Mega-fans swarm quaint New England towns, chasing Christmas movie charm

Some of America’s astir beloved Christmas traditions aren’t conscionable recovered successful decorated homes oregon festive gatherings — they besides unrecorded connected our screens.

Enjoying vacation movies unneurotic has go a cherished ritual for galore families and couples. The movie genre is besides a favourite during the jolly season.

As these films proceed to emergence successful popularity, devoted fans — anxious to acquisition the magic firsthand — are making pilgrimages to the quaint towns and regions wherever immoderate of these movies are filmed.

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One authorities with an particularly beardown beingness successful some Hallmark and Lifetime productions is Connecticut.

The authorities has served arsenic a backdrop for astatine slightest 22 vacation films, according to The Associated Press (AP).

Holiday movie tourism is surging arsenic Connecticut businesses payment from definite filming locations.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

In effect to the increasing interest, the Nutmeg State launched the Connecticut Christmas Movie Trail successful 2023, mapping retired notable landmarks featured successful assorted movies.

Capitalizing connected the trend, Mayfield Tours of Spartanburg, South Carolina, precocious organized a "Hallmark Movie Christmas Tour," offering travelers the accidental to acquisition destinations highlighted connected the Connecticut movie trail.

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Fifty-three people, mostly women, attended a caller circuit — watching heartwarming movies connected the autobus betwixt stops, according to AP.

Parts of the movies "Christmas connected Honeysuckle Lane" and "Rediscovering Christmas" were filmed astatine Heirloom Market astatine Comstock Ferre successful Wethersfield.

Capitalizing connected a blistery trend, Mayfield Tours of Spartanburg, South Carolina, precocious organized a "Hallmark Movie Christmas Tour." (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

"People conscionable cognize astir america now," Julia Koulouris, the market's co-owner, told AP. 

"You spot these things connected Instagram and worldly wherever radical are tagging it and posting it."

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"It’s breathtaking — conscionable to cognize that thing was successful a movie, and we really get to spot it visually," Abby Rumfelt of Morganton, North Carolina, told AP aft she stepped disconnected a manager autobus successful Wethersfield, Connecticut, a halt connected the vacation movie tour.

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Stacy Greenhut, a question advisor astatine Travelmation, based successful Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, told Fox News Digital that immoderate Hallmark fans sojourn the quaint towns aggregate times a year.

"They privation to measurement close wrong a Hallmark movie by immersing themselves successful the section culture," she said. 

"These quaint towns springiness you the quality to dilatory down, respire successful immoderate caller aerial and capable your bosom with joyousness — overmuch similar you consciousness erstwhile you ticker these movies from home," said 1 question expert.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

"This includes having a java astatine the section bakery, visiting the shops and restaurants they spot connected their screens, and staying astatine the charming inns."

She added that it's the cleanable flight from people's busy, mundane lives. 

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"These quaint towns springiness you the quality to dilatory down, respire successful immoderate caller aerial and capable your bosom with joyousness — overmuch similar you consciousness erstwhile you ticker these movies from home," she said. 

The conception of vacation movies dates backmost to the 1940s, erstwhile Hollywood produced classics similar "It’s A Wonderful Life," "Miracle connected 34th Street" and "Christmas successful Connecticut" — the second of which was really changeable astatine the Warner Bros. studios successful Burbank, California, the AP noted.

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The Associated Press contributed reporting.