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More than 70 displays and over 1 million lights are spread over 300 acres for The Winter Festival of Lights in Wheeling, W.Va. The 6-mile drive through the Oglebay Resort will take you past animated snowmen, the Snowflake Tunnel, The Twelve Days of Christmas, the Peanuts gang and more.
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Drive in a car or take the open-air Jolly Trolley past more than a dozen holiday scenes with more than 8 million Christmas lights in the Fantasy of Lights through Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga. Displays include the March of the Toy Soldiers and Snowflake Valley and the Magical Christmas Garden.
Enjoy a romantic carriage ride around the grounds of The Mission Inn in Riverside, Calif., and view over 2 million Christmas lights at the Mission Inn Hotel's Festival of Lights. More than 3.5 million lights decorate the grounds of the 107-year-old hotel. Enjoy outdoor ice skating, live entertainment and visits from Santa Claus.
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The Smoky Mountain Winterfest combines three Tennessee cities -- Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville -- for a magical celebration of lights. Ride the Trolley Tour of Lights around Pigeon Forge. Gatlinburg's Fantasy of Lights Christmas Parade features lighted floats and giant helium balloons. Take a hayride with Santa in Sevierville and then dance in the streets to live music.
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This site shows those houses where the residents are likely celebrating a happy holiday but have no sense of decency in how they choose to celebrate. We will show the garish, the ugly, the weird. For your own sake, and the sake of your neighbors, do not try this at home. -- www.uglychristmas lights.com
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