Grand America Holiday Windows

Posted in Christmas Activities
Updated November 17, 2022

Every December, Grand America in Salt Lake City holds a Holiday Window Stroll. There are little windows to view, as well as a huge gingerbread house that is made from real gingerbread. This is a fun, free adventure, but make sure to check the bottom of our post for the hours the windows are open.

In the lower level of their hotel, you can walk a circle and admire the windows that are decorated with Christmas themes. Every year is a different theme. The theme in the pictures below was Christmas Around the World, so each window represented a different country. Check their website for the current theme and for a map of the windows.

Our boys were excited to visit the Grand America. We have never stayed at such a nice hotel.

Watch for signs directing you to the beginning of the windows stroll.

Our boys loved looking at the windows. It was fun to talk about the different countries and languages represented. They also noticed a penguin that appeared in every window. Then they had fun finding him, which was easy since he was always moving.

We loved finding the penguin in all the windows.

Once you are about halfway around the loop, you will come to the gingerbread house. It is amazing. It’s hard to believe that they really were able to construct such an amazing house from edible food. Make sure to check out the sign that talks about how much flour, sugar, and other items they used.

We thought the rice krispie sidewalk was very cute.

A lot of baking went into this gingerbread house.

You can also spend a few minutes walking through the Grand America Courtyard. There is a large Christmas tree, Christmas lights on all the trees, and a beautiful fountain. We were there during the late afternoon, but it looked like their fountain had green and red lights inside!

The lights were just coming on in the courtyard when we were there.

We had fun wandering around for a few minutes, but were glad to be able to walk inside!

Grand America’s Holiday Windows is a nice simple Christmas adventure. We enjoyed it because it’s inside, so you don’t have to bundle up. It’s perfect for all ages. All of our boys thought it was a fun stop. We also love that it’s FREE. Parking is the trickiest part because they no longer validate your parking for the window stroll. If you spend money at the gift shop, or stay at the Grand America, parking is free. Otherwise we recommend street parking, or using Trax after parking somewhere else downtown.

This is a great adventure to pair with other fun places in downtown. We stopped here on our way to the Temple Square Lights. You could also visit City Creek’s dancing fountain, Clark Planetarium, or any other venue on Temple Square.