or on a ranch in the snow-covered mountains of Stowe, Vermont, reindeer help promote the big day. Small-town America for holidays with Christmas train rides are a great diversion. Santa's sleigh ...

Rovaniemi, Finland Rovaniemi, often heralded as the official hometown of Santa Claus, is a winter wonderland dream come true.

Reindeer graze on snow and a giant Christmas tree is lit up all the time. "It basically feels like you're inside a snow globe or a Christmas card," explained Ruth Stewart, a British woman who ...