Top Christmas destinations! Reykjavic, Iceland. Discover the best Hotel prices this Christmas season!

It's difficult to get away the Yuletide spirit on a trip to Iceland during the holiday season - a stopover to Reykjavik will be full of a vast amount of Seasonal good cheer. The city goes crazy for a good Christmas party, and commences ringing in the season in the beginning of December, with the illumination of the town's X-mas tree at Austurvöllur square. The celebration includes choirs singing carols and the arrival of the 1st of the "Vacation Lads," 13 Santas who appear all through town throughout Lent.

Other favorite vacation sights feature the X-mas Village in Hafnarfjörður town, a tiny, cheery town chock full of stores offering for sale holiday season souvenirs and classical foods amidst live activities, and a tour to Reykjavik's main Christmas time Marketplace in Ingólfstorg Square, which fills with vendors offering holiday season gifts, mulled wine and performances from a plethora of artists.

Finally, to experience an old-fashioned, Nordic Yuletide, check out the Christmas show at the Reykjavik City Museum, where exhibits show how fried bread is produced, tallow is employed to make candle lights, and visitors can discover time honored Yuletide verses and dances.

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