as you will be travelling on/over Thanksgiving = end of november a combination Budapest-Vienna is probably the perfect journey to bring you into an early Christmas mood. Don't take a rental car (winter conditions might hit early), the train connection (about a two hours ride) along the River Danub and the (in summer) recreational area of the Plattensee is safe and not costly - and you are start/end right in the center of both towns (no connecting costs to/from the airports and much time safed).