Crossroad Village

CROSSROADS VILLAGE

Crossroads Village Decorates for Christmas. We've never walked through it because every year it has been way too cold for us. This year, the Village decided to allow cars through one night a week and we jumped at the opportunity. We got there just around dusk and I got some great shots of lights. I was so busy taking pictures that I didn't see the full displays. By the time we were through the village, it had gotten dark enough to realize there were many more lights that we hadn't seen earlier, sooooo we turned the car around and went through it all again. They gave us 3-D glasses to add an extra sparkle to the lights. We didn't need them though. The lights were amazing. I wish these pictures could show how really lit up they were. It was awesome and beautiful. I especially love this first photo. I think it's obvious why.

These first three photos are different angles of the same huge building. The picture just below shows a tree inside the Dry Goods shop all lit up. The entrance door you see in the middle leads up two flights of stairs to the stage theater where they put on shows at various times of the year. The stage is small but the seating is two balconies and the floor so it can hold a lot of people. The shows are put on by volunteers of the Village and are usually pretty cute and funny. They try to be real scary at Halloween which is my favorite time of the year to visit the village.

This is suppose to be a replica of a hotel but it houses a gift shop with all sorts of cute things you can buy.

The photo below shows a few of the houses in the village. Looks like the first one needs some paint.

Below is the working passenger train. It is fun to ride especially at Halloween when they have ghosts and goblins along the track route. We didn't take it for Christmas since it wasn't running that night but the route they laid out for the cars to drive through the village passed the same areas so we didn't miss anything.

This tree was the most decorated of all the trees. They have a million lights just on it alone. It was truly beautiful and looked as if it were covered in ice.

Below is the same tree from a different angle. You can see the huge building in the background that is featured above close up.

Now, I'm on the other side of the above house seeing the lights from the huge building and the lights on the fence and bushes in the foreground.

Below is a replica train totally decorated with lights. It was really cute but I couldn't get any closer to take the picture. Actually we weren't even suppose to stop our cars but as you can see it was just dusk and we were one of the first cars through and no one was behind us so we took full advantage by taking all the pictures we could. I saw a security guard and asked him if it was okay to take pictures and he said "sure".

The picture below is rather sad because it was absolutely beautiful driving through these trees all lit up. It looked like a winter fairyland. It just doesn't "show up" that well here.

The mass of lights on the left (pic below) is the backside of that replica train. The mass of lights in the middle of the pic was a gazebo that was totally lit all over. Again, I couldn't get close enough to see it. On our second trip through I could get closer to both but I had run out of film by them. Drat!

The archway below was really pretty. The building you see right in the middle of the arch leads to the Riverboat that you can take most of the year to view the river. They also have lunch and dinner cruises with entertainment and shows. The building on the right houses a very old carousel and you can ride it endlessly if you want. There is also a small ferris wheel and some other old-fashioned rides behind the carousel building.

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