Medford is a Hallmark-type town where the season of cheer begins with the annual Winter Lights Festival, this year on December 3. Performances run from November 17 through December 31. This year, catch Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol at Oregon Cabaret Theater. Experience old-world charm with a stay at Ashland Springs Hotel, conveniently located right downtown.Įnjoy holiday performances at the Oregon Cabaret Theater. A fun activity for children of all ages is to join the Elf Extravaganza by finding elves hidden in downtown small businesses. Stroll downtown for all the trimmings of the season, from historic red lanterns to banners of snowflakes and streets decked with wreaths and bows.

If you make it next year, enjoy the sounds of the season as carolers stroll the area. The 30th Annual Festival of Light Celebration began Friday, November 25, when 1 million lights began to sparkle over the downtown. Ashland celebrates the season beginning the day after Thanksgiving and continues through New Year’s. Nested in the picturesque valley between the Cascades and Siskiyou mountain ranges, Ashland is the ideal location to experience all that makes up a Hallmark movie.

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