Seasonal & Holidays
Pittsburgh's Christmas Celebration Among Nation's Best: Study
When it comes to decking the halls and other holiday-related festivities, Pittsburgh gets high mark in report.
PITTSBURGH, PA - The finding should come as no surprise to any native yinzer, but when it comes to having a holly jolly Christmas, few places do it as well as Pittsburgh. So say the results of a new study by WalletHub.
The financial data website rates Pittsburgh as the nation’s third-best city for Christmas celebrations, behind only Chicago and San Francisco. To get its results, WalletHub analyzed the nation’s 100 largest cities’ Christmas traditions, observance habits, generosity, shopping and costs.
The Steel City’s rankings in several key categories:
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- Percent of Christian population: 4
- Christmas markets per capita: 8
- Toy stores and hobby shops per capita: 10
- Christmas events per capita: 10
- Average price of Christmas party ticket: 23
- Online giving per capita: 29
- Christmas tree farms per capita: 44
WalletHub’s top 10 cities for Christmas celebrations:
1. Chicago
2. San Francisco
3. Pittsburgh
4. New York
5. Seattle
6. Orlando
7. Atlanta
8. Washington, D.C.
9. Las Vegas
10. Portland
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