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States with the most Christmas spirit in 2022

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Welcome, carolers. (Scrooges invited, not obligated!) Let’s go wassailing among some evergreens and uncover which states had the most Christmas spirit this year. Yep, it’s time for our 5th annual report on Christmas cheer in America.

In this report, we rank all 50 states for Christmas cheer by factors including evergreen farm numbers, charitable giving, and how often residents online shop, stream, and tweet Christmas content. This year’s report comes with a stocking stuffer: a new survey on America’s holiday spirits in 2022.

Take a look at our findings to see how your Christmas-celebrating peers are getting in the spirit.

States with the most Christmas spirit

What America thinks about Christmas in 2022

Interesting findings

Methodology

To determine which states have the most Christmas spirit, we compiled 10 data metrics in two main categories: (1) Christmas-themed online activity within the last 12 months and (2) Christmas-related cultural markers. We custom-weighted each metric at the percentages below to assign final rankings:

We also used Pollfish, a marketing research software tool, to survey 1,000 Americans on their attitudes and habits around celebrating Christmas this season. We gathered this data in September 2022.

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States ranked from most to least Christmas spirit, 2020–2022

State2022 Ranking2021 Ranking2020 Ranking
Alabama504811
Alaska134440
Arizona213743
Arkansas384310
California343144
Colorado402147
Connecticut20517
Delaware101245
District of Columbia515151
Florida423850
Georgia394537
Hawaii25949
Idaho28132
Illinois223633
Indiana83324
Iowa361529
Kansas301931
Kentucky7430
Louisiana314036
Maine18213
Maryland414634
Massachusetts14819
Michigan122226
Minnesota242725
Mississippi474916
Missouri291114
Montana23338
Nebraska16147
Nevada454146
New Hampshire1122
New Jersey92939
New Mexico372548
New York485041
North Carolina27344
North Dakota15308
Ohio62423
Oklahoma443928
Oregon491727
Pennsylvania52015
Rhode Island194221
South Carolina26325
South Dakota173512
Tennessee33266
Texas352342
Utah371
Vermont11620
Virginia434718
Washington322832
West Virginia4109
Wisconsin2163
Wyoming461835