A Christmas Tradition: Opryland Hotel

I visited Opryland Hotel at Christmas time for the first time in 2005. One of my husband’s best friends got married there in November, and it happened to also coincide with my now-husband’s birthday. So, of course, I flew to Nashville to spend the weekend with him (never knowing he already had plans to get me an engagement ring for Christmas that year! AND I caught the bouquet at the wedding!) and I experienced the magic that is Opryland Hotel at Christmas.

Every Christmas since that year, we’ve made the trip to see the lights. It’s become a Christmas tradition that, even in the craziness that this year has been, I refused to miss. Especially now that the hotel is back open post-flood! It just made it all the more special.

So, Sunday night, I declared it date night and our gift to each other. We drove out to the hotel and spent a few hours basking in the beauty of the lights and holiday cheer.

As always, I took over a hundred photos, and I thought I’d share a few of my favorites.

Opryland Hotel

Opryland Hotel

Opryland Hotel

Opryland Hotel

Opryland Hotel

Opryland Hotel

Opryland Hotel

I’ve held a couple of my favorites for this week’s Weekly Winners, so check again then, or go visit my Flickr page. SUCH a fun tradition!! If you’re ever in Music City at the holidays… its a must-see. Trust me on that.

Weekly Winners (Dec. 12 – 18)

Weekly Winners is a fun little thing bloggers do to showcase some of their favorite photos from the previous week. It is brought to you, me and everyone by the lovely Lotus, aka Sarcastic Mom. Visit her site and find all the participants. See some amazing photos brought to you by bloggers around the world. Leave a little love when you do — its like food for the soul!

Weekly Winners

Tour bus in the snow... what a long drive for them and a long drive for me to get them due to the conditions!

033: Snowy pumpkin
Snow covered pumpkin

034: Chopped nuts
Chopped nuts

035: Stockings
Stockings hung

036: Boxes
Boxes for packing

037: On the phone
On the phone

038: Counting change
Counting pennies

039: Howdy
Howdy!

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Photos taken using a Nikon Coolpix L20 or my Droid Incredible.
View all of my photos and detailed captions on my Flickr stream.