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The movie “Elf” is set in New York, and a big part of the movie involves generating enough “Christmas Spirit” for Santa and his reindeer.
So let me just say: It’s a good thing that the movie wasn’t set in Anchorage.
A website analyzed a bunch of Google search data to determine which states have the most “Christmas Spirit.” They didn’t really explain it . . . other than that it’s based on the percentage of festive, Christmassy searches per user.
In the end, the state with the most Christmas Spirit is . . . Utah.
The states with the MOST Christmas Spirit are: Utah . . . Massachusetts . . . Virginia . . . Illinois . . . Washington . . . Texas . . . Maryland . . . Pennsylvania . . . California . . . and New Jersey.
The state with the LEAST Christmas Spirit is Alaska. Which is the state CLOSEST TO THE NORTH POLE.
The bottom 10 are: Alaska . . . Wyoming . . . South Dakota . . . Montana . . . Mississippi . . . North Dakota . . . Maine . . . Vermont . . . Arkansas . . . and New Mexico.
(Preply.com has the complete ranking. FYI: New York is #13.)
