Tuesday, December 7, 2010

An Old Time Christmas Festival At Silver Dollar City!



Experience the magic of An Old Time Christmas like never before when you visit Silver Dollar City during the Ozark Mountain Christmas season in Branson Missouri! You and your family will enjoy a festive holiday celebration of music, crafts and holiday entertainment when An Old Time Christmas is open for its 22nd twinkling season on now through December 30! Get your tickets in advance to avoid waiting in long lines!


Throughout the Christmas festival the entire park is transformed into a breathtaking holiday Wonderland with over four million lights and festive holiday decorations! One Of The Top 10 Places In The U.S. to have a bright Christmas! says USA Today, and CNN says; One of the World's Top Holiday Destinations! See the all New Christmas Light Spectacular on Main Street featuring The musical 5-story Special Effects Christmas Tree serves as the grand centerpiece as it twinkles and dances in unison, for the first time ever, with over 450,000 lights adorning the surrounding buildings and 1,000 decorated Christmas trees! That's over 720,000 lights illuminating the City's Square! The tree's light shows are each evening starting at 5:30 PM and feature light shows every 15 minutes with up to 100 light changes per second while lights on buildings, in hanging canopies over Main Street and on Christmas trees around the Square flash along with it. Hear traditional Christmas favorites as well as new musical numbers when you join the tree lighting celebration each evening during An Old Time Christmas.


Returning for this year’s Old Time Christmas, Silver Dollar City presents an elaborate Holiday Light Parade, which weaves through the streets of the City each evening, the largest and most exciting Christmas addition since the five-story tree first lit up the Square. Emblazed in colorful lights, floats proclaiming the gifts of Christmas glide around the park in a parade of imaginative fun, from The Little Engine That Could to Santa’s Toy Shop. The Holiday Light Parade, presented twice each evening, is in addition to the park’s four million lights creating a visual extravaganza during An Old Time Christmas.


Also returning this year, A Dickens’ Christmas Carol, a new adaptation of the famous classic by Charles Dickens, is Silver Dollar City’s biggest show ever, with elaborate sets, an impressive cast, and two flying systems for stunning visual effects. Special effects include vanishing ghosts, revolving scenery, pyrotechnic special effects and scenic projections. The production presents the heart-warming Christmas story in more light-hearted fashion than the original, with a wisecracking Ghost of Christmas Past and a musical emphasis.Don't miss The Living Nativity this year during the festival. See the real meaning of Christmas come to life as we transport your family to the little town of Bethlehem where the real reason for this joyous season is revealed in a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ in The Living Nativity.


Returning this year to An Old Time Christmas is that happy snowman, Frosty! See him come to life in this holiday story favorite. Children can visit with Santa Claus while having lunch every weekend during the festival! Santa himself is available to hear Christmas requests!Silver Dollar City rides and Attractions such as The Steam Train, Tom Sawyer's Playground, Grandfather's Mansion, Geyser Gulch, Huck's Treehouse, Fire in the Hole, Wildfire, Thunderation and Marvel Cave will be open, weather permitting. Wildfire and Thunderation are affected by the temperature and may not be open if the temperature drops below 38 degrees.



Traditional tastes of the holiday season will be found throughout the park as we serve up seasonal favorites such as Cranberry Chicken, Turkey and Gravy with Cran-Apple Raisin Dressing, Pit-Style Ham with Black Cherry Sauce and more! Other festive holiday treats include old-fashioned Chocolate and Marshmallow S’Mores, Gingerbread Cookies, Grilled Pretzels, Pumpkin Pie, Apple Dumplings with Cinnamon Ice Cream and Hot Wassail!

Be sure and make plans to bring your family and friends to this traditional Old Time Christmas celebration in the Branson area during the Ozark Mountain Christmas season!.Get your tickets in advance to avoid waiting in long lines! An Old Time Christmas Festival runs now through December 30 at Silver Dollar City.For Silver Dollar City ticket information and park operating schedules click the An Old Time Christmas Festival Tickets link below!


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