“Portsmouth, NH
If a historic New England holiday is your style, then the seaside town of Portsmouth, NH, will light you up!
Highlights of its Vintage Christmas celebration include an annual Candlelight Stroll at Strawberry Banke Museum where you can explore 350-plus years of seasonal and holiday traditions surrounded by costumed role-players and hundreds of lanterns illuminating the historic Puddle Dock neighborhood. Tours of decorated furnished homes from 1795 to the 1950s are also available. And that’s just the start of the celebratory activities in the area.
“Portsmouth at Christmastime? Literally irresistible. If you want to feel like you’ve stepped straight into a Christmas rom-com, this is your set piece,” says Carla Gericke, a New Hampshire agent with Porcupine Real Estate.
‘The cobblestone streets, the golden glow of lights strung overhead, the giant Christmas trees in Market Square, the artisanal shops dressed to the nines, the restaurants humming with live jazz and fresh oysters—it all conspires to charm you.'”
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