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Amen. Even though we rarely get snow for Christmas up here. Its just the whole scene though, Christmas in the desert or tropics is just wrong, allllll wrong.
The original Christmas was in the desert, you fake, blasphemous, materialistic, holiday poser you. And I'm not going to prove myself to a New York person or anyone else that I can be 'trustworthy' before I can receive kindness and respect, especially during the holidays! You guys have issues.
Arizona! I love seeing Saguaro cacti draped in Christmas lights, the never-changing environment, the rock/gravel yards instead of snow, snowmen dressed in cowboy hats and boots, etc.
I hope everyone is picking up on my blatant sarcasm.
I think the NE wins far and away, especially in states like VT, NH, etc. Id rank the Midwest second, then states like CO, MT, KS, third.
No, KS is one of the worst Christmas regions. It hardly snows very much at all for the most part in KS. It is so dry in eastern Kansas and western Missouri that it looks like a desert outside right now.
New England or NYC or Chicago for their beautiful city decorations. I live in Chicago and attend the annual lighting of the Christmas Tree downtown and it's such a nice event. The mayor gives a speech and thousands of people surround the tree. There are choirs singing caroles and they sell German hot wine and spiced hot apple cider. Regardless of how cold it may be, those drinks will warm you up. I love snow at Christmas. Nothing is prettier than snow covered trees with spakling lights peeking through. I have spent 2 Chrismas' in warm snow-free climates and it just wasn't the same.
I just lived for 4 years in Albuquerque, New Mexico...that is a highly underrated Christmas experience.
Unlike Phoenix, Vegas, or Florida, Albuquerque can be semi chilly-ish around Christmas (highs range from 40 degrees to 60 degrees roughly, but lows range from 15 degrees to 28 degrees roughly). There is even always a respectable chance for snow in ABQ for Christmas - much more so in Northern New Mexico at the higher altitudes (Santa Fe, Taos, etc.).
You have ancient, historic New Mexican Christmas traditions that are so unique. Faralitos/luminarias are awesome...especially the tradition of lighting the real ones on Christmas Eve. Eating tamales with red chile and biscochitos and drinking hot chocolate. Ancient (from the 1600s and 1700s) churches being dressed up for Christmas. The scent of pinon burning in chimneys. The Christmas tree lighting tradition in Old Town.
Wow...just typing this makes me really, really already miss being in Albuquerque for Christmas (and it is only September!).
I always have this idyllic picture of Christmas in a small northern town with Main Street lit up with those old fashioned big colored lights, and snow on the ground. Hardly what we get here in Louisiana. Actually in 2004 it snowed for the first time in over 150 years in the NOLA area. It was the most awsome Christmas day ever. The following Summer Katrina hit. If it ever snows on Christmas again, I'm renting a U-Haul and heading for the hills.
New England at Christmas time is a pure joy, beautiful, festive and some villages are so impossibly picturesque and pretty they almost look fake. I just love it. I think a "traditional" old fashioned Christmas is something to cherish...
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Its just the whole scene though, Christmas in the desert or tropics is just wrong, allllll wrong. 
And I'm not going to prove myself to a New York person or anyone else that I can be 'trustworthy' before I can receive kindness and respect, especially during the holidays! You guys have issues. 
Underrated area: New Mexico
