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A good Christmas market has a few essentials — vendors selling homemade crafts, twinkling lights on the trees, and traditional music blaring through the speakers.

Toast the Holidays at the World’s Most Magical Christmas Markets

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Santa isn’t the only one who travels with presents.

Traveling with Presents? Here's What the TSA Wants You to Know

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Subject to delays, cancellations, gnarly weather, and all manner of mishaps that are utterly out of your control, air travel can be a little hectic, and as we head into the holidays, it’s never been more important to come prepared.

Flight Attendants Share Their Top Holiday Travel Survival Tips

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For many, Christmas is a holiday season built around longstanding traditions.

The Wackiest Holiday Festivals and Events in the U.S.

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Next to Santa’s sleigh, vintage trains are the most magical mode of transport come Christmastime.

All Aboard the Most Festive Holiday Train Rides in the U.S.

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If the mother figure in your life has ever taken you to a playground, taught you how to cook your favorite meal, or texted you (alarmingly) about the impending weather in your city, she’s taught you something new about the world.

How to Plan a Trip With Your Mom That You’ll Both Enjoy

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When George Silk unfolded his tripod one afternoon in 1971, the Life photojournalist did so in a decidedly different environment than he had found himself in for previous assignments.

How the Heart-Shaped Hot Tub Put the Poconos on the Map for Romantic Getaways

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Thrillist Event Guides

Thrillist’s city guide to everything you can do this year—from festivals to art exhibits to outdoor activities.

Thrillist Annual Event Guides: Every Event Happening in Your City This Year

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The monoculture is dead, consensus is shattered, no one is even watching the same thing anymore—except for this Sunday, when more than 100 million people will be locked in to the biggest event on the 2025 sports calendar: Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

Everything to Know About Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans

Holiday Festivals

Thrillist's 'Holiday Festivals' showcases some of the best holiday-time festivals across the globe, detailing where they are located and when they run.

Holiday Festivals: Seasonal Celebrations to Visit Around the World

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The East German town of Lauscha, tucked away in a deep valley in the Thuringian Forest, looks like one of those imaginary villages depicted in paintings and miniatures people like to scatter across their homes during the holiday season.

It's Bauble Season in the Birthplace of the Christmas Ornament

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It’s a full 40 days out before the big event, but José Eduardo “Lalo” Rosario Vázquez is rushing to a friend’s place.

Inside the Radish-Carving Competition at the Center of Oaxaca's Most Frantic Festival

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Reasons to Drive

Visit these small and growing cities across the country just hours from major local markets. You may be surprised to find the best restaurants, hikes, beaches, and more are found here.

Reasons to Drive: Travel Guides to Local Cities in the U.S.

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The holiday season often means carols, ringing bells, warm, spiced beverages, and—the less accessible, but equally iconic—Christmas markets that twinkle across Germany and the rest of Europe each year.

This Christmas Market in Pennsylvania Rivals Anything in Europe

The first Saturday in December in Cleveland is chilly and gloomy, with a frigid bite in the air that serves as a harsh reminder that winter is indeed coming to Ohio.

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Toast the Holidays at the World’s Most Magical Christmas Markets

So merry, so bright.

Traveling with Presents? Here's What the TSA Wants You to Know

Maybe don't wrap those holiday gifts just yet.

Flight Attendants Share Their Top Holiday Travel Survival Tips

Take it from the pros before you go.

The Wackiest Holiday Festivals and Events in the U.S.

Change up your holiday traditions with lobster traps, tumbleweeds, and death-defying Christmas feats.

All Aboard the Most Festive Holiday Train Rides in the U.S.

Live out your Polar Express dreams on these holiday train rides across the country.

How to Plan a Trip With Your Mom That You’ll Both Enjoy

Hint: Pack your patience.

How the Heart-Shaped Hot Tub Put the Poconos on the Map for Romantic Getaways

The single click of a camera shutter changed everything for the man who invented an iconic piece of honeymoon kitsch

Everything to Know About Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans

Who’s playing, how to score tickets, getting to the stadium, and more essential info about the game and halftime show at Caesars Superdome

It's Bauble Season in the Birthplace of the Christmas Ornament

The storybook village of Lauscha, Germany, holds the glitzy ghost of Christmas past.

Inside the Radish-Carving Competition at the Center of Oaxaca's Most Frantic Festival

A humble root vegetable takes center stage.

This Christmas Market in Pennsylvania Rivals Anything in Europe

You don't have to fly to the Old Country to experience an authentic German Christmas market.

How a Modest House in Cleveland Became a Christmas Tourist Destination

The house from 'A Christmas Story' is an enduring pop-culture landmark in Ohio.