From Bethlehem to Palm Springs, Christmas Belongs in the Desert
During the Holiday Season, Southern California’s Coachella Valley Becomes a Place of Rebirth
If you’re looking for the quintessential Christmas experience, there’s only one place you should go: the Southern California desert.
The Coachella Valley is the Golden State’s very own Yuletide capital—which might make it the capital of Christmas in America, maybe even the world. After all, California popularized Christmas via Hollywood, and still designs it through our toymakers, digitizes it via Silicon Valley, and distributes it through our ports.
Some Scrooges will call this sacrilege, citing our lack of conifers and snow. Leave such people to their ignorance—the desert is already …