* Attached video: Tree lighting celebration starts the holiday season at Crocker Park.
CLEVELAND-- Do you ever wish you could jump through the screen and into your favorite vacation movie? We have actually discovered the next finest thing!
A Hallmark Channel Christmas movie is generally a film that includes all things Christmas with a touch of falling in love. With all the twinkling lights, hot cocoa, Santa Claus and snow flurries, each and every Hallmark Christmas movie is extremely Christmasy in their own way.
Here in Ohio, many people take the holiday and spreading out Christmas pleasure really seriously, just like in the films.
Our standards for what makes a ‘‘ Hallmark Movie' city or town:
- Features outdoor events
- Features the city itself/takes location downtown
- Santa visits/events are held throughout the season
Athens – – Athens
County This Southeast Ohio town is completely embellished for the holiday with store shopping at every turn.
Events according to Ohio.org:
- Uptown for the Holidays opening night is on Dec. 8 from 6 – – 8 p.m. Events feature music, motion pictures and wagon trips. Those will happen on Saturdays Dec. 9-23 from 11 a.m. – – 1 p.m. and Thursdays, Dec. 14 & & 21 from 5-7 p.m.
- Athens Art Guild Holiday Shoppe will be hung on Dec. 16-17.
Click here for more information.
Caldwell – – Noble
County The town square is fully embellished with regional services' windows likewise entering into the holiday spirit with Christmas display screens.
The annual tree lighting will begin the Caldwell events at the Noble County Courthouse Square on Nov. 22 at 6 p.m.
Events according to Ohio.org:
- Village Ice Skating Rink opens for the season on Nov. 22
- Horse-drawn carriage trips will take from Nov. 22 – – Dec. 23
- Village Christmas Parade on Dec. 2 at 6 p.m.
- Christmas Donkeys from White Oak Farms on Dec. 3 from 2-4 p.m.
- Live reindeer will be on the town square for "Santa's Reindeer Are Coming to Town" on Dec. 14 from 5-7 p.m.
- Join the Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department for "Breakfast with the Grinch" on Dec. 16 from 8-11 a.m.
- The Outdoor Christmas Carnival & & Market will happen on Dec. 16.
Click on this link for more details.
Cambridge – – Guernsey County
The Historic Downtown Cambridge is changed into old-world England into a Dickens Victorian Village from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 for the 18th season!
According to the Dickens Victorian Village site, "there are over 92 scenes of 180 realistic figures representing timeless scenes from the Victorian period along Wheeling Avenue in between 11th and 6th Streets." The Dickens Victorian Village scenes have hand-made and life-sized mannequins wearing real vintage clothing with the faces of each character separately shaped and painted by local artists.
The displays have classic scenes and figures including Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and Father Christmas.
The court house also comes to life with countless lights integrated to holiday music. The building, integrated in 1881, is covered in 36 animated light display screens, 15,000 lights laying out the building and a total of 30,000 lights.
Clifton – – Clark and Greene Counties
The Legendary Lights of Clifton Mill has over 4 million lights brightening the mill, the canyon, the riverbanks, trees and bridges with a 100-foot "waterfall" of twinkling lights.
The display has been featured in Midwest Living and Ohio Magazine and was chosen as one of USA TODAY's 10 Best Readers' Choice Travel Awards for 2022.
The Legendary Lights of Clifton Mill has actually been commemorating the holiday for 35 years and features a mini village, a Santa Claus museum, a toy collection and a live working Santa in his workshop.
Gates open at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 24.
The Legendary Lights of Clifton Mill is open 7 nights a week from 6 p.m. – – 9 p.m. through Dec. 23. The display screen is open from 6 p.m. – – 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day. Findlay – Hancock
County Downtown companies go all out with decorated windows for the holiday season. The main City of Findlay Christmas Tree illuminate Dorney Plaza at 6 p.m. on Nov. 24.
- North Pole Express at the Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation runs from Nov. 24 – – Dec. 30. on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays until January 1, North Pole Express Closed Christmas Eve & & New Year's Eve.
You can walk through South Main to see the historical homes, holiday lights, and luminary-lined walkways.
Gallipolis was a 2022 TODAY Show "Merriest Main Street" town. The Village provides Gallipolis in Lights each year, where countless lights fill the Gallipolis City Park from Nov. 22 – – Jan. 1
, 2024. The official park lighting celebration happens on Nov. 22 beginning at 5:30 p.m. There will be home entertainment, live reindeer and deals with. The flipping of the switch takes place around 7 p.m. and is followed by fireworks.
The Gallipolis Christmas Parade will be held on Dec. 2 at 1 p.m.
Gallipolis Christmas Lebanon – – Warren County
The holiday Illumination tree lighting occurs on Nov. 24 at 6 p.m. in Christmas Tree Park. Santa will likewise be at Gazebo Park at that same time.
Marysville goes all out with Christmas lights for its vacation events. The Merry and Bright Bridges, Bigelow and Pottersburg Covered Bridge and the Twinkling Lights at the Bridges are on screen from Nov. 1 – – Jan. 1
, 2024. The Marysville Uptown Christmas Walk and Tree Lighting likewise take place on Nov. 27 from 5-8 p.m. Santa will be there with many activities to do and local stores to check out.
A Celtic Christmas will happen on November 26 from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Medina Performing Arts Center. Likewise, experience the Medina County Fair Drive-Thru Holiday Lights at Medina County Fairgrounds on Nov. 24-26, Dec. 1-3, 8-10, & & 15-31, according to Ohio.org.
As always, experience Christmas all year at Caste Noel, which is the biggest indoor year-round Christmas home entertainment attention in the country.
Medina Christmas Portsmouth – – Scioto County
Portsmouth was named an official Hallmark Channel Hometown Christmas town in 2019, so it just had to be on the list!
The Winterfest at Market Square is held from Nov. 16 – – Doc. 31, where you and your household can enjoy seasonal activities consisting of the ice skating rink and carriage rides.
Steubenville – – Jefferson County
Examine out the world's largest collection of life-size nutcrackers from Nov. 21 – – Jan. 6 in downtown Steubenville. The exhibit has 200 life-sized nutcrackers and is open to the public 24 hours a day. Downtown Willoughby's Holiday Lighting Ceremony is on Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. and vacation lights will be on display screen from Nov. 30 – – Jan. 7, 2024.
Light Up Vermilion will take place on Dec. 1 from 5 – – 9 p.m. with the Community Tree Lighting at 6:15 p.m. in Exchange Park. Vermilion's Christmas alpacas will likewise exist and the lighting will be followed by a totally free Christmas Concert by the Vermilion Community Band. Plenty of Christmas activities will be occurring throughout Light up Vermilion, click here for the full list.
Occasions according to Ohio.org: - Vermilion Arts Guild Gallery's Holiday Art Show runs from Nov. 4 – – Dec. 22.
- "Santa is Coming to Town" on Nov. 25 and Dec. 2 & & 9.
- Time travel to the 1860s at the Benjamin Bacon House Museum as you take a candlelit trip of the museum. You can experience "An Old Fashioned Holiday" with costumed reenactors, a campfire, and historical stories of Bacon and Brownhelm on Dec. 2-3.
Success Park, Vermilion, OH, Photo by Sara Charles Zanesville – Muskingum County Downtown Zanesville transforms into a Christmas – wonderland with their Storybook Christmas occasions. The Storybook Christmas parade is on Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. Other vacation occasions consist of downtown carriage rides, trolley trips, ice skating, and so much more throughout the season. The Storybook Christmas 5k and 1-mile Fun Run will also take place on Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. * If you've experienced
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