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Holidays on Main Street TEXT EMILIE-NOELLE PROVOST
The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, synonymous with the holidays. Massachusetts, has been a respite Rockwell’s famous painting of for travelers since 1773. But it the town’s Main Street decked wasn’t until 1967, when Stockout in holiday finery is what bridge resident Norman Rockmany people picture when they well painted “Home for Christthink of an old-fashioned Amerimas” (Stockbridge Main Street at can Christmas. Christmas) for McCall’s magaToday, the holidays are the zine, that the inn’s image became Red Lion’s most popular season. 54
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Guests from around the world book reservations up to a year in advance for a chance to sit by the roaring fire in the lobby, sip mulled wine on the hotel’s covered front porch, and soak up the grandeur of the more than 30 holiday trees decorated throughout the property.
PHOTO COURTESY OF STOCKBRIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
For many, this iconic Massachusetts hotel embodies the spirit of the holiday season.
