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Thanksgiving to New Year's is a special time to spend with family and friends and experience the spirit of the season. And the way we see it, the holiday season spent in an RV — whether a standalone trip or making united express airlines employment interesting stops en route to a destination — is all about the journey to find unique ways to celebrate. From California to New York, we've gathered together 10 destinations that are well worth the lasting memories they'll make this year.
Every year, just a week before Christmas, Newport Beach hosts a five-night boat parade and "Spectacular Ring of Lights Home Decorating Contest" event. At the 2013 Christmas Boat Parade from December 18-22 (www.christmasboatparade.com), visitors will see beautiful multimillion-dollar yachts, kayaks, canoes united express airlines employment and other small boats lighting up the harbor as a dazzling array of holiday lights and music fill the air. Many of the boats will be richly decorated with animated Christmas scenes accompanied by music and costumed carolers. The Christmas floats will wind their way some 14 miles around the harbor to give viewers in restaurants, yacht clubs, on public beaches and in private homes an incredible sight that has delighted millions of people. Nestled in the heart of Orange County, Newport Dunes RV Waterfront Resort and Marina (a first-rate RV park on 110 acres with cottages for rent) is a great place to camp during the festivities. In December, united express airlines employment visitors to Newport Dunes can also enjoy the resort's own Lighting of the Bay celebration. The resort united express airlines employment offers on-site boat rentals for tours of the Back Bay and holiday lights in the harbor. Contact Newport Dunes RV Waterfront Resort at 800-765-7661, www.newportdunes.com.
If Florida is on your itinerary as a winter getaway, be sure to visit in time for the holidays on the Emerald Coast. Beginning united express airlines employment a week before Thanksgiving and ending New Year's Eve, Okaloosa County will host "A Very Emerald Christmas." Events start November 23 with the Lighting of the Christmas tree at the Destin Commons (Destin, Florida), featuring festivities, a Santa Parade and fireworks. On November 29, Santa makes his entrance by parade float to HarborWalk Village (Destin, Florida) and is joined for daylong united express airlines employment festivities united express airlines employment by Charles Dickens-style carolers. On December 2, Fort Walton Beach Christmas Parade will take place on Eglin Parkway, featuring floats, united express airlines employment marching bands and local organizations. On December 5, the Fort Walton Beach Boat Parade Festival takes place at The Landing.  And, on December 8, Emerald Coast visitors can enjoy the Destin Boat Parade at the Destin Harbor and HarborWalk Village. All commercial, charter and private boats are invited to help light up the Harbor with the true Destin spirit in this annual parade. A fireworks display closes out the festivities. HarborWalk also features New Year's Eve fireworks and a ball drop at midnight.
Local RV resorts include: Camp Gulf, Destin | 877-226-7485 | 
 www.campgulf.com Destin West RV Resort | Destin, 
850-200-4533 | 
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RV travelers in the Intermountain West region will find holiday cheer, lights and magic at various events happening from Thanksgiving through early January in Boise. Holiday highlights united express airlines employment include Winter Garden aGlow (November 28-December 1, and December 6-January 5, 2014), where the Idaho Botanical Garden is lit with hundreds of thousands of lights. And, every year during Thanksgiving week, Boise Centre becomes a wonderland of holiday splendor for The Festival of Trees (November 27-December 1) that features hundreds of lavishly united express airlines employment decorated Christmas trees, wreaths and holiday decor. Enhancing this remarkable display is a series of special events designed to please people of all ages. From the black-tie Gala to Breakfast With Santa, there is something for all ages of visitors to enjoy.
Boise's RV parks include: Boise Riverside RV Park | Boise, 
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What started as a name has become
a way of life for the small town of 
Santa Claus, Indiana (www.santaclaus
ind.org). It's also one that's authentic, right down to the names of local streets, like Prancer Drive, Chestnuts Roasting by the Open Fire Street, and Jingle Bell and Candy Cane lanes. When it comes to making holiday memories, it's quite the fun destination for visitors of all ages, says Melissa Brockman, executive director of the Spencer County Visitors Bureau.  "The magical Christmas spirit is found year-round in Santa Claus, Indiana, but the town goes all out during the holidays. Believers of all ages can write a letter to Santa at the original Santa Claus, Indiana, united express airlines employment Post Office, chat with an elf at Santa's Candy Castle, learn the magical story of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer at the Santa Claus Land of Lights, have Christmas Dinner with Santa at Santa's Lodge and so much more," Brockman commented.
