Look For Horse Animal Candy Mold Chocolate at Amazon
|
The Mesa Mormon Temple is best known for it is annual Christmas light display along with it is nightly live performance with a good deal of live animals (including camels). The two block area of the temple is prettified with over 3 million Christmas lights and draped over tall palms, ponds and rose gardens. It’s a big draw for persons from all four corners in Arizona each year as well as visitors from other states. The event runs nightly from the last week in November through the firstborn week in January. The temple is located just east of Stapley Road on the south side of Main Street in Mesa. Glendale Glitters will celebrate it is 10th year with a month long festival including over a million lights sprawled over 12 blocks in the heart of the city. There is a shuttle service to transport visitors from the parking areas to the center of the event. The lights and decorations are breathtaking. There are some live concerts and performances, food, live entertainment, visits from Santa, hot air balloons, horse and buggy rides pulled by Clydesdale horses and a great deal of buying goods opportunity. The event is located at 56th Avenue and Glendale Road in Glendale. The Gilbert Islands Community located on Warner Road just west of Cooper Road in Gilbert holds it is annual lighted boat shoe at it’s three man-made lakes. Santa and Mrs. Clause also make a visit for photo opportunities. Cookies, hot cocoa and coffee are served to guests. The event is free of charge. Each of the three lakes hold it is own boat parade on a specific Saturday night at sunset for the duration of the month of December. The residents homes sit on the lakes and a lot of own house boats. Residents decorate their boats and enter the competition. The residents on the boats are known for tossing candy onto the shores where the viewers line up to view the parade. Many boats have families playing their instruments and singing Christmas songs. Rawhide located in Scottsdale holds it is annual “Christmas on Main Street” the month of December through the basi week in January. Festivities include live music, fudge making, carolers, old wild west gun fights and falling snow along Main Street. There is also a petting zoo, galore boutiques and interesting shops, extremely pleasing steaks, old salon, and children’s activities. This is a will have to for any individual visiting Scottsdale. Reservations are highly recommended. Payson, Arizona is a fantasti place to head for stimulating Christmas events. The festivities get started with a courthouse tree lighting which takes place the basi week in December. Main Street is lined with Christmas carolers, falling snow, live music and amusement and local vendors with their artistic creations. Hot cocoa, coffee and cookies are offered along the Main Street walk-way. There are a lot of shops filled with splendid gift items and tons of things for the kids to do. The second week in December they hold their annual Christmas Tree embellishing contest where guests may buy tickets to go on a home tour which commonly consist of 14 Payson homes. Then visitors may vote on the best fancified tree and home. Horse and buggy transport guests from one area to the next. The city of Chandler holds it is annual “tumbleweed” lighting ceremony the initial week in December along with A.J. Park’s 25 foot Christmas Tree lighting event. The evening starts out with a big light parade down Arizona Avenue in downtown Chandler and ends with a surprise visit from Santa on top of one of the town’s fire trucks. The festivities also include feed vendors, bounce toys for the kids, live entertainment, lots of buying goods opportunities, live performances and a great deal of fun things for the kids to do. The annual Phoenix Light Parade sponsored by Arizona Public Service takes place in the downtown area at 19th Avenue and Indian School Road. This is one of the valley’s biggest Christmas Parades. The parade begins at sunset the basi weekend in December. Greasepaint in Scottsdale and Hale’s Theater in Gilbert open their Christmas live performances the end of November and run through the firstborn week in January. Some of the past plays have included, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “A Christmas Carol.” Tickets will have to be purchased in front of time. |
