For more than 50 years, Newport has kicked off the holiday season with a citywide celebration called Christmas in Newport. Many of the festivities, like the tours of the historic Newport Mansions, harken back to the coastal New England city's Gilded Age heyday; others like the Annual Re-Tree art contest, where community members make holiday trees from upcycled materials, are more modern.
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