Tanglewood Festival of Lights
by Liv | Published on December 2nd, 2009, 10:03 pm | Greensboro
So last night we went to the Tanglewood Festival of Lights. It's an annual pilgrimage for me dating back to the mid-90s. It was always a blast to roll out there in the convertibles with the top down, the heat blowing. It's a 3 mile long light display you actually drive-thru and always impresses. Even better yet, we swung by TJ's for a #60 sicilian on the way. While my older more responsible self no longer enjoys the smoke-tacular aspect of Tanglewood's festival of lights, it was truly a joy to watch my 5 year old scream out in excitement when she saw the extravagant light display.
The best part of the Festival of Lights is the 3/4 point stop at the fire pit. They ask for $4.00 for a Smore kit, and put a sign up, guilting you not to bring your own due to the cost of operating the lights. (What's their power-bill?) It was to late for Shan who had meticulously planned out her clothing attire to hold a bag of marshmallows, a block of graham crackers, several Hershey's bars and several coat hangers. Luckily no one commented, and we quickly constructed smores for our family, while remembering back in years past. Like the one when we brought Smiler who just recently arrived from the U.K. and was introduced to a American Smore for the first time around that very fire ring at the Festival of Lights.
Truthfully it never gets old. Still my favorite is the golfer, a football field long light display that interactively moves the ball from the swinging golfer across the green.