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Free Gaylord Opryland Christmas Lights Ceremony November 15, 2012

November 14, 2012 By

Gaylord Opryland lights Free Gaylord Opryland Christmas Lights Ceremony November 15, 2012The time has come!  Gaylord Opryland hotel in Nashville will flip the switch on their millions of Christmas lights on Thursday, November 15, 2012. The free lighting ceremony will begin at 5:15 pm and the public is welcome.

The lighting ceremony marks the beginning of their 29th annual Country Christmas celebration that will run through January 1, 2013.

Watch the video of this year’s Opryland Christmas Lighting Ceremony:

A Country Christmas has been hailed as one of the “Ten Great Places to Catch up with Santa” by USA Today; “The Most Christmassy Hotel in the Nation” by the Travel Channel’s Extreme Christmas; one of the top 10 places to spend Christmas in the world by Travel + Leisure; and a “Nashville treasure” by Southern Living.

All weekend, I’ll be sharing our family’s first-hand experience at Gaylord Opryland’s “A Country Christmas” (one of our family’s favorite holiday traditions since moving to Nashville!). You’ll get to see ALL that Gaylord Opryland has to offer for Christmas this year, including the new Radio City Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes, ICE! featuring DreamWorks’ “Shrek the Halls” and the all new Lorrie Morgan’s Enchanted Christmas dinner and show.

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Summer Olympic Opening Ceremony TV time London 2012

July 27, 2012 By

Summer Olympic Opening Ceremony TV time London 2012

The London 2012 Summer Olympic Opening Ceremonies are TODAY! And if you’re like me, you want to be sitting in front of your TV and not miss a moment of the Opening Ceremony…so in order to do that, make sure you’re tuned in to NBC at 7:30 EST/6:30 CST tonight.

For some reason, we had a hard time discovering this fact, so I thought I would share it on here for all of my fellow sports fans.

This Summer Olympics opening ceremony is special to me for several reasons:
1. My daughter just turned 8 yesterday and still believes that the opening ceremonies are a continuation of her birthday celebration icon wink Summer Olympic Opening Ceremony TV time London 2012
2. The above fact could be due in part to the fact that she knows I turned 21 the day of the Opening Ceremonies for the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, the summer after I graduated from Emory University. It was a day I’ll never forget.
3. My mom is from England and is here with us right now. (If you don’t already know, my son “Britton” was named after her homeland.)
4. As a former tennis pro and an aspiring Olympic athlete, there is something unexplainable that stirs within me during every Olympics. This event is truly one that brings the world together and I look forward to it every 2 years.

So in case you’re wondering what I’ll be doing tonight at 6:30, there you go (so don’t expect me to answer your phone calls for about 3 hours tonight either!).

Bonus info: I also found out that Bravo will be carrying Olympic Tennis starting tomorrow (Saturday), so that gives me another reason to watch Bravo besides Top Chef marathons icon wink Summer Olympic Opening Ceremony TV time London 2012

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Gaylord Opryland Lighting Ceremony 2011 Video & Pictures

November 17, 2011 By

Tonight was the night – the 28th annual Christmas Lighting Ceremony at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center here in Nashville, TN…and I have pictures and video for you!

I truly could not be more proud of our city right now, nor would I want to be anywhere else. Opryland was once again voted the most “Christmasy Hotel in America” and it’s not very hard to see why!

Over 2 million Christmas lights went on with the flip of a switch tonight, but not before the crowd was entertained by “Christian Super-group Point of Grace” (as introduced by our hosts for the evening, Crook & Chase) and rising country duo, Thompson Square.

After a few remarks from Mayor Karl Dean (who my husband still gets mistaken for all the time!), Jackson, a Make-A-Wish child joined Gaylord Opryland General Manager Pete Weien and friends from the Dreamworks movie, “Merry Madagascar”, for the final countdown. Not only did the lights dazzle everyone in the audience, but fireworks also added to the light show.

We couldn’t think of a better way to kick off our Christmas season! During the next few days of our visit here, I’ll be sharing all the Gaylord Opryland has in store for you over the coming months, so stay tuned!

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Free Gaylord Opryland Christmas Lights Ceremony Nov 17

November 15, 2011 By

Gaylord Opryland lights Free Gaylord Opryland Christmas Lights Ceremony Nov 17If you live in Nashville, then you need to come out to Gaylord Opryland hotel on Thursday, November 17 to see their famous Christmas lights! The lighting ceremony will begin at 5:30pm and the public is welcome.

Not only will you get to see them flip the switch on over 2 million lights (an amazing sight to see!), but you’ll also get to “Celebrate the Sounds & Sights of Christmas”! Everyone will experience a music-filled celebration featuring Thompson Square, Point of Grace and some very special guests who will help us turn on our 2 million twinkling holiday lights!

Featured on HGTV’s Best of the Holidays Show last year, you will be stretched to find a more beautiful display of lights anywhere in the country.

I’ll be bringing you more soon on ALL that Gaylord Opryland has to offer for Christmas this year, including the new Rockettes show, ICE! featuring Merry Madagascar and the all new Dreamworks Experience!

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