Stephanie Camello's Top 5 Christmas Travel Spots

If you're looking for a nice Christmas break getaway this December, then check out Stephanie Camello's top 5 list of the best Christmas travel destinations around the globe!! Number one is a personal favorite!

1) Christmas Markets in Bavaria, Germany - large open air markets where people can stroll the shops to buy all the gifts on your list, eat and drink local delicacies, enjoy amusements and stop by the nativity scene or take pictures with Santa. It's a month long Christmas fair that has something for everyone!

2) Bethlehem, Jerusalem - visit the place where Christmas was born! See the stable (or one like it) where Baby Jesus was born and imagine yourself as a shepherd out in the field on a cold night looking up at the brightest star you've ever seen! Be sure to also stop in the Church of the Nativity which is right by the stable! It's Christmas magic like no other!

3) St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy - Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve is as Christmasey as it gets. Witness the Holy Father the Pope preside over one of the holiest masses in all of Christendom's holy calendar. This solemn and extravagant Mass gives hope and inspiration to people of all backgrounds and is a great way to start off your Christmas and New Year with true peace, hope, joy and love! And don't worry if you can't make it all the way to Rome...it's televised around the world.

4) Christmas Time at Disney - California and/or Florida - from early November to the first week in January you can enjoy all the magical decorations at any Disney park! Walt Disney World and Disneyland truly go all out and it's fun for the entire family. Every inch of the park is decorated in merry fashion and around every corner you'll see fantastic light displays, huge trees and your favorite characters dressed up in seasonal fashion. It's a definite must-see for everyone at least once in their life!

5) Rockefeller Center, NYC - Christmas time in New York City is as American as it gets. It's world famous and has outdone itself in decorations every year for over a century. See the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, tour Times Square, see the elaborate light displays and visit the ice rink in the middle of the busiest city in America. Sip some hot cocoa while taking pictures with Santa at the Winter Village in Bryant Park and you'll have had a perfect winter day in New York!

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