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Light Up Your Holiday
Bundle up the family and take a special road trip to light up your holiday this season!
Christmas on the Potomac at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. With nearly 500,000 visitors each year, Gaylord National Resort will offer guests both new events and classic holiday favorites – including its award- winning ICE! attraction – during its eighth annual celebration November 21, 2015 through January
3, 2016. Marvel at more than two million twinkling lights, amazing nightly snowfall and beautiful dancing fountains. Back this year is ICE! with a
new theme featuring Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town! Learn how Santa Claus started giving toys to good girls and boys in the retelling of the classic television special. Enjoy a special
birth, or the arrival of a new colonial governor. Join Colonial Williamsburg for this special day by strolling the Revolutionary City and viewing all the unique decorations. Enjoy musical performances from multiple stages and delight in the fireworks displays from three different locations. Grand Illumination is held the Sunday of the first full weekend in December. Mark your calendars
for December 6, 2015.
While in Williamsburg, celebrate the spirit of
the season at Busch Gardens’ Christmas TownTM. Christmas Town brings holiday traditions to life with heartwarming shows, delicious holiday dining
celebrate the sounds of the season during "A Longwood Christmas," featuring free and ticketed holiday-inspired performances. Sing along to the sounds of the season during daily live performances played on Longwood’s grand 10,010-pipe organ. Additional free holiday performances from choirs and performers add to the festive holiday feel. Longwood works its holiday magic outdoors, too. More than 500,000 outdoor lights adorning trees in classical and free-style form abound. The lighting extravaganza includes the addition of lighting select trees in the eastern portion in the Gardens near the picturesque lake and in Longwood Meadow Garden. Fountains dance day and night
to holiday music in the Open Air Theatre (weather permitting) and glimmering, starry snowflakes hang overhead. In Longwood’s historic Chimes Tower, the 62-bell carillon plays holiday music every half hour. Strolling performances fill the gardens with holiday music at every turn on weekends. Contact your local AAA counselor for ticket information, admission times, hotel recommendations and restaurant listings.
A Very Furry Christmas at Sesame Place® is a one-of-a-kind Christmas wonderland with millions of twinkling lights, three special Christmas shows,
a spectacular music and light show at the giant 1-2-3 Christmas Tree, and everyone’s favorite Sesame Street® friends. The whole family can soar, swing and fly on exciting rides including three new Count von Count themed mechanical rides. Don’t miss the fantastic NEW Neighborhood Street Party Christmas Parade with new music and dance moves that will have everyone dancing along and joining in the fun.
bonus area – The Frostbite Factory – a LIVE ice carving zone. And,
don’t forget about Gingerbread Decorating Corner, The Elf on the Shelf® Scavenger Hunt and much more to get you in the spirit of the season! Overnight packages to experience the magic of Christmas on the Potomac at Gaylord National Resort are available. Contact
your local AAA counselor for recommendations and reservations.
Enjoy musical
performances from multiple stages and delight in the fireworks displays from three different locations.
and festive shopping opportunities. Experience Christmas traditions
from around the world and keep warm with a mug of Busch Gardens’ signature hot chocolate. This year, Christmas Town is brighter than
ever with more than eight million lights. Of course, no visit would be complete without a stop at the North Pole to see Santa’s workshop and meet the jolly old elf himself. Unwrap the gift of Christmas Town starting November 27, with select days through January 3.
A Longwood Gardens display is one of the many traditional holiday
Colonial Williamsburg’s
Christmas season officially begins
with Grand Illumination, a
spectacular evening when candles twinkle in the windows of Historic Area homes and buildings. In the 18th century, illuminations, which included the firing of guns and lighting of fireworks, were held
to celebrate major events, such as great military victories, the anniversary of the reigning sovereign’s
displays generations of area families enjoy. The four-acre heated Conservatory of 16,000 seasonal plants, including poinsettias accented with amaryllis, lilies, begonias, cyclamen, and hydrangea flourish. Elegantly decorated trees soar and sparkle throughout the Conservatory. Performances
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