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WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – Florida could be home to one of the “Merriest Christmas Towns” in America.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winter Garden, Florida, which is just outside of Orlando, has been named a top 25 finalist in Hallmark’s 2026 “Merriest Christmas Towns” contest.<\/p>\n
What happens if you win? <\/p>\n
The town that wins will be named “Hallmark’s Merriest Christmas Town” and could then serve as a filming location for a future Hallmark movie.<\/p>\n
Fans encouraged to vote <\/p>\n
What you can do:<\/p>\n
Fans are encouraged to vote<\/a> for their favorite Christmas town on Hallmark’s website, which could become the filming location for a future Hallmark movie if it ends up taking the #1 spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n To vote, you need to have a valid email address. You can vote for one town once per day. Voting is open between Aug. 14 and Sept. 4, 2026.<\/p>\n Christmas in Winter Garden <\/p>\n Winter Garden is home to a number of holiday-themed events, including the yearly Light Up Winter Garden tree lighting, and Christmas parade.\u00a0<\/p>\n Meet the competition Ashland, OregonBemidji, MinnesotaBerlin, MarylandBoerne, TexasCape May, New JerseyCarlinville, IllinoisCarolina Beach, North CarolinaChatham, MassachusettsCollierville, TennesseeConway, South CarolinaCorning, New YorkCullman, AlabamaEureka Springs, ArkansasHanover, PennsylvaniaLeavenworth, WashingtonLewisburg, West VirginiaMarlborough, ConnecticutNeenah, WisconsinNorth Conway, New HampshirePapillion, NebraskaParkville, MissouriPlacerville, CaliforniaPortsmouth, OhioVersailles, KentuckyWinter Garden, Florida <\/p>\n The Source: The information used in this story is from Hallmark’s “Merriest Christmas Town” website and Downtown Winter Garden’s Facebook page.<\/p>\n Winter Garden<\/a>Holidays<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – Florida could be home to one of the “Merriest Christmas Towns” in America.\u00a0 Winter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[47,28,30,29,1186,115,1335,628,25863],"class_list":["post-379839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-holidays","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-us","tag-winter-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}