HOLLAND, MI -- The best part of snuggling up with a Hallmark Christmas movie is escaping into a snow globe fantasy set in a quaint downtown, streets bustling with holiday shoppers. But what if it didn’t have to be all fantasy?

Holland is leaning into its own small town charm and bringing Christmas magic from the screen to the streets.

There’s just something special about the beach town during the holidays when tourists trade sunscreen for snow gloves and the whole downtown is glowing with lights.

“I’ve heard time and time again that it’s like a town from a Hallmark movie and I couldn’t agree more,” Downtown Holland marketing coordinator Kara de Alvare said.

This month Holland’s new ice rink opens up to the public for its first skaters and curlers. Meanwhile downtown’s heated sidewalk

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