National Christmas Center
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| Location | Paradise, PA, United States |
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| Introduction | Open to the public daily May through the New Year. See Christmas through the eyes of a child! Follow in Mary and Joseph’s footsteps as you walk into breathtaking life-sized scenes of The First Christmas. Become a child again in Toyland, under the branches of a giant Christmas tree, its trunk encircled by a mountain of electric trains. In Santa’s North Pole Workshop, enjoy the animated characters that populate this winter wonderland. A few steps and 1000 miles away, explore a global village showcasing folk art, customs and unique gift givers in Christmas around the World. The seeds of the American Christmas were planted in Lancaster County… Life-sized scenes depict the origins and rich history of Christmas in America in A PA Christmas. View the reverent simplicity with which the Plain People celebrate in An Amish Christmas. America’s first “five and dime” store opened over 125 years ago in Lancaster, PA. Enter Christmastime at Woolworth’s 5&10– a lively, eclectic conglomeration of vintage store merchandise, signage and fixtures. Memories rekindled, history revisited… Check us out online! |