Alaska

Alaska is a great place to visit for a real Christmas. Alaska is a fantastic place to visit during the holidays. As part of your spectacular Alaska Christmas holiday, you can enjoy majestic mountains, glittering lakes, stunning glaciers, polar bears, and, of course, plenty of snow. Alaska is one of several pristine wildlife-watching sites, including sports such as snowboarding, skating, and cross-country skiing.

Alaska is the ideal destination for a white Christmas vacation, thanks to its copious snowfall, vast woods, and unique seaside villages in the Pacific Northwest. Throughout November and December, the state hosts a variety of fun activities to get your family in the holiday spirit.

Each of these sites, from the small coastal island villages of Sitka, Ketchikan, and Petersburg to the capital of Juneau and the massive city of Anchorage, offers winter thrill-seekers a unique way to spend the holidays unlike anywhere else in the United States.

If you prefer inland Alaska, Fairbanks and the North Pole each have plenty of festive alternatives. Tourists and residents can shop for arts, crafts, local cuisines, and gifts at holiday markets in the city centers. Take in the sights from the comfort of a holiday train as it sweeps through the snow-covered terrain, or celebrate the wonder of Christmas lighting events.