2000/2010s Music
Artist behind hits including 'Irreplaceable' Single Ladies' and 'Halo'
Beyonce
State Capital
Columbus
This animated television special debuted on CBS on December 9, 1965, following the success of the comic strip 'Peanuts'
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Since 1997 this Seattle based company has offered a special Holiday themed cup that's all the craze.
Starbucks
Can't make it to Times Square? This 600-pound fruit is dropped in Traverse City each New Years Eve
Cherry
Artist behind hits including 'Viva La Vida' 'Clocks' and 'Yellow'
Coldplay
3.4 Million people visited this popular Northern Ohio amusement park in 2022
Cedar Point
Brenda Lee recorded this song when she was 13 years old in 1958, instantly became a holiday classic.
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Ralphie tries to convince his partents, teacher and Santa Claus to get him this gift in 'A Christmas Story.' You'll shoot your eye out, kid.
Red Ryder BB Gun
Gene Autry sings about this character in 1950, brought to life by an old magic hat
Frosty the Snowman
Artist behind hits including 'Without Me' 'Till I Collapse' and 'The Real Slim Shady'
Eminem
Ohio shares an international border in the middle of this Great Lake
Lake Erie
Welcoming in the year of 1908, the first ever 'Ball Drop' was held here
Times Square, NYC
Jose Feliciano's bilingual holiday anthem has been a global hit since its release in 1970.
Feliz Navidad
This 1966 animated TV film is based off a 1957 Dr Seuss book about a solitary creature with a heart "Two sizes two small"
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Artist behind hits including 'In The End' 'What I've Done' and 'Numb'
Linkin Park
The official State Tree
Ohio Buckeye
Originally written in 1951 by Meredith Wilson, this go to song has been re-recorded by legends Bing Crosby, Perry Como and notably most recently - Michael Buble
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
A tradition started in 1923 by President Coolidge, this was lit on the White House lawn each December
Nat King Cole was roasting these over an Open Fire in 1946
Chestnuts
Artist behind hits including 'If I Ain't Got You' 'Fallin' ' and 'Girl on Fire'
Alicia Keys
Ohio's lone National Park is located south of Cleveland and shares a name with the river that flows through it.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Based on the 1985 children's book, this 2004 animated movie promenently features Tom Hanks, who voices multiple roles.
The Polar Express
A tradition starting in 1931, this Midtown-Manhattan location features a large Christmas Tree, now drawing millions of viewers each December.
Rockefeller Center
Kevin McCallister finds innovative ways to defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve
Home Alone