| Christmas, Michigan | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Michigan#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Christmas |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Alger |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Au Train |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1938 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Elevation Ft: | 617 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 49862 (Munising) |
| Area Code: | 906 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1619505 |
Christmas is an unincorporated community in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.[1] Christmas is located within Au Train Township in Alger County, and is located about 2.2miles 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.[2]
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.[3] [4]
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 1.3miles northeast of Christmas is Grand Island.