Christmas in the Nighttime Sky

Last night we went the Christmas in the Nighttime Sky. The last couple of years we have thought about attending this event, but have been out of town. This year we had Thanksgiving in Twin and decided that we would go check it out and see what it was all about. We went with our family of 5, Thayne and Katelynn, Josh & Wende and Josh's two kids, Steve & Terra and their son Brady, and Dave & Steph and their two younger girls. We parked in the Kmart parking lot and they had buses that picked you up there and took you down to the nursery were the event was held. This is the kids waiting to get on the bus.

Thayne and Katelynn on our bus ride.The price of admission is a the donation of a new toy. So when we first got there we stood in line to see Santa. We gave Santa our toys that we were donating and then each kid got a turn sitting on his lap and telling him what they want for Christmas. When we walked away Troy said honey don't you want to sit on Santa's lap......Santa got a good chuckle out of that and made the rest of the line laugh.Then after visiting Santa we got in the food line. All of this is included, no extra charge. We got a baked potato with chili and cheese on it. Then they had pop and hot chocolate. After getting our food we walked outside to sit at a table and eat.
After eating we picked one out of several bonfires to stand around. They had a radio station there that was playing Christmas music. It was so much fun. Totally got us in the Christmas spirit to stand around a warm fire, sipping hot chocolate, and listening to Christmas music.





The Coca-cola bear was there so of course the kids had to get a picture with him.

We were right by the speakers and the music was so much fun. The kids danced around all night long waiting for the firework show.

Then at 7:30 all the lights went out and it got silent for a minute. Then the music started playing the fireworks started. I have to say it was one of the most amazing firework shows I have ever been to. They were so close and were just awesome. The kids loved every minute of it had an OOOOOOOOO or an AAAAAAWWWWW for every firework that impressed them.

It was such a fun night spent with great family and friends. This may end up being a tradition as much as we enjoyed it. What a great way to get in the Christmas spirit.