Santa's Village New Year's Eve Partybration

Santa's Village in Jefferson, New Hampshire, closes the year with New Year's Eve Partybration, an outdoor party on the grounds at 528 Presidential Highway. The party brings rides, a visit with Santa and his reindeer, the Elfabet game, a blacksmith ring, a 3-D movie, light shows, fireworks, and party favors. Food and soft drinks from the shops include pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken tenders, fries, soups, stew, cookies, fudge, doe-nuts, hot cocoa, and coffee. The Ferris wheel, tubing, and reindeer visits wrap up before the fireworks, while Santa stays at his home so children can thank him.

Our take: Meet the reindeer early, because they head home around the time the Ferris wheel closes ahead of the fireworks.