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Tennessee: Pigeon Forge, Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas Festival - Santa's Workshop, 4-D Polar Express, and a Holiday Parade Each Night. Enjoy a family holiday like no other with a heartwarming lineup of Christmas shows, holiday foods, thrilling rides and the 4-D Polar Express experience.

Celebrate the season in Pigeon Forge.
Enjoy an acoustic Christmas at the Back Porch Theatre with Appalachian Christmas. Let the beautiful sound of the music take you back to a simpler time. Each night thousands of lights and pyrotechnics synchronize with holiday music to transform our Rivertown Lake into a "seasonal symphony for the senses." Check out the coolest place this side of the North Pole at Santa’s Workshop.

Hello there Santa!
Meet Santa, share your Christmas wishes and have a keepsake photo made. Holiday activities include ornament decorating, sand art, and games. Meet Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge wandering around during Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas. As one of Charles Dickens’ most enduring characters, he spreads his own brand of Christmas cheer throughout the park. Look for Tinker the famous Christmas tree. Tinker is larger than life and shares fun holiday stories sure to captivate youngsters who can’t believe their eyes or ears. The entire family will enjoy Tinker’s hilarious antics. 

Experience award winning family fun. Dollywood’s entertainment lineup garnered a third Golden Ticket Award this year for Best Holday Entertainment. This season's celebrations begin in early November and run until the end of December. Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas festival will include Christmas on Ice - a spectacular indoor ice skating production, with spins and spirals choreographed to the sounds of the season. The show features the Ice Theater of New York and joins the list of award-winning lineup of Christmastime shows, including the perennial favorite Christmas in the Smokies. Additional favotites inclde: Twas the Night Before Christmas, O’ Holy Night, An Appalachian Christmas, Carol of the Trees and Christmas with the Kingdom Heirs.  All shows are included with park admission.

All Aboard the Polar Express 4-D Experience at Dollywood. This season families can enjoy a spectacular holiday journey where dreams become almost real Aboard the new Polar Express 4-D Experience at Dollywood. Like the book it is modeled after all you have to do is believe. 
  
SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment, Warner Brothers, and Dollywood have combined efforts to create the newest of The Polar Express experiences. It is by far the finest magical cinematic experience of our lifetime, Mark Cornell, SimEx-Iwerks Vice President, Attraction Development said. This iconic film is further brought to life with the perfected use of our own 4-D Special FX technology, and makes for an unforgettable multi-sensory adventure, leaving all who see with hair-raising goose-bumps! 365TNPFDollywoodPolarExpressThis combination of effects blends realism and fantasy unlike anything seen before making it a must see for the whole family. The state-of-the-art 3-D Digital projection system makes images virtually leap off the screen. Upon arrival at the North Pole it actually begins to snow inside the 4-D Special FX Theater and when the conductor sings “hot chocolate” and the dancing waiters begin to pour, the audience can smell the delightful aroma of every cocoa cup.
  
Taste the flavors of the season.  Dollywood’s restaurants offer holiday dining at its finest with special buffets and menu offerings to celebrate the season.  In addition to oven-roasted turkey, pulled ham, cornbread dressing and other familiar favorites, new items offered only during Smoky Mountain Christmas include the Spotlight Bakery’s 25-pound apple pies in four holiday flavors—cranberry walnut, brown sugar pecan, white chocolate, and oatmeal and cranberry apple pies—each available by the slice, as well.  Crossroad Funnel Cakes gets into the Christmas spirit with a chocolate covered cherry confection topped with hot fudge, vanilla glaze and cherries.

Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas festival continues through December 2011 and all shows are included with admission. Check the website because operating days and hours vary. For more information, visit www.dollywood.com or call toll-free 1-800-DOLLYWOOD.

Make it happen. Smoky Mountain Christmas takes place during the annual Winterfest celebration. A complete listing of all Winterfest events is available at the Pigeon Forge website and if you neeed paper in hand brochure is also available by calling toll-free 1-800-WINTERFEST or Pigeon Forge Office of Special Events at (865) 429-7350 or www.mypigeonforge.com
 
Information and photos provided by Dollywood. Copyright 2011.
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