LawnStarter wanted to know which places had the most spirit of the season, so the site looked at the 200 largest cities in the nation and measured them across five main categories: shopping (how many holiday markets, gift shops, and shopping centers each has); eating (ie, the number of bakeries and candy stores); entertaining (ie, Christmas tree sellers, party supply stores, holiday decorators); merrymaking (including such things as skating rinks and holiday festivals); and frolicking, which looks at average snowfall during November and December, as well as walking activity.
New York City emerged as the most festive of all, while Enterprise, Nev., turned out to be the Grinch of the group.
Most Festive
New York (No. 1 in all categories except “frolicking”)
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Jersey City, NJ
Newark, NJ
Denver
Washington, DC
Least Festive
Montgomery, Ala.
Amarillo, Texas
Sunrise Manor, Nev.
Cape Coral, Fla.
Shreveport, La.
Brownsville, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
Laredo, Texas
Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Enterprise, Nev.
How did Springfield not make the top list?! We’re very festive!
-Sarah Smerz
