Attractions: Spellbinding Events and Warm Butterbeer

UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT

You won’t need a wand to summon festive memories at Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. Let the twinkling lights guide you through Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley, where snow-covered rooftops look especially at home during the holidays. In addition to a nightly themed projection on Hogwarts Castle, you can stroll through bedecked shops sipping on a warm butterbeer—a delicacy available only during the winter celebrations.

Perhaps the best way to find the true meaning of Christmas is at Grinchmas! at Seuss Landing. Tinsel and ornaments are strung from every corner to create a real-life Whoville. Of course, the holidays at Seuss Landing wouldn’t be complete without the big guy himself: the Grinch. This year’s holiday offerings at the Universal Orlando Resort run from Nov. 13 to Jan. 2. universalorlando.com