With Christmas celebrations constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic but overall holiday spending expected to increase compared to 2019, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Best Places for Christmas Celebrations, as well as accompanying videos.
In order to determine which cities will offer a holly jolly holiday even amid the stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, WalletHub compared the 100 biggest U.S. cities based on 15 key indicators of a safe and affordable Christmas. Our data set ranges from COVID-19 cases to the availability of Christmas traditions to the city’s overall generosity.| Best Cities for Christmas | |
| 1. Durham, NC | 11. Sacramento, CA |
| 2. San Jose, CA | 12. Virginia Beach, VA |
| 3. Honolulu, HI | 13. Atlanta, GA |
| 4. Oakland, CA | 14. Kansas City, MO |
| 5. Raleigh, NC | 15. San Diego, CA |
| 6. Pittsburgh, PA | 16. Cincinnati, OH |
| 7. San Francisco, CA | 17. Cleveland, OH |
| 8. Portland, OR | 18. Austin, TX |
| 9. Plano, TX | 19. Madison, WI |
| 10. Seattle, WA | 20. Chesapeake, VA |
Key Stats
- Miami has the most Christmas tree farms (per square root of the population), 0.024851, which is 23.2 times more than in Indianapolis, the city with the fewest at 0.001072.
- Honolulu has the fewest COVID-19 cases in the past week per capita, 1,591.53, which is 7.1 times fewer than in Lubbock, Texas, the city with the most at 11,275.64.
- Orlando, Florida, has the most bakeries (per square root of population), 0.356257, which is 9.4 times more than in North Las Vegas, Nevada, the city with the fewest at 0.037850.
- Indianapolis has the lowest average price of wine, $3.63, which is 4.1 times lower than in Seattle, the city with the highest at $14.89.
- Seattle has the most food banks (per square root of population), 0.024190, which is 20.2 times more than in Boston, the city with the fewest at 0.001200.
