snow in the Cascade Mountains that it became harder for them to get out to run errands so they moved down to Wenatchee, where my son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter live. Also my best fr since 9th grade lives in Frankenmuth, Michigan and it’s amazing too, especially visiting Bronner’s Christmas (and other holiday decor) store, it has to be seen to be believed. I live in Port Orchard, Washington and our Main Street, Bay Street is completely decorated, there’s a big tree lighting ceremony at City Hall, complete with the high school marching band, Santa parade and hot chocolate. Our neighborhoods go all out decorating too!
Rochester, New York area here. Egg nogg is ambrosia, the finest tasting thing in the world. Back in the 50s and 60s the larger department stores would host Breakfast with Santa in the month of December. Our downtown currently does not do a lot for Christmas, but the surrounding towns and suburbs are well decorated. Where I live, we have several neighborhoods that put on their own holiday drive-throughs. 2 or 3 square blocks where every house, tree and shrub are festooned with lights that are coordinated/synchronized through a computer while you can pick up their own low watt radio program playing Christmas songs. Not to mention all the yard blow-up decorations. Some ask for a food donation for the local food bank while others charge admission. (Since you are here in October, they may already have some for sale at Home Depot or Lowes, along with assorted holiday lights) You can start to bring "Christmas" to your town - just start (for you) over decorating the house. Lots of lights and cheer and I'll bet others will start to join in the fun.
St Augustine Florida is a wonderful place to visit. The fort (oldest in US), the lighthouse, Flagler college architecture, great seafood, and an easy view of the Cape if there's a rocket launch. We planned on going on vacation to St Augustine for a couple of days, then drive down to Orlando to visit my parents. However, Hurricane Ian changed our plans. We got there one day, did a nighttime "Ghost Tour" (highly recommended!), but had to evacuate the next morning. We got to Orlando within 3 hours and huddled in my parents' home. First time my husband had lived through a hurricane, unlike me, a Florida native. Not quite the vacation we wanted, so we plan to try again in the next couple of years.
I lived near SA for 22 yrs. I love that town!
Dude, I feel ya on that music. It doesn't even need to BE playing at all. We KNOW it's a Christmas video, lol.
Such a good reaction vid, but ya that music was excruciating
Our city lets a resident donate one of their trees to be decorated. The trees have to be taken to city center by semi truck and lifted by crane. They are massive. Lights everywhere! I love it.
I live near Leavenworth Washington, and the lighting festival is always a fun time, but very busy!
I'm from Duluth Minnesota and yeah the Christmas of the North Parade is great. In highschool I was in marching band and I was in the parades several times and the Christmas time parade was the best. I now live in Washington State and have been to Leavenworth at Christmas and it's beauty is one of the best. And the food is top notch. As a fellow foodie the German and Bavarian heritage shines through. You have picked one of the best if you visited Leavenworth at Christmas time.
Yes we love our Christmas displays in big and little towns all over America. Please understand that a tiny percentage of the population is wealthy beyond all imaginings, but half of the population is poor or low income. I don't want you to think that the entire US is like Vail where the billionaires' price out the millionaires. We have terrible abject poverty too.
But compared to most other countries even our poor are “Rich”.
average income in the us is significantly higher than in many countries in europe and our cost of living is generally lower, too. Your doom and gloom portrayal of the US doesn't stand up to the reality of the world
@@hollybrooke322 When the infant mortality rate is going up, when you can't keep your babies alive, it's the hardest failure, because you're failing as a species, you can't fail any harder than that. Thats not only an indictment of the economic system but the society in general. Any system that renders half the population poor or low income is a failed system. The people in this country who cannot keep their babies alive are every bit as poor as the destitute in any other country. Our poor are not rich comparatively.
I think everyone with decent enough education (so most of Europe) knows that poverty (and segregation/income inequality) is rampant over there. The rankings show this too, so it's proven by facts. It's sad but yeah, that's what happens when you are conditioned to believe you are the ''best country on earth'', you forget about reality.
Especially cringy is when they say they are so free, or democratic. A quick look on those rankings will show you that the US is among the lowest of the western countries. Quite sad, I wish the US would up their game, instead of up their stupidity in spending and city planning.
I live in a little historic town in Florida that decorates for every holiday. For Christmas they decorate all of the trees and electric poles along the main highway which runs through the county. Businesses decorate independently but all decorate. We have a week of events which starts with Santa riding into town on a Shrimp boat to a tree made out of fishing net and buoys. There are 4 main parades for each of the bigger towns each followed by a festival of food, art, and gifts. There is also the water gun parade where a parade of decorated golf carts spray the crowds with water guns because it’s still in the 80F range. Then last they do a boat parade in one of the rivers. For reference we are a coastal county. All of our towns are separated by bridges and consist of 3 rivers, 2 bays, and the Gulf of Mexico. After is the last festival which features a sand sculpture contest. Then our entire county shuts down for 2 days (Christmas eve and Day of) and you are lucky if you can find a gas station open.
Vale is one of the most expensive places during winter. Unless you are rich, good luck affording even stepping foot in the town.
I personally think there is not much more beautiful than a town covered in snow where all the trees and streets are covered in lights. It illuminates the snow and is like walking through diamond-encrusted otherworldly, glowing forest on another planet. It is truly spectacular.
Leavenworth is amazing. Fantastic for Christmas, an amazing Octoberfest, golf with an amazing view, beutiful river float. I have never not had a great time there
9:23 eggnog is an addictive drug. We must have it in great quantities if we are to survive. we do not need help.
