Christmas, 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 2.2 mi 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 1.3 mi northeast of Christmas is Grand Island.

Major highway

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