We took the Stinsons up to Pennsylvania to see some Christmas-y sights there and to add another state that Kiera and Savannah had visited.
Our first stop was at a master watchmakers shop in a small town in PA which was on our way to Hershey. Jason has become a connisseur of fine watches and had learned about this man on the internet. He was very excited by the opportunity to meet such a fine craftsman and spent about half an hour with him.
We arrived in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in the early evening and checked into our hotel. We then drove over to see the "Hershey Sweet Lights", a Christmas light display to drive through.
It had just opened so it wasn't crowded and we could drive at our own pace.
Here a just a sample of the light displays we saw:
It took us about 30 minutes to drive through it, so it was a large exhibit!
Next we drove about an hour to the town of Bernville, Pennsylvania. This is the sight that greeted us as we came over a hill, so we knew we were in the right place!!
When Kent and I were in Pennsylvania last year I picked up a flier about this Christmas village, so I added it to our list of places to go see at Christmas time.
I think it started out as a farm who put out lots of Christmas decorations, and just kept growing and growing.
It's always tricky to get a group photo at night, but this one didn't turn out too badly.
There was a pond behind us, which can also be seen in the first photo.
Savannah as an angel.....
and Kiera as a nutcracker.
A good view behind us of the lights.
I was happy to see there was a nativity scene.
It was hard to get a picture that showed the true magnitude of the excessive Christmas lights!
They've been doing this for 70 years now.
Of course Santa was found at the Christmas village!
We spent the night in Hershey and got up the next morning and went to Hershey's Chocolate World.
Lissa had been there before when we took a family trip there in 2003, but I don't know how much she remembered about it.
We hadn't been there at Christmas time before, so we had to pose in front of the Christmas decoration.
There are several things to do at Hershey world that cost quite a bit, but we opted to go on the free ride that shows how chocolate is made.
I didn't put in the pictures of the singing milk cows, but thought I'd put in the singing Hershey's kiss! As a bonus they give everyone a mini Hershey's candy bar at the end of the ride, then dropped us off at a gigantic Hershey's candy store, so of course we bought some.
We headed back to Virginia after having a great time in Pennsylvania.
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