Submitted by Loveroffinerthings t3_yyh3q6 in RhodeIsland
Why are there no festive Christmas villages in RI? Not like a pop up Christmas sale, but like the European types with wooden Huts, gluwein, food vendors selling cheesy spaetzle or raclette. I have been to dozens of them in Europe, and ones in NYC and Philly are great, but the Boston one sucked. Should I just start my own?
Longjumping_Tale_574 t1_iwu8mkp wrote
I’d guess that it’s because RI is not particularly a bastion of Northern or Central European heritage. Italians and Portuguese make up the majority of the population here and have very different Christmas traditions.
Bristol does have one with some traditional-looking booths, or at least they did last year, but it was more like a church craft fair as another poster described a previous one in Pawtucket.
But I agree with you, we need one. I’ve been to quite a few wonderful ones in Europe as well. Chicago actually has an amazing one if you want to travel domestically.