Daycation: Steubenville, Ohio, boasts world’s largest display of life-sized nutcrackers

St. Nicholas greets shoppers on Nov. 26 at the 2022 Holiday Market in downtown Steubenville, Ohio.

Dorothy of Oz, the Cowardly Lion and Glinda the Good Witch as life-sized nutcrackers inside the Fairy Tale Friends area at the Steubenville Nutcracker Village in downtown Steubenville, Ohio.

The iconic Naples Spaghetti House in downtown Steubenville, Ohio, has welcomed diners for 99 years. Steubenville native Dean Martin used to dine here.

A sign humorously warns attendees at the annual Steubenville Nutcracker Village event in Steubenville, Ohio. More than 200 life-sized nutcrackers are featured on display, 24/7, on sidewalks in the historic downtown. The event is free.

Bob and Kathy Hershey of Columbia Station, Ohio, check out life-sized nutcrackers on Nov. 26 at The Steubenville Nutcracker Village located on several streets in downtown Steubenville.

Adahsynne Stuckey of Salem, Ohio, poses with a mushroom-themed nutcracker Nov. 26 at The Steubenville Nutcracker Village located in downtown Steubenville, Ohio.

An Eastern European nutcracker on display at The Steubenville Nutcracker Village in Steubenville, Ohio.

Tarentum resident Donata Biernesser poses with her three children Nov. 26 at The Steubenville Nutcracker Village holiday market area in downtown Steubenville.

Holiday shoppers in the holiday market section of The Steubenville Nutcracker Village in downtown Steubenville, Ohio.

Free trolley rides are offered for visitors to The Steubenville Nutcracker Village in downtown Steubenville, Ohio.

Carol White, a server at Naples Spaghetti House in Steubenville, Ohio, wears a “Lets Get Cracking” nutcracker-themed sweatshirt Nov. 26 inside the 99-year-old Italian eatery.