Santa's Village

For many years, Marina and I have wanted to see the holiday lights at Santa's Village, but we’ve never made it. So I suggested we go this evening – our only opportunity this year. Marina agreed.

I picked her up after school. We ran into plenty of rush hour traffic and after about an hour we arrived at the location. The parking attendant told us we were his VIPs for the night and directed us to a parking spot right by the entrance.

I already had our tickets, so we walked right into the event. We stopped briefly at a fire pit, but it was such a warm night we didn’t stay there for long. We followed the path into a building. Inside we found a Christmas plate craft, Mrs. Claus, Frosty the Snowman and Santa himself!

The line for Santa was short, so we did that first. Marina couldn’t think of anything she wanted for Christmas, but she posed for photos anyway. Next she designed a Christmas plate. We sat for a story and a song with Mrs. Clause before we moved on.

We followed a beautifully lit path to an Elf Village. The buildings were so cute! Nearby were two reindeer in a pen. Marina was able to pet them a little when they came close enough to the fence. We checked out the movie theater where an old cartoon was showing. We picked up hot chocolate to drink while we were there.

Then we got in line for a hayride to the other side of the garden. It was a pretty trip!

The rest of the light show was a decorated farm house. Marina particularly liked the ducks and chickens in the coop. We could even see some that were sleeping.

Our trip home was much faster than the drive to the garden. After a fun evening, it was good to get home.