Take a Holiday Road Trip

If you want to get away for the holidays, but don't know where to go, or don't want the expense and hassle of flying, try this Holiday Road Trip idea. Pack your taste for turkey and cranberry sauce, or your Christmas Spirit, jump in the car, and take a road trip to one, or many, of these holiday-named cities.

The cities mentioned here are not by any means all of the cities in the United States that have holiday names, but they are a fair sampling.

If Thanksgiving is your holiday, you can plan a road trip to include these cities:
Cranberry Isles, ME
Plymouth Town, MI
Plymouth City, MN
Plymouth Township, WI
Turkey, TX
Berryville, AR

If Christmas is more your style, there are plenty of places across the US, where you can share the spirit. Christmas-themed cities are grouped by rough geographic area, making it easy to plan a road trip of any length. Post offices in some of these cities have special holiday postmarks. Contact numbers are given so you can find out if they will in 2009.

Southeast
Holiday, Florida
Christmas, FL
Bell, FL
Bethlehem, GA
Garland, NC
Star, NC (This city's post office has in the past had a special holiday postmark. Contact them at 910-428-4212 to see if they will have one for 2009.)
Mistletoe, KY
Nazareth, KY
Partridge, KY
Evergreen, Al

Northeast
Starlight, PA (This city's post office has in the past had a special holiday postmark. Contact them at 570-798-2945 to see if they will have one for 2009.)
North Pole, NY
Surprise, NY
Holly, MI (This city's post office has in the past had a special holiday postmark. Contact them at 248-634-8362 to see if they will have one for 2009.)
Rudolph, OH
Santa Claus, IN

North Central
Joy, IL
Chestnut, IL
Rudolph, WI
Faith, SD
Hope, ND
Antler, ND

South Central
Wiseman, AR
Star, MS (This city's post office has in the past had a special holiday postmark. Contact them at 601-351-7510 to see if they will have one for 2009.)
Snow, OK
Garland, TX
Holly, CO (This city's post office has in the past had a special holiday postmark. Contact them at 719-537-6434 to see if they will have one for 2009.)
Noel, MO (This city's post office has in the past had a special holiday postmark. Contact them at 417-475-3810 to see if they will have one for 2009.)
Partridge, KS

Northwest
Santa, ID (This city's post office has in the past had a special holiday postmark. Contact them at 208-245-3685 to see if they will have one for 2009.)
Hope, ID (This city's post office has in the past had a special holiday postmark. Contact them at 208-264-5223 to see if they will have one for 2009.)
Joseph, OR

Southwest
Snowflake, AZ
Hope, NM
Angel's Camp, CA
Bell, CA

Then there's always North Pole, Alaska, which also has a special holiday postmark. If you can't get to North Pole, but would like to have a special North Pole postmark on your Christmas cards, you can. Put all your stamped envelopes in a bigger envelope and mail, by December 15, to:
North Pole Christmas Cancellation
Postmaster
5400 Mail Trail
Fairbanks, AK 99709-9999

And last, but not least, if you like any and every holiday, or want to treat every day like it's a holidy, you might want to visit Celebration, Florida.

Sources:
US Postal Service www.usps.com