Dollywood Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival

[The Interpreter]

HOLIDAY SPLENDOR ABOUNDS AT DOLLYWOOD'S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL

3.5 million lights, all-new Santa's Workshop, holiday shows delight guests.

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.—Dollywood's 18th annual Smoky Mountain Christmas festival (Nov. 10-Dec. 30) heralds the return of Dollywood's Babes in Toyland show along with an all-new Santa's Workshop, all amid a display of 3.5 million holiday lights. "With three and a half million lights and our biggest lineup of holiday shows ever, this is by far Dollywood's flashiest Christmas ever," Dolly Parton said.

"Plus, I think Santa will be really happy with the extraordinary home makeover at Santa's Workshop. I bet he had no idea I was an interior decorator!" Dollywood's Babes in Toyland, the park's most elaborate stage production ever, features stunning sets, magnificent music, the triumphant march of the 21 toy soldiers, all rivaled only by the show's surprise finale.

Performed in DP's Celebrity Theatre, Dollywood's Babes in Toyland's show-stopping scenes include the appearance of the fully animated 15-foot-tall "General." Additional performances have been added with as many as seven shows on some operating days.

Dollywood's Christmastime entertainment also features Christmas in the Smokies, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Christmas with the Kingdom Heirs, Carol of the Trees, An Appalachian Christmas, The Victorian Melodies, and O' Holy Night, which introduces a brand-new set this year to complement this touching outdoor telling of the Nativity.

A show schedule for the entire festival is available online at www.dollywood.com. Santa will spend his time at Dollywood in an all-new Santa's Workshop. Weeks of design and construction went into the extraordinary makeover on Santa's 500-sq.-foot home away from home.

An 18-foot-tall Christmas tree is surrounded by an assortment of larger-than-life-sized toys including "Jumbo the Elephant," which measures nine-feet-tall; a seven-foot-tall sailboat; a five-foot-tall tricycle; an eight-foot-tall dollhouse; a six-foot-tall View·Master® that displays a variety of holiday images and more. In addition, families can help assemble the eight-foot-tall interactive puzzle which reveals a popular Dollywood scene.

Large-scale ornaments and decorations are presented from ceiling to floor. The workshop's main attraction, Santa, poses for photos and reviews wish lists until Dec. 24 when Santa's Workshop closes for the season.

Christmastime brings out the best in Dollywood foods with special holiday menu items and buffets featured throughout the park. The Sweet Shoppe offers a new menu of soups and salads, including a delicious beef and Swiss croissant Panini and a turkey cranberry wrap. The Backstage restaurant offers a selection of steaks from the Backstage Grill, while all-you-can-eat buffets are served at Aunt Granny's and Miss Lillian's.

Park guests can enjoy Breakfast with Santa at Aunt Granny's restaurant on Nov. 10, 17, 23 and 24; and Dec. 1, 8, 15 and 22 from 9:30 a.m. until noon. Seating is first-come; first-served. Breakfast requires an additional fee as well as Dollywood admission.

Smoky Mountain Christmas also includes two nightly Parade of Lights; Tinker the Talking Christmas Tree; the country's tallest German Christmas pyramid; craft demonstrations as well as more than 20 rides and attractions including the award-winning Mystery Mine® and Thunderhead™ coasters.

For the first time during the holiday season, Dollywood offers a "Buy After 6 p.m. & Wrap Up the Next Day FREE" program." Guests who purchase a one-day admission after 6 p.m. may visit the park free the next operating day.

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Once again, Dollywood puts on an impressive Holiday Event.

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<<< As seen by my avatar you can see i'm a tad partial. However, I really can say that Dollywood is an amazing sight for Christmas. I for one am a HUGE fan of the GIANT blue tree at the center of the park. I wish Cedar Fair would take a visit too see what a winter event could be like.