Christmas, Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Michigan
Unincorporated communities in Alger County, Michigan

Christmas is an unincorporated community in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Christmas is located within Au Train Township in Alger County, and is located about  northwest of the city of Munising. As an unincorporated community, Christmas has no legally defined boundaries or population statistics of its own. Christmas has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. History 
Christmas was established by Julius Thorson, of Munising, who built a factory for holiday-themed products here in 1938. The surrounding area took on the name of the holiday, although in 1940, a fire destroyed the factory, ending Thorson's operation. Geography 

Christmas is located in Au Train Township, in central Alger County. The community is located along the shore of Bay Furnace, a small bay of Lake Superior. About  northeast of Christmas is Grand Island. Major highway 

  follows an east–west route through the community. The route can be used to access Marquette, about  west, and Munising, about  to the southeast. See also 

 Place names considered unusual
 Christmas Island
 Christmas, Florida
 North Pole, Alaska
 North Pole, New York
 Noel, Missouri
 Santa Claus, Arizona
 Santa Claus, Indiana
 Bronner's Christmas Wonderland

References 

Populated places established in 1938
1938 establishments in Michigan
Michigan populated places on Lake Superior