This was a great theme park. Plenty of large roller coasters and small faire style rides (and even rides for your younger children). This park has enough to offer a fun time for the entire family. I spent one day here and had a blast, but there’s enough to do here to spend more than one day at the park. In my one day, I didn’t spend much time waiting in lines, but I still wasn’t able to do everything this park had to offer. If you enjoy theme parks, you’ll definitely enjoy Holiday World.

Only Santa could have a castle full of sweet treats! My husband and I stopped on our recent anniversary trip to Santa Claus. We were so excited to visit “America’s First Themed Attraction!” What a fun place! Looks just like a real castle, but the interior is lined with sweets, sweets and more sweets! Made of brick, this place is solid! Towers with tons of candy to choose from! Handmade popcorn in many flavors, plus lots of great everyday, nostalgic and unique candies. Originally from the Candyland section of Santa Claus Land, this is the only building still standing. Fun fact: Inspiration for the famous board game created over a decade later in 1948. Famous for their frozen hot chocolate, we just had to get some! They definitely have an amazing product. It was so good and went very well with the Christmas theme! A nice cool treat on a hot day! In-store shopping and onsite services. Credit and debit cards accepted. *wheelchair accessible entrance and parking lot

Crazy about Christmas! My husband and I took a trip to Santa Claus Indiana this year for our anniversary. After hitting all of the Christmas places in the area, we knew we had to make a trip through the Christmas store. It all began on the outside, where we felt like little kids sticking our heads through the photo ops and then onto the inside. The first room that we spent a good amount of time in was the village room. We were so excited to see all the different types of villages offered here. It began with the Halloween village and then moved onto the Disney Christmas village. I was particularly impressed by the village that had a Dairy Queen blizzard house and others of the type. Don’t forget the “A Christmas Story” village and Christmas Vacation village along with the Harry Potter one. There were rooms that were filled with snowmen! My son is a Coca-Cola fanatic and there was plenty of ornaments and decor to fill a room with here. I had to make sure and pick up a few items. There is an adorable Santa House that is built within the building in the back. When it gets closer to Christmas time, Santa sits in his chair next to the fireplace, talking to the kids about what wishes they have for Christmas. What would you find next to Santa’s house? Mrs. Claus’s Candy Shop! Here you could find lots of sweet treats, including cookies that were bigger than my hand. Santa would definitely be really pleased with these! Drinks and fudge were also offered here. I specifically liked the wall of night lights. I have never seen that many holiday night lights anywhere and it was hard not to want to buy them all. The sweets rooms were amazing as well! Ornaments, figurines…so sweet! Then there was a gorgeous nativity room. It was nice to see that they had an entire room dedicated to what Christmas is about. Need something personalized, they had a room filled with ornaments that could be personalized. They even had an entire cabinet of Lenox made ornaments! Those make wonderful gifts! Workers are very welcoming and friendly. If you could have an ultimate Christmas store, this would definitely be it. There’s no way you would walk out of here empty-handed. Highly recommend when visiting Santa Claus! Debit and credit cards accepted. Open 10am-5pm everyday. Open May-December.