I live in Washington State and my wife and I travel to Leavenworth at least once a year. She loves the Bavarian theme, Christmas stores and decorations!
I live in Minnesota and take grandchildren and great grandchildren to Duluth every year!!
I LIVE IN A SMALL TOWN IN ARKANSAS (USA) AND THE OLD DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET WHERE MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED OVER 100 YEARS AGO LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THESE! IT'S BEAUTIFUL. MOST NEIGHBORHOODS DECORATE THEIR HOMES ALSO. IT IS "THE MOST MAGICAL TIME OF THE YEAR!"
Look up the most Christmas decorated houses in the U.S. It will blow your mind.
I’m pretty sure every village, town, and city in the US decorates for Christmas! The main streets are generally decorated with lights and greenery, and TONS of households decorate with lights, greenery, candles, animatronic characters, and every other relevant decor. Our zoo - the Columbus (Ohio) Zoo and Aquarium - lights up with tens of thousands of lights for “Wildlights.” Buildings that make up the downtown skyline have alternating floors of red and green lights. Churches, schools, offices, shops, bars and restaurants, even grocery stores, have, at the very least, decorated Christmas trees in the lobbies.
And families drive around to ooh and ahh at everyone’s effort ☺️ It really is magical!
Going to Leavenworth this January❣
We're a couple hours from Leavenworth, WA. We have a festival of lights on 18 wheelers that cruise through the Tri-Cities
Most towns are like this in America. Everyone tries to outdo one another. Come see it for yourself Adam!
I’ve been in California, Georgia, Idaho, and Texas for Christmas and each state has beautifully decorated places to go for Christmas.
Eggnog with whiskey is pure heaven.
Honorable mention: Frankenmuth, Michigan, home of the world's largest Christmas store. named Bronner's Christmas Wonderland. The building alone is 320,000 sq feet (106,680 sq meters) in size. They use 100,000 lights for their half-mile (0.8 km) Christmas Lane alone, and the outside displays are insane.
Yeah first 1#❤
In our small town in Newfoundland growing up, adults would go mummering at Christmas time. That was something popular also in parts of the UK back in the days. Go from one kitchen party to the next all dressed up, with your faces covered, to drink, have food and dance to some sea shanty's. It was one big party all over our town
Another awesome one is the theme park called Busch Gardens in Virginia. They decorate and open the theme park around Christmas. It is beautiful. The whole park is like a Christmas Town. The park was built by anheuser Busch the beer company originally. It is separated in different sections that look certain countries in Europe. Like they have an Italy section and a Germany section. Its pretty cool and worth the visit.
We live in the high desert of Arizona, and we still have Christmas lights and decorations every year. We may or may not get actual snow, but the "show" goes up either way.
My parents have a second house near Breckenridge, Colorado and just bought another in Vail! Grew up going to both places! 😊
Leavenworth, WA is such a neat town. I was there last summer. It’s like you're walking through a cute little German town tucked into the mountains. Lots of beer, brats, and other European tasty items.
I love my town of Lawrence Kansas, downtown is lit up with Christmas lights, Thanksgiving weekend Santa lands on Weaver's Department store and the fire department rescues him from the roof with a hook and ladder truck. He then hangs out to speak to the kids. We all so have an all horse drawn Christmas Parade that is charming.
From seattle here. Leavenworth is amazing, (all year round) and truly does look just like that in the winter. It's occasionally referred to as a Bavarian Disneyland. It has regulations regarding the exteriors of the buildings and I believe only certain fonts for lettering on businesses are permitted.
HA! Back ground music getting on your nerves. Same here! Our fave is Christmas season in Asheville, NC on the Biltmore compound. A few nice areas to visit:
Winter Lights at the North Carolina Arboretum
Grove Arcade (Downtown Asheville)
Biltmore Village and Dickens Festival
Biltmore Park Town Square
Deck The Trees in Black Mountain
Lake Julian Festival of Lights
We would to show you and yours around during the season. Really need to get this community pumped for your visit! Be blessed!
I live in the small town of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. They do it up real nice for Christmas. Just a few years ago the town got a Netflix sponsorship to get decorated by the company. It was beautiful.
I live in small town in Georgia. Very Christmas, all to the street lights are decorated, the town square, small as it is, had massive Christmas trees, in the back streets, light are strung for the light post to light post, we even have a small parade of Santa going to our small mall. In the evenings, carolers go around the town, singing and the shop owners give them cider. We are small but we celebrate. If you go into Atlanta, you will blinded by the lights.
so where i live in Georgia, as a musician, we have a thing called Tuba Christmas where a bunch of Tuba, Euphonium and Baritone players get together and play Christmas carols. the event organizers have the current Guinness world record for the largest tuba ensemble in the world of over 250 people. thee vet doesn't only happen here, but i participate here.
Hello Adam. My son does a computerized Christmas light show at his home, usually starting after Thanksgiving every evening. You can drive up the street and turn to a radio frequency to hear the music choreographed to the lights. It is called "The Lights on Forest Hill" While the display isn't as large as some, it always brings a smile. You might check TH-cam during that time period.
Almost every town has a particular area that. Goes crazy for Christmas and every house decorates. The rest of the town takes a night to drive by all the awesome decorations. I live near Grapevine TX it’s unbelievable and so fun.
I live in West Virginia in the United States of America and Christmas is a big thing here and new years also .
Leveanworth washington is CRAZY cool. hop onto the google maps street view and check it out in general some time. its super isolated and unique. its only like 2 square miles too.