Christmas is the season of lights so it's the perfect outing to go to Garvan Botannical Gardens in Hot Springs. We went last night and it was the perfect night....clear skies with stars adding to the ambience and just a tad bit of crispness in the air. Perfect!!!
Photographs just don't do the lighting displays justice. But just imagine walking along lit paths with just about every bush and tree covered in some type of lighting...white, blue, red, multi. There are also hundreds of different figures and characters and some reflected in the water near the displays. Oh, and it was soooo much fun to see all the families with children who were staring in amazement with their ooohs and aaaahs. The kids were all bundled up, with hats and gloves and you could remember back to your own experiences as a child going to special Christmas programs and outings. You just couldn't help but feel the Christmas spirit. Christmas is all about lights, children and love and good will. You could feel the good will in the air as even strangers would stop and talk to you.
One of my favorites was the VERY TALL tree which had a light show combined with music that was similar to Trans Siberian Orchestra music. The tree changed colors and the lights danced around on it to the music. It seemed to be the place where everyone wanted to congregate because it was mesmerizing to watch.
At the end of the walk there was a massive display with about six different trains running throughout villages and lit bushes. My pics of the train village just didn't pick up all the detail so I didn't post of any them. There was so much to see that it's really hard to describe it all....but it was one of my alltime favorite holiday outings. 
