Christmas is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year and when you choose to spend your holiday in Gulf Shores with Poole & Associates, it can be again. There will be no snow, no cold, no endless list of chores that need to be completed, instead there will just be hours filled with comfort and relaxation, white sand beaches that will still give you the feel of a white Christmas, and a new enjoyment of your favorite family traditions. This guide to our Christmas vacation rentals in Gulf Shores will ensure that your dreams tonight will be filled with turtledoves, sugar plums, and all the charm of Christmas, no matter what time of year you are reading this!
Browse Our Christmas Vacation Rentals in Gulf Shores Below!
A Gulf Shores Christmas
December temperatures rarely fall below 50 degrees and can sometimes reach almost 80 degrees, ensuring that your Christmas in Gulf Shores will be exactly what you wish all Christmases had been, offering a beautiful blend of traditions old and new. The old traditions, including exploring neighborhoods with colorfully decorated homes, watching holiday movies on Christmas Eve, and baking cookies that you frost with your children, will add to the memories you make while staying with us. It’s the new traditions, however, that may speak to your soul, as you enjoy sunset walks along white sand beaches without having to bundle up in your winter warmest, exploring the culinary landscape of restaurants that stay open on Christmas day, allowing you and your family to enjoy a feast without all the work that a big meal generally entails and discovering how luxury and light can enhance a holiday that already shines bright.
Step into the Magic
The décor may be Alabama beach vacation, but the warmth that greets you when you step inside for the first time is all Christmas, and you will immediately notice all the ways you can continue with your favorite traditions. Living rooms furnished with plush sofas facing state of the art televisions invite visitors to sink into their depths and turn the television to their favorite holiday movies and shows. If you find yourself staring out windows that stretch from floor to ceiling, watching the magic of the Gulf do its thing below you, it’s understandable, but don’t worry, the movie can be paused and Santa will be there when you are ready to return to the movie on display. These spacious rooms will have room for a tree of some size, if the mood strikes you, giving you a place to stack the presents you may have picked up at local holiday markets or shops and boutiques.
Christmas Cookies and More
Our kitchens, filled with updated appliances that will bring the joy back to your cooking experiences, are roomy enough that this could be the perfect time to introduce the next generation to the secrets of your family’s favorite meals. Bake cookies and gingerbread, layer all the ingredients for your Christmas lasagna, and as holiday music streams and your children show the right amount of interest in the things they are learning, your best holiday memories may be the ones made right here. Even if you only use the kitchen to make hot cocoa and store the Christmas cookies you purchased from A Specialty Bakery & Pottery Shop, 2200 E 2nd Street Suite I, the cheer and vibe of the room will aid in your holiday celebrations.
Where Family Gathers
The living rooms of our Christmas escapes are comfortable places, but just like in your own homes, it will be the dining rooms where family gathers. Anchored by large tables that provide enough chairs for all that reside within, these spots are where games are played, holiday puzzles are put together, and, of course, meals are devoured. In real life you may not have the time for family dinners every night, and you certainly can’t always linger over board games and puzzle construction, but in Gulf Shores, your newest Christmas family traditions will most definitely include all of the above. Open concept floor plans may actually allow you to watch holiday movies as you sip coffee and munch on the cookies we mentioned earlier and high speed internet will encourage the streaming of your favorite holiday music station, so the sounds of Christmas can constantly be playing.
Chilly Nights, Warm Hot Tubs
As we mentioned earlier, it doesn’t really get all that cold in Gulf Shores, but chilly winter nights will make you appreciate the bubbling warmth of private hot tubs that can be found on the decks of some of our Alabama sanctuaries. Pour yourself a glass of eggnog and slip into the hot waters for a Christmas experience that will definitely become one of your favorite new holiday traditions. Maybe you will be able to see the reflections of your neighbors colorful nights in the sky beyond the boundaries of the property or possibly the sounds of Christmas parties being held throughout the area will accompany your peaceful soak. Even though a hot tub isn’t consider a traditional part of the Christmas experience, it will soon become a part of yours!
Sugar Plum Dreams in Serene Spaces
On Christmas Eve, the chances that parents will get much sleep are, of course, quite low; there are toys to put together, presents to wrap, and early risers that won’t be able to sleep much beyond the sunrise that will interfere with your nocturnal comfort, but for every other night of your stay? The bedrooms of our holiday hideaways offer serenity and comfort and the opportunity to sleep deep and long. Premium beds, high thread count linens, and pillows that cradle your neck and shoulders to perfection will all work together to help you fall asleep almost as soon as you climb into the beds. Shut the doors against the stresses of the real world, open windows that let in sea air and the lullaby of ocean waves crashing against sandy shores, and dream like you haven’t since you were a child. And when your kiddos do come crashing in on Christmas morning, faces bright and eyes shining over the magic of Christmas, the cumulative effect of all the sleep you have had leading up to this moment will ensure that you too will be bright eyed and eager to start ripping into some Christmas wrapping paper!
Local Events at Christmas
You could spend every moment at home with Poole & Associates, but you will want to get out and explore at least some of the time and these holiday events will give you the perfect opportunity to do just that. Let your child enjoy a breakfast with Santa at the Eric Meyer Civic Center on December 13 or discover the magic of holiday boat parades on December 14, with the Annual Christmas Lighted Boat Parade ensuring that this holiday will be one that is never forgotten. Every moment of your Christmas escape to Gulf Shores is destined to be your favorite and as you begin and end every day in the comfort and style found in our Poole & Associates holiday hideaways you may realize that a Gulf Shores Christmas deserves to be your family’s newest holiday tradition. Reserve your favorite today!