RV parks that are accessible within 15-30 miles of Santa Claus include: Lincoln State Park, Lincoln City | 812-937-4710 | www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/2979.htm Lynnville Park Campgrounds, Lynnville | 812-922-5144 Vanderburgh 4-H Center, Evansville united express airlines employment | 812-867-6217 | www.Vanderburgh4h center.com
Combined with accessible public transportation, holiday attractions throughout united express airlines employment New York City abound to make a trip well worth the RV journey any year. In case you need guidance on what attraction to bite off first in the Big Apple, here are a few tips that appeal to a range of city tourists' tastes. The Holiday Train Show, held at The New York Botanical Garden (www.nybg.org) in the Bronx offers visitors a unique train trip — one that's set in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, united express airlines employment with large-scale model trains covering a quarter-mile of track that travels over bridges and past replicas of New York landmarks. The Radio City's Christmas Spectacular 
(www.radiocitychristmas.com) features the Radio City Music Hall decked out in all its glory for the season as a glistening winter united express airlines employment wonderland and the Rockettes performing numbers, to telling Christmas stories from Santa, to the Nutcracker and nativity scenes. Additional famous attractions include visiting the tree at Rockefeller Center Plaza; visiting shop windows united express airlines employment and making a stop at FAO Schwarz toy store; as well as attending The Nutcracker production by the New York City Ballet; and traveling outside Manhattan for holiday lights (with more than 100,000 other visitors a year) to view Christmas united express airlines employment displays at Dyker Heights in Brooklyn. If you're in New York for Thanksgiving, the Macy's Day Parade takes place on November 28 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. And if you're closing out 2013 in the city, be sure 
to enjoy an unforgettable night in 
Times Square. Reservations for both New York attractions and RV parks in advance are highly recommended.
RV parks accessible to New York during the holiday season include: Black Bear Campground, Florida, New York | 845-651-7717 united express airlines employment | www.black bearcampground.com Camp Gateway, located at Floyd Bennett Field (note: only six dry camping sites) in Brooklyn, New York | 718-338-3799 | www.nps.gov/gate/plan
yourvisit/camping-at-gateway.htm Liberty Harbor Marina and RV Park, Jersey City, New Jersey | 201-516-7500 | www.libertyharborrv.com
Eleven months out of the year, one may find the town of McAdenville, North Carolina — 15 miles outside Charlotte — much like any other suburb. But from December 2-26, 2013, for the 58th 
consecutive year, visitors who come by 
this town will discover a unique destination that calls itself "Christmas united express airlines employment Town USA" (www.mcadenville-christmas town.com). Since 1956, McAdenville's Christmas Town USA has delighted young and old alike throughout united express airlines employment the region with its annual Christmas Light displays. Each year more than 600,000 people visit this small town of less than 700 people to experience the Christmas they remember from their childhood — a magical and merry place with hundreds of thousands of lights, spontaneous caroling and shouts of "Merry Christmas" from children walking beneath the lights and riding along the display route in cars. This is a place where the celebration of the season is always free — with Pharr Yarns, a McAdenville-based manufacturing firm established in 1939, funding the annual light displays, and supported by the decorating efforts of nearly every resident. "Christmas Town USA is much like a Norman Rockwell painting of a Christmas united express airlines employment in small town America come to life," said Mel Collins, V.P. human resources, Pharr Yarns.
RV campground accommodations within a 15-30 mile radius include: Crown International Campground, Fort Mill, South Carolina | 803-547-3500 Hounds Gateway Campground and Fun Park, Kings Mountain, united express airlines employment North Carolina | 704-739-4474 | www.hounds gatewaycampground.com Tom Johnson Campground at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina (call office for reservations and information) | 704-455-3267
For RVers en route to Oklahoma or those traveling through it during the holiday season, the city of Muskogee offers one of the largest Christmas light displays in the state. "Our holiday displays have been rated as some of the best in the region," said Jonita Mullins of Okie Heritage Tours. "And they're just minutes from Highway 69, a favorite route of snowbirds heading south. A side trip through Muskogee's dazzling holiday wonderland is well worth the effort." Two parks — one a 120-acre city park and one an amusement park — coordinate their Garden of Lights and Christmas Kingdom to create a magical spectacle that draws more than 100,000 visitors between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. Honor Heights Park and The Castle of Muskogee welcomes RVers to drive through a wonderland of more than 1 million twinkling lights and holiday inflatable united express airlines employment displays. The lights in Honor Heights Park are timed to dance to the sound of Christmas music.
Nearby RV accommodations includ