50 Christmas Towns USA (one per state)

Christmas towns by state of the United States. Listing compiled by HGTV in an article titled “Our 50 Favorite Small Towns to Visit for Christmas” by Joe Sills and Meredith Rosenberg. Mapping and geographic analysis.
0:00 Intro
0:22 Christmas towns first half
2:08 Christmas towns second half
3:55 Final map
4:09 Latitude and Climate of Christmas towns
5:31 Demographics of Christmas towns
6:13 End
Keywords: Geography Viz, USA, 50 Christmas Towns, Christmas Towns by state, map, climate, demographics
Methods and Sources:
Joe Sills and Meredith Rosenberg “Our 50 Favorite Small Towns to Visit for Christmas” HGTV www.hgtv.com/lifestyle/travel... (accessed 12/10/2023)
Place name geocoding by Esri geocoding service using city and state name
Temperature and snow data are December 25 point estimates of mean 2000-2019 temperature_2m and snow_depth bands of Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) (2017): ERA5: Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate. Copernicus Climate Change Service Climate Data Store (CDS), (accessed 12/10/2023s), cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cds...
Probability of Christmas snow cover: NCEI_historic_Christmas_Snow_Stats_CONUS noaa.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/... (accessed 12/10/2023)
Demographic data obtained from Enrich ArcGIS tool using geocoded place name points, 10 mi radius
Esri Navigation base map
Music by Jingle Punks

[@ethanswartz5161]

I live in flagstaff, AZ glad to see us on the board

[@davehunger21]

Happy holidays, geography viz! Looking forward to more videos in the new year!

[@geogviz]

Thank you and best holiday wishes from Geography Viz!

[@ladykoiwolfe]

I couldn't imagine any other city getting PA's spot. Bethlehem was founded on Christmas Eve, has the Christmas Star as it's logo and KrisKindleMarkt was always wonderful when I was a kid. I hope it still is.

[@aurorazoe6011]

I have only been to North Pole, Alaska once. And that was Summer 2019. Lol Great video by the way.

[@xAppleGamingg]

love these videos 🌎

[@geogviz]

So glad to hear that! Best wishes from Geography Viz

[@oliverc.griffin1304]

I live in one of these Christmas towns! Flagstaff, AZ. I like it here.

[@geogviz]

❤ Flagstaff!

[@sorencarlson6236]

Skaneateles NY is wild

[@David-hm9ic]

Loved the video! The demographics are very interesting. There may be something other than the availability of higher education that determines the percentage of college degrees. The education graph from Connecticut to West Virginia includes many manufacturing states that are either heavily unionized or otherwise have plentiful jobs where a degree is of little or no benefit.

[@yayhandles]

Never in my life would I have imagined hyper-conservative Wyoming to be the 2nd *LEAST* church-going state.