Reindeer and Lights at Thanksgiving Point

On Saturday the 19th of December we went to Thanksgiving Point to check out the Christmas Lights and to see some of Santa's reindeer. It was a nice night, cold, but not too bad. There were hundreds of other people that also had the same idea. At Thanksgiving Point you can stay in your nice warm vehicle and drive your car through the lights. Well, the line to drive through the lights was about 2 miles long. That would have taken us at least an hour just to get to the lights. I can't handle just sitting in the car waiting for that and I knew the kids couldn't either. So we parked the car and first went to see the reindeer. I was surprised at how little they are. Eric tried to feed them but they weren't very interested in the hard corn kernels. After a few minutes at the reindeer we walked down to Farm Country and got in line to take a wagon ride through the lights. The wait for that was only about 30 minutes and we were able to keep ourselves entertained in the Farm Country barn.

The lights were beautiful! They were colorful and had moving parts. Among all the lights there were such things as a gingerbread town, toy soldiers, penguins on igloos, a train, polar bears, elves, and a giant Santa who waved goodbye to us and wished us Merry Christmas.

Rubie is wondering what those animals are.

Santa's reindeer.

They don't really seem to pay much attention to those who have come to see them.

Eric is delighted to see some of Santa's reindeer. They are like Rudolph.

Rubie wants to get in for a closer look.

Eric would really like to feed one.

But the reindeer don't really seem to care about the hard corn kernels. They seem to just like the straw for now.

Finally we are on the wagon ride to see the lights.

We are greeted by beautiful reindeer jumping over us.

Eric sees something fascinating.

There is lots to see.

Rubie is just happy to cuddle and get warm.

A beautiful view of the lights.