Charleston has made another list! Our beautiful city was named as one of the best places to spend the Christmas holiday in Travel and Leisure magazine, and this list also appeared on cnn.com.    Here is the excerpt from the article about Charleston:

Charleston

Why Go: – Pecans roasting on the fire instead of chestnuts.
- Eggnog laced with bourbon.
- Choirs singing spirituals at Drayton Hall plantation.

Where to Stay: The 21-room Wentworth Mansion (doubles from $385) dresses in subdued Victorian finery for the holidays with magnolia wreaths, old-world Santas, and two grand Christmas trees in the foyer. Every room has its own fireplace. On your pillow at turndown: chocolate truffles.

Holiday Dinner: At Peninsula Grill (dinner for two $110), chef Robert Carter puts a radical spin on such low-country favorites as black-eyed pea, smoky tomato and okra soup with crawfish and sweet onion hash, and rack of New Zealand lamb with coconut-mint pesto.

Stocking Stuffer: Sweet grass is gathered from low-country marshes and then woven into baskets, bracelets, pins, barrettes, and earrings by traditional weavers at Vera Manigault’s Family stand on Highway 17 North in Mount Pleasant.

—Shane Mitchell

Courtesy of Charleston Area CVB/www.charlestoncvb.com

To view the full article from Travel and Leisure, click here: http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/10-great-places-to-spend-christmas