It’s Christmas everyday! My husband and I recently went on a road trip to Santa Claus, Indiana. Why? Well, why not?! Let me just start out by talking about the staff that was present. The wonderful lady who was working the front desk was so unbelievably sweet and very knowledgable. The gentleman who was setting up things in the train area was a great guy who sparked a conversation with my husband. Awesome service! The Museum: What can I say about this museum? It had everything! And I mean everything that had to do with Santa Claus. There were rooms of figurines, a full-size sled, tons of letters from children written to Santa Claus, vintage toys on display and a tv playing Christmas movies. There were life-size scenes and even Santa‘s office which we just loved! Every little detail of this museum was there. The office specifically had letters laying on the desk with Santa’s phone nearby. Santa‘s nameplate on the front of the desk and even his golf clubs sitting behind like he had just come in from the course and sat down to check out his newest mail. Christmas trees donned the area and even the restroom was decked out in Santa Claus clear down to the toilet paper holder 🤭 There was a lot of hands-on activities for the little ones. The train room was really cool. One of the trains was basically Santa Claus, Indiana with miniature versions of larger items you can see throughout town. There were buttons for you to run the trains. A gift shop is located in the middle of the museum and has everything from shirts to books and more! We purchased a shirt and a postcard to commemorate our visit. At the very end, we were given instructions on where to go to write a letter to Santa Claus, which would be the post office within the village. Don’t forget to leave a donation as this wonderful place runs by this only. The Post Office: The original Santa Claus post office. When you go in, it’s actually reminiscent of a school house as there are desks sitting all around, but those are there for the fun part! When you’re in the museum, she hands you paper and gives you instructions on what you need to do to write a letter to Santa Claus. In December, you will receive something from them in return. After you finish writing, you put it into the mailbox and you have to make sure and ring the sleigh bells so the elves know that there is mail to pick up. Inside the post office, there are trees with lots of handmade ornaments that children have sent in, the post office mailboxes are all decorated with elves and little packages. There are also some items that were from the original Santa Claus Land that used to stand down the road. It was just so much fun being in here and photographing different areas of the building. Across the way, is the historic Santa Claus Church. This was also located somewhere else and was moved to this location. White on the outside with pine wreaths welcoming you through the doors. When you go inside, you really see the true meaning of Christmas. Nativity scene on the altar, Christmas trees that just look as though they were meant to be in a church, candles in the windows. There are also original pieces still there such as the lanterns on the wall and the wood burner. Again, just a wonderful place to check out. There is also a donation box on the wall in the church that you can donate to the stamps for the letters sent out in December. There is also the 1935 Santa Claus statue, which is the oldest Santa Claus statue in America, a mistletoe area, and a wishing well! Highly recommend visiting! Open 9am-5pm everyday.

I had the best experience self stamping my Christmas cards last year with the Santa Claus Indiana official Cancellation stamp. I am already planning my trip to do it again this year!

It’s Christmas everyday! My husband and I recently went on a road trip to Santa Claus, Indiana. Why? Well, why not?! Let me just start out by talking about the staff that was present. The wonderful lady who was working the front desk was so unbelievably sweet and very knowledgable. The gentleman who was setting up things in the train area was a great guy who sparked a conversation with my husband. Awesome service! The Museum: What can I say about this museum? It had everything! And I mean everything that had to do with Santa Claus. There were rooms of figurines, a full-size sled, tons of letters from children written to Santa Claus, vintage toys on display and a tv playing Christmas movies. There were life-size scenes and even Santa‘s office which we just loved! Every little detail of this museum was there. The office specifically had letters laying on the desk with Santa’s phone nearby. Santa‘s nameplate on the front of the desk and even his golf clubs sitting behind like he had just come in from the course and sat down to check out his newest mail. Christmas trees donned the area and even the restroom was decked out in Santa Claus clear down to the toilet paper holder 🤭 There was a lot of hands-on activities for the little ones. The train room was really cool. One of the trains was basically Santa Claus, Indiana with miniature versions of larger items you can see throughout town. There were buttons for you to run the trains. A gift shop is located in the middle of the museum and has everything from shirts to books and more! We purchased a shirt and a postcard to commemorate our visit. At the very end, we were given instructions on where to go to write a letter to Santa Claus, which would be the post office within the village. Don’t forget to leave a donation as this wonderful place runs by this only. The Post Office: The original Santa Claus post office. When you go in, it’s actually reminiscent of a school house as there are desks sitting all around, but those are there for the fun part! When you’re in the museum, she hands you paper and gives you instructions on what you need to do to write a letter to Santa Claus. In December, you will receive something from them in return. After you finish writing, you put it into the mailbox and you have to make sure and ring the sleigh bells so the elves know that there is mail to pick up. Inside the post office, there are trees with lots of handmade ornaments that children have sent in, the post office mailboxes are all decorated with elves and little packages. There are also some items that were from the original Santa Claus Land that used to stand down the road. It was just so much fun being in here and photographing different areas of the building. Across the way, is the historic Santa Claus Church. This was also located somewhere else and was moved to this location. White on the outside with pine wreaths welcoming you through the doors. When you go inside, you really see the true meaning of Christmas. Nativity scene on the altar, Christmas trees that just look as though they were meant to be in a church, candles in the windows. There are also original pieces still there such as the lanterns on the wall and the wood burner. Again, just a wonderful place to check out. There is also a donation box on the wall in the church that you can donate to the stamps for the letters sent out in December. There is also the 1935 Santa Claus statue, which is the oldest Santa Claus statue in America, a mistletoe area, and a wishing well! Highly recommend visiting! Open 9am-5pm everyday.