Christmas capital of the United States: a museum city in Virginia where magic comes to life on holidays

Do you know what American city is called the Christmas capital of the United States? This is historic Williamsburg in Virginia, one of the most popular Christmas travel destinations. This is stated in the video "Voices of America".

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The town was built in the 17th century by the first colonists of America. Today, Williamsburg is a museum city where Christmas magic comes to life during the holidays.

A volley of muskets and marches to the beat of drums mark the beginning of Christmas celebrations in Colonial Williamsburg, while the neighboring town of Busch Gardens created a festive mood with the help of hundreds of thousands of lights.

At the end of December, this amusement park turns into a winter wonderland, decorated with 11 million lights. This is one of the largest Christmas installations in North America, visitors are thrilled.

“Everything is lit, festive and bright, it makes you happy,” says a visitor.

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“It’s nice and fun here, there’s a lot to do here, get on the train and look at all the lights,” says a little visitor.

Other visitors admire the architecture.

“Here you live through other times, cultures, times in which we were not, but it feels as if we were. The architecture is different here and so is the food,” says Kate Withers.

Guests can enjoy freshly brewed dark beer at a local pub, while German gingerbread can be enjoyed nearby at a German pastry shop.

Colonial Williamsburg is a town-story, it seems to teleport you back to the times of the colonization of America.

Williamsburg was the capital of the first colony in 1699, some of the buildings are from that time, some have been restored, others have been rebuilt. Today this city is a living open-air history museum.

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Celebrating Christmas in colonial Williamsburg was much easier than today.

“Christmas used to be a holiday of going to church, then feasts and parties, dancing,” says Laura Viancourt, director of the Landscape Museum.

However, in 1842, Williamsburg became the first city in the American colonies where the Christmas tree was installed and decorated.

“The little tree was decorated with gilded nuts and balls and the whole thing was decorated with red gauze and lit with candles,” said Christina Westenberger, a museum spokeswoman.

The very first Christmas tree is in the Museum of Folk Art and consists of 2000 handmade jewelry.

When at night the streets of a colonial town are lit with torches and drum rhythms and pipes are heard everywhere, you think about a simpler celebration of Christmas and the roots of these traditions in the United States.

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