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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Magic in Christmas Lights

After the parade we headed to Airport Blvd and had a late lunch/early dinner at Applebee’s. Then we headed to Theodore, AL. As you know i love Christmas lights and so i searched online and found that Bellingrath Garden and Home has a great display.

Here is the Link for anyone who is interested … http://www.bellingrath.org/mcil.html

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Wow did i make a mistake, I didn’t pre-order tickets online as I read you could get them at the gate. What a mistake! Yes .. this is the line to get in …

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I think they call the stuff on the trees Spanish moss.

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The gift shop line was pretty good .. sure wish the garden line was.

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Were getting closer to the entrance

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Finally we paid the entrance fee and were heading through the garden.

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I love the gum drop tree but it was hard to get the picture to take

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This poinsettia tree was huge. It was pots of poinsettia's made into a tree.

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These pictures do not do these lights justice. They were blue and silver lights that looked like a water fall. They were beautiful.

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I had to snap a picture of the guys under the water fall. Of course hubby turned as i was taking the picture.

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Next were the snowflakes.

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Then on to the Christmas Trees

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Next was the candles

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more trees

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Angels and all the trees had some type of lights in them.

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Another fountain

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This is the front of the home. We didn’t do the tour of the home as we didn’t have time.

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The back of the home

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I love the swans out on the lake

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they even had a underwater display with all the creatures that live in the Ocean.

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This water fountain was in the lake also .. it was beautiful out there.

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They even had croc’s

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The camel and sheep were on each side of this …

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The nativity scene was absolutly beautiful and this picture doesn’t do it justice.

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At the end of the tour they had either a Chinese or Japanese scene and it was pretty neat.

It was a great day but a long one. We didn’t get home until almost 10.30 pm. The Magic Christmas was great but lots of walking.