Opryland Hotel in December

You may recall this post about the last time we went to the Opryland Hotel - it was an incredible sight to see! Since Eric didn't get the chance to go we've always known we would go back, and with Eric's dad in town for a couple of days we decided it would be the perfect outing.

We had heard that the hotel is really spectacular at Christmastime, because they have a TON of lights up. Seriously. They start putting lights up in July. They aren't kidding around over there. So we did what any smart people would have done. We went in the daytime.

I know, I know. Not our smartest move ever, but there was plenty inside the hotel to ooh and aah over, believe me. After getting there and seeing all the lights up, I knew that we would have to go back for a drive by, because there's just no way we can move from here not having seen it. Also, Emmett would flip out. So, when Eric finishes his finals, we'll go. And I'll try and take some pictures that do it justice. For now, you can at least check out the huge Christmas tree they put up (there's also a Santa there, which we did not attempt) and some shots of the indoor holiday decor. Here's a link to the December photo album for all the photos.

Holiday balloons and lights and garlands and wreaths....

There are several special movie tie-ins at the hotel now, we stopped at the Shrek house for a visit.

The ginormous Christmas tree. Emmett says, "HI!"

The guys looking at the huge tree from base-level. It's huge even for these tall dudes!