The famous small town of Santa Claus, Indiana, is listed on Travel Channel’s best holiday attractions for this year’s holiday season. Travel Channel enlisted a panel of travel experts to share recommendations for Travel’s Best Holiday Attractions 2014.

“We are so thrilled the town of Santa Claus is included in Travel Channel’s best holiday attractions,” says Spencer County Visitors Bureau Executive Director Melissa Brockman. “Santa Claus, Indiana, is such a magical place to visit, especially during the holiday season and the three-weekend Santa Claus Christmas Celebration.”

Here is the list of Travel Channel’s “Travel’s Best Holiday Attractions 2014”:
• Santa Claus Village, Rovaniemi, Finland;
• Skating by the Sea, San Diego, California;
• “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” New York, New York;
• 12 Pubs of Christmas, Dublin, Ireland;
• Sponza Palace, Dubrovnik, Croatia;
• Santa Claus, Indiana;
• Reykjavik, Iceland;
• North Pole, Alaska;
• Dyker Heights Lights, Brooklyn, New York; and
• Christkindlesmarkt, Nuremberg, Germany

The town of Santa Claus was named a top Christmas destination by CNN in 2013, Hotwire.com in 2012, and Forbes Magazine in 2011.

Santa Claus, Indiana, is home to nationally known attractions such as Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari and Lake Rudolph Campground & RV Resort.

America’s Christmas Hometown: Santa Claus, Indiana, hosts a celebration of family fun on the first three weekends of December. Events include a traditional Christmas Dinner with Santa at Santa’s Lodge, Writing a Letter to Santa at the Santa Claus Museum & Village, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire at Santa’s Candy Castle, and much more.

For more information about the Santa Claus Christmas Celebration and lodging specials, call (888) 444-9252 or visit www.SantaClausInd.org/Christmas.