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Boasting little more than a thousand square miles in area, Rhode Island grows in prominence around the holidays with festive mansion tours around historic Newport and spectacular holiday lights in Providence — not to mention old-fashioned Christmas warmth elsewhere throughout the state.

Find out why, at Christmas, there's always big doings in Rhode Island ...

More information about Christmas in RI around the Web:

Waterfire Weekend in Providence - Watch the city light up the night with the Festival of Trees and holiday fire show burning brightly from Waterplace Park Basin to Steeple Street .

The Nutcracker - Check out the holiday performance by the Festival Ballet in Providence with complete schedule and online ticket ordering.

Christmas in Newport - A decades-old tradition and month-long festival featuring concerts, historic house and mansion tours, holiday train rides, tree lighting ceremonies, Christmas pageants and other family-friendly events.

Christmas at the Newport Mansions - Decked in their best Christmas finery and open to visitors for the holidays. Check out the complete schedule with dates and times in November and December.

Bowen's Wharf Christmas Tree Lighting - Catch all the holiday excitement as Santa arrives by boat to help light the Christmas tree, including caroling and live holiday music.

Christmas at Smith's Castle - A celebration of Christmas past offering home-baked goodies, mulled cider, and live period holiday music.

Christmas Pops - Holiday decorations & jubilant voices that rise in song as the Chorus of Westerly puts on its annual Christmas concert at George Kent Performance Hall.

Pawtucket Winter Wonderland - Food, holiday music, and Christmas fun including a puppet show, miniature train and hay rides, and other family-friendly activities throughout the season.

Christmas in the Northeast & New England