Experience the holiday season in Eureka Springs

There’s no place like home or Eureka Springs for the holidays.

This historic Victorian town offers an experience at Christmas that gives a nod to Dickens as well as contemporary holiday lights. Plus, for your gift giving needs, the city has block after block of shops, boutiques, fine art galleries, and craft emporiums.

Eureka Springs embodies the romantic revival of Christmas traditions embraced by Charles Dickens’ 1843 masterpiece, "A Christmas Carol," which rekindled the joy of Christmas and re-emphasized the season as a time of giving and thinking of less fortunate others.

The city is the ideal stage with its Victorian-era architecture. More than 150 independent and unique stores and restaurants fill its elaborate gingerbread Victorian storefronts. On street after street, turn-of-the-century homes in colors of vibrant, flower bouquets hug cliff sides. Secluded and peaceful, Eureka Springs’ entire downtown area is on the National Register of Historic Places. It feels as though you could see Dicken’s character Tiny Tim ‘round any corner of the historic downtown.

In a more modern style, Eureka Springs also sets the city ablaze with colorful lights. Not only can you drive the streets to see holiday decor, but attractions like the Great Passion Play also offer a large drive-through light display. A Christmas Tree Forest brings holiday magic to The Crescent Hotel grounds.

Eureka Springs spreads the holiday spirit with its ambiance and through its numerous holiday events and activities. Check dates and times here, https://www.eurekasprings.org/christmas/.