The finals are set, and now it comes down to three cities to determine which community in Alabama has the best Christmas decorations.

So far, the Christmas spirit is strong for three cities in Alabama — at least with their online voting habits — squaring off this week in the finals. The winner will be determined at midnight on Monday, Dec. 23. Scroll down to vote in the poll.

The finalists were determined by the winner of three regions in an unscientific poll that ran on AL.com last week and closed at midnight Monday.

The results:

Fort Payne: Christmas in Dixie

In the North Region, Fort Payne — the DeKalb County seat with a population of nearly 15,000 residents, handily won with 1,905 votes or 55.1% of the total 3,456 votes cast. The second-place city was Cullman, with 986 votes or 25.9%.

Fort Payne Mayor Brian Blaine has praised his city’s Christmas decorations for growing each year and becoming a destination for visitors.

“The whole downtown is decorated,” said Blaine. “Over the last four to five years, we’ve increased visibility and a lot of posts about (the city’s decorations) and we kind of use the theme of ‘Christmas in Dixie’ from Alabama’s song. They allowed us to use that and we have banners throughout the town that says, ‘Christmas in Dixie.”

Opelika: Tallest Tree

Opelika bested Carrollton to win the Central Region. According to the vote total, the Lee County city of over 33,000 residents located northeast of Auburn, defeated Carrollton in West Alabama by 364 votes (1,691 votes to 1,327 votes). Rounding out the region were Fayette and Jasper.

Opelika claims to have the largest Christmas tree in Alabama. And massive tree outside the Lee County Courthouse is a hallmark attraction of the city’s Christmas decorations as it stands a whopping 72 feet tall. The massive tree has 1,058 individual branches, 4,232 ornaments and more than 105,000 lights stretching six miles. It’s also only 2 feet shy of being as tall as the Christmas tree on display at Rockefeller Center in New York City this year.

Leigh Krehling, Opelika’s community relations officer who helped lead the tree project, said the new tree replaces and “our old tree that was looking like a Whoville tree.”

She added, “We were able to purchase the new tree and we think it will draw people from all over. People have been in line and night and day to take pictures. It’s pretty spectacular. We’re quite proud of it.”

Millry: Smallest town, biggest votes

Millry in Washington County has fewer than 500 residents. But give the community credit: Its fans mobilized on social media to topple Andalusia in the South Region. Beating Andalusia was no small feat as that city has long developed a reputation as a Christmas wonderland for families and young visitors, branding its attraction as “Christmas in Candyland.”

Millry has its own Candyland, and they want the public to know all about it. The city’s fourth annual “Christmas in the Park” is the pride of this small, rural community. It began with a vision from Grant Smith about creating a holiday-themed walking trail, which has evolved in a wonderland of lights — approximately 800,000 to 1 million of them.

“We have had visitors from Florida and Georgia and … our town is about 600 people,” said Kim Anderson, marketing director with Christmas in the Park. “We are a one red-light little town. On each end of town on Highway 17, we have new signs, ‘Welcome to Millry. Home to Christmas in the Park.’”

Millry is in the finals after receiving the most votes in the polling overall. The small town received 2,613 votes to Andalusia’s 2,310. Rounding out the South Region were Foley and Fairhope.

Now is your chance to decide ahead of the holiday. From now until midnight Monday, Dec. 23, you have a chance to vote on which city should be declared AL.com’s Christmas City for 2024.

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