Though San Antonio has slipped 13 spots, it nonetheless made Santa’s good record of the most effective cities for celebrating Christmas in 2024.
The merry Alamo Metropolis has fallen into the No. 30 spot on WalletHub’s record, which yearly ranks the 100 most populous U.S. cities throughout 5 key dimensions: Traditions and enjoyable, observance, generosity, purchasing alternatives, plus journey and meal prices.
San Antonio beforehand ranked because the No. 17 greatest U.S. metropolis for celebrating Christmas in WalletHub’s 2023 report.
Here is how town carried out throughout the research’s 5 foremost classes:
No. 15 – Traditions and enjoyable rankNo. 18 – Procuring rankNo. 34 – Prices rankNo. 76 – Observance rankNo. 84 – Generosity rank
San Antonio at the least will get to cheer itself on because the second highest-ranked Texas metropolis in 2024 due to its hoard of vacation happenings, together with quite a few pleasant gentle shows all through city. From native eating places and bars placing their all into creating festive feasts and pleasant cocktail experiences, to supporting small companies at native vacation markets, there may be a lot to get San Antonians within the vacation spirit this yr.
Smaller Central Texas cities like Smithville have additionally reworked into enjoyable, festive escapes for metropolis dwellers this time of yr.
San Antonio households even have larger vacation budgets in 2024 than they did the yr earlier than. In keeping with a separate WalletHub research, the common San Antonio family is predicted to spend about $884 on Christmas presents this yr, versus $844 in 2023.
“With inflation making Christmas celebrations, presents, meals and journey dearer, sure cities are a lot better in your pockets than others through the vacation,” stated WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo. “Along with being reasonably priced, the most effective cities have a lot of individuals celebrating, loads of locations for Christians to worship, populations who give generously to charity, and loads of enjoyable actions to take pleasure in with household and pals.”
In a separate report by residence providers supplier Thumbtack, San Antonio was named the No. 10 most festive U.S. metropolis in 2024.
Elsewhere in Texas, different festive cities that earned spots within the prime 50 embody Austin (No. 23), Dallas (No. 31), and Houston (No. 41).
The highest 10 greatest locations to expertise Christmas in 2024 are:
No. 1 – Atlanta, GeorgiaNo. 2 – Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaNo. 3 – Seattle, WashingtonNo. 4 – Las Vegas, NevadaNo. 5 – Orlando, FloridaNo. 6 – San Francisco, CaliforniaNo. 7 – St. Louis, MissouriNo. 8 – Miami, FloridaNo. 9 – Chicago, IllinoisNo. 10 – New York, New York
