The Shepherd of the Hills popular Christmas experience, The Trail of Lights, has opened their 15th fabulous season in Branson.The Trail opened on Saturday evening, November 1st and runs through January 3rd.This season, they are expanding the Trail once again.
The Trail of Lights is a drive-thru animation display that transports visitors into the very heart of Christmas.The Trail winds its way through the historic 160-acre homestead, and takes visitors down the famous “Trail that Nobody Knows How Old” into a holiday wonderland.
Guests travel through a variety of different lands, each with their own theme, from fantasy to religious to patriotic.Life-size – and some larger than life – three-dimensional characters have their own special housing so guests can “peek” in on the fun happening inside.Festive holiday music is themed to each scene, and visitors are sure to find themselves singing along.Favorites include A Victorian Village, North Pole Village, The Elves General Store, The Animals Knelt, Reindeer Care, The Reason for the Season, and Land of Sugar and Spice, just to name a few.
The Trail also includes millions of multi-colored Christmas lights.Every building on park is completely illuminated, and there are hundreds of lighted displays as well as the animated scenes.These include The Nativity, Mele Kalikmaka, and the Jingle Bell Jungle.
2003 brings new animation displays in the newly enlarged Winter Wonderland area to include Polar Bear Pond, Snowman Decorating Crew, and Snowman Housekeeping.Plus, there are also new animated lighting displays in Jingle Bell Jungle and SEA-sons Greetings!
As the grand finale to the journey, visitors are invited to stop by Inspiration Tower where they can ride glass elevators up 230′ for a Santa’s eye view of the lights from above.There’s also Aunt Mollie’s Mercantile where there’s terrific holiday shopping, delicious goodies like hot cider and hot chocolate, and, on select nights, visitors can chat with Santa himself!
The Trail of Lights is open 7 nights a week from dusk until after the shows.For more information, call 1-800-653-6288.