The decline of logging and mining nearly spelled the end for Leavenworth, Washington. But the town’s reinvention as a Bavarian mountain village now draws millions of Christmas visitors each year. (AP Video: Jenny Kane)

How Christmas saved this boom town gone bust

The decline of logging and mining nearly spelled the end for Leavenworth, Washington. But the town’s reinvention as a Bavarian mountain village now draws millions of Christmas visitors each year. (AP Video: Jenny Kane)