Now that Halloween is over many people are preparing for Christmas. Sure Thanksgiving comes first but let's be real, we all start preparing for Christmas e

We've rounded up our favorite U.S. charming towns and quaint villages that come alive with holiday spirit each year and truly embody the same feel-good spirit as a Hallmark movie.

Here are the real-life locales where some of Hallmark's most popular holiday movies were filmed.

Turn off the Hallmark channel and experience the charm the holiday season brings at these PA small towns.

The magical settings from your favorite holiday flicks really do exist!

Ogden, Utah

An hour north of Boston, on the mouth of the Piscataqua River and the seacoast, there are cool things to do in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

These adorable North Carolina towns make visitors feel as if they’ve been transported into a Hallmark Christmas movie.

Eastern Connecticut is filled with small town Christmas charm, and several Christmas movies have even been filmed in towns all across the region. While we love every unique and festive town in our area, we can't help but want to create the perfect Christmas-themed weekend in Mystic, with some inspiration from this season's newest Hallmark holiday hit, Mystic Christmas.

In case you had any doubts, Joanna Gaines's design talents do extend to creating a breathtakingly festive holiday home. The talented designer and mother of