Crimson Tidings
Clever ways to decorate with cranberries.
Cut Your Own Christmas Tree
Get into the holiday spirit by visiting a local Christmas tree farm with your family. Here’s a look at our favorite cut-your-own tree farms in the Granite State.
Holiday Gift Guide
Looking for the perfect holiday gift? We invite you to browse through great gift ideas from fashion and specialty food to jewelry and adventure experiences.
Events and Things To Do
Christmas Lights Displays
If you're the type to pack the family into the car for a lights tour around the neighborhood, then you might be interested in these dazzling displays. Here are dates for the 2022-2023 season.
Popping With the Sounds of Holiday Cheer
There's no need to travel outside New Hampshire for first-rate holiday pops symphony and choral performances. Here's the schedule for 2022.
Christmas parades, tree lightings and holiday strolls
Dates for Christmas parades and holiday stroll events in New Hampshire
The Best Holiday Events Happening in 2022
November and December bring a variety of events, from holiday craft fairs to a chocolate tour to the chance to see a magical Christmas light display that will blow you away.
Food & Drink
Winter Farmers Markets
Find fresh produce, meats and many other local products throughout the coldest months at one of the many winter farmers markets happening around the state.
Festive Holiday Cocktails
Recipes for 15 spirited drinks to celebrate the holiday season
How To Source a Local Thanksgiving
Once upon a time people created a Thanksgiving table from what they raised — if you don't happen to live on a farm, no worries. Here's a list of resources for sourcing a local dinner.
Easy Cocktail Recipes For Holiday Entertaining
Spread holiday cheer with these delicious and lively spirits
Do-It-Yourself Hot Chocolate Bar
We invite you to belly up to the bar (the cocoa bar, that is)
Shopping & Gifting Ideas
It's the Vinyl Countdown: Gift Ideas for Music Lovers
Rock 'n' roll may never die, but your MP3 player surely will, so why not gift friends with permanent copies of their favorite record albums?
Gift Ideas for Foodies
A visit to one of these local shops comes with (delicious) rewards for the gift-giver
Ultimate Local Holiday Gift Guide
Our curated selection of New Hampshire shops and gift ideas for (almost) everyone on your list
Musical Stocking Stuffers
Gift the Gift of Music, Granite State style
Christmas in Portsmouth
Where to find the holiday spirit (and great local shops).
The Ultimate Food and Drink Gift Guide for 2021
Treat everyone on your list with locally made gifts of good taste.
Local Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List
A curated selection of New Hampshire shops and gift ideas for everyone on your list
Holiday Decor and Decorating Tips and Ideas
Holiday Décor for Your Door
Make your own wreaths that last through the yuletide season and into the new year.
’Tis the Season for New Hampshire-made Music
Here are a handful of New Hampshire artists who have new music perfect for gift-giving this holiday season.
Merry Mantels
Design expert Matthew Mead styled three different mantels for the holidays — from classic to modern, find inspiration for your home here.
Meet a Mega-collector of Annalee Dolls
Madalyn Sprague has a truly impressive collection of Annalee Dolls. See what inspires her love for these locally made iconic Christmas characters.
New Hampshire Magazine
Contests, swag and other stuff
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