Candlelight Christmas at This Is The Place

We went to the 'Candlelight Christmas' at This Is The Place monument with all my family. We weren't sure what to expect since none of us had been there before and all we knew was that we would be celebrating Christmas 'the old-fashioned' way. Well, we've decided that the old-fashioned way is pretty fun! All the houses are decorated for Christmas and if there is a candle in the window then you can go into the house. There are one or two 'actors' in period costumes in the houses and they tell stories and some are making popcorn or cakes that you can sample. In the bigger buildings they have crafts that the kids can make and puppet shows and even dancing - which I think we all agreed was our favorite part! They have a train ride, a manger scene, a little elf village and Father Christmas (whom we didn't get to see because we took too long doing the other stuff). I think we will definitely go back next year!




Here we are dancing the Virginia Reel. It really was so much fun! Even my brothers who hate to dance had a great time twirling their kids around.






Going on a little train ride