Christmas flights to Europe from Raleigh/Durham

Going home for the holidays, or just going? Fares from Raleigh/Durham to Europe for December 18, 2026 to January 3, 2027, the busiest weeks of the year to fly, covering Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's.

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Destination	Why go	Axel	Dates
London (LHR)	London's Regent Street lights, Boxing Day sales and New Year's Eve fireworks over the Thames	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Dublin (DUB)	Dublin's Grafton Street carolers, Christmas Eve in the pub and the Forty Foot swim on Christmas morning	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Paris (CDG)	Paris's Champs-Élysées lights, réveillon dinner on Christmas Eve and the Boulevard Haussmann store windows	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Frankfurt (FRA)	Frankfurt's Römerberg market in the run-up, then Heiligabend at home, with the whole of Germany by train	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Munich (MUC)	Munich's Marienplatz Christkindlmarkt, Christmas Eve Mass at the Frauenkirche and snow in the Bavarian Alps	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Rome (FCO)	Rome's Piazza Navona market, Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's and the Pope's Christmas Day blessing	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Milan (MXP)	Milan's Duomo and Galleria lights, panettone from the city that invented it, and trains to the Alps for snow	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Madrid (MAD)	Madrid's Nochebuena dinner, twelve grapes at midnight in Puerta del Sol and the Three Kings parade on January 5	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Lisbon (LIS)	Lisbon's Consoada supper on Christmas Eve, bacalhau on the table and New Year's fireworks at Praça do Comércio	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Warsaw (WAW)	Warsaw's Wigilia supper on December 24, twelve dishes and a spare seat at the table, with the Old Town lit up	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Krakow (KRK)	Krakow's Rynek Główny market and szopka nativity displays, with Wigilia at home in Małopolska	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Athens (ATH)	Athens's Syntagma Square tree, kalanta carols on Christmas Eve and the vasilopita cut on New Year's Day	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Vienna (VIE)	Vienna's Rathausplatz market, Silent Night on Christmas Eve and the Silvesterpfad street party on December 31	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Zurich (ZRH)	Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse lights, fondue nights and a train to snow in the Alps in under two hours	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Amsterdam (AMS)	Amsterdam Light Festival on the canals, oliebollen stands before New Year's and fireworks over the Amstel	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Budapest (BUD)	Budapest's Vörösmarty Square market, fish soup on Christmas Eve and New Year's on the Danube embankment	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Prague (PRG)	Prague's Old Town Square market and tree, carp for Christmas Eve dinner and New Year's crowds on Charles Bridge	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Bucharest (OTP)	Bucharest celebrates Christmas on December 25, with colindători carolers and sarmale at the family table	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Belgrade (BEG)	Belgrade keeps Orthodox Christmas on January 7, with the badnjak burned on January 6; book a later return to stay	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Sofia (SOF)	Sofia's Christmas on December 25, the meatless Budni Vecher table on the 24th and survakane taps on New Year's	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Stockholm (ARN)	Stockholm's Gamla Stan market, julbord dinners and glögg in the darkest, coziest weeks of the year	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Oslo (OSL)	Oslo's Spikersuppa ice rink, ribbe on Christmas Eve and the Holmenkollen ski jump in the snow	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Copenhagen (CPH)	Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens at Christmas, flæskesteg dinners and æbleskiver with gløgg along Nyhavn	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates
Helsinki (HEL)	Helsinki's Senate Square market, Christmas sauna on the 24th and a short train to Turku for the Christmas Peace	No matching fare saved	Dec 18 – Jan 3, 2027 (suggested)	Search these dates

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Fares are for December 18, 2026 to January 3, 2027. Spain's Three Kings parades are on January 5 and Serbia's Orthodox Christmas on January 7, so pick a later return if you are staying for them. See Christmas market trips for early-December weekends.

Facts checked October 8, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia: Wigilia (Polish Christmas Eve supper, December 24) · Wikipedia: Cavalcade of Magi (Spain's Three Kings parades, January 5) · Wikipedia: Serbian Christmas traditions (January 7, Julian calendar) · Wikipedia: Revised Julian calendar (Romania and Bulgaria keep December 25)

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