I got the inspiration for the title of this post from one of Dolly Parton's movies, Smoky Mountain Christmas, and since I was in the Smoky Mountains and this post is about Christmas, it just seemed to fit. Plus, it's a wonderful movie and one of my favorites. In fact, KrazyKat and I are about to watch it now. Here's a clip from the movie of Dolly singing the title track. Enjoy!!!
Over fall break, I went with my family to Gatlinburg, TN, and of course, they were already decorating for Christmas!!! I can't even begin to explain how happy and excited it makes me to see Christmas lights and decorations already on display. I just might have to move to east Tennessee so that I'm not the only one in the neighborhood decorating in October.
Since we were staying in Gatlinburg, we of course went to Dollywood which is located in nearby Pigeon Forge. If you have never been to Dollywood, GO!!!! It's the best place EVER!!!! And GUESS WHAT?!? They were already decorating for Christmas at Dollywood too!! Now I know it's time to start decorating. If Dollywood can decorate in October, why can't I??? Just a little side not, I'm a Dollyholic. She's my absolute FAVORITE singer.
On Sunday night we went to this shopping center in Pigeon Forge called "The Christmas Place" which is ALL Christmas, ALL year. What more could a girl ask for?? Plus, Dolly filmed the first part of her 1990 "Home For Christmas" TV special there!!!! How cool is that?!? If you want to check out the video, here's the link. You can see the shops really well at time 2:56. Needless to say, this wasn't my first time visiting Christmas central, but I wasn't any less excited. I simply can't help but walk around the stores with this silly grin on my face. That's what Christmas does to me. Also, there's this almost life-size nativity in one of the stores, and it's incredibly beautiful. I always make it a point to go see it. I've collected nativities since I was a little girl, and it happens to be one of the prettiest I've ever seen. Here are some picture of "The Christmas Place" and a video that I took in one of the Christmas shops just so that y'all can get a taste of what it's like. This video literally only shows a tenth of the store at most. This place is HUGE!!!
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