Pigeon Forge Snow is the year round indoor snow attraction that came to Pigeon Forge several years ago. There is a snow play area, but the main attraction is the snow tubing. While the tubing accommodates young riders, the ride is very fast and seems dangerous even though it isn't. Between this and the other tubing attraction I tried at Rowdy Bear, this one is the far more "scary" because the speeds are faster.
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With over 1 million lights and 111 trees decorated, Cheekwood offers one of the best Christmas lights displays in Nashville. The botanical garden started the offering of night time entrance with light decorations several years ago and it has grown since. Along with the grounds being decorated, there are actual reindeer on site and the mansion is also decorated. This year the theme was the Nutcracker. The Chihuley glass sculptures are still here, so that gallery is also open in the mansion.
The lights are well worth the trip and are one of the more spectacular displays in Nashville.
More and more murals are popping up around Murfreesboro, a nice way to turn free space into art. For a quick tour, there are several around the square that can be walked to from each other. New ones are popping up around town all the time with a few being added to some restaurants recently. The one on the Bug Man office off of W. Loki is probably my favorite.
Christmas traditions this year have hit a big speed bump to put it mildly. Parties are a no go, theater and symphonies are out, and mall shopping is taboo. So I've noticed more people than every putting lights up this year and the big holiday festivity being driving to see light displays with Cheekwood's yearly display selling out tickets and the popular trendy thing this year being the huge Christmas light show at the Nashville Speedway. Murfreesboro's Cannonsburgh Village got in on the act by offering a free drive through display. Cannonsburgh Village is a historical recreation of a town that is free to the public year round. I think this is the first year they've done a light display. It's not huge and only offered on Friday, Saturday and Sunday through December, but it's a free, quaint display on the historical village that the site curators have clearly put a lot of effort into.
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AuthorA librarian who likes to travel and experience life. CategoriesArchives
June 2022
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