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There’s a magic place where it’s Christmas all year long. It’s the Inn at Christmas Place in Pigeon Forge. The Inn at Christmas Place opened June 15, 2007. Its owners, the Biggs family, began in Pigeon Forge with The Incredible Christmas Place, a group of Christmas stores across the street that sells every conceivable Christmas ornament. So many people shopping there loved Christmas and kept saying they wish there was a Christmas-type place to spend the night. The Biggs decided it might be a good idea to build a Christmas hotel. The Inn has 145 guestrooms, all decorated with illuminated Christmas trees, wreaths, reindeer sculptures and red velvet bedding. In my room, there were small “Silent Night” embossed decorative pillows on each of the queen beds. The curtains were a red background with a snowflake pattern. My TV was set to an image of a flickering campfire. Just above the TV, a beautifully lit Christmas tree was controlled by a floor switch. -84- | ExtendedWeekendGetaways ~ December, 2023
Even my bathroom had a tiny Christmas tree. A wreath hung on the wall and a bright poinsettia painting graced another wall. You know you’re in Christmas country when you pull up in front of the hotel. Even in the daytime, you notice the life-sized manger scene, the giant Christmas tree near the door, the pillars alongside the door are made to look like giant wrapped gifts, colorful ornaments and wreaths
arch around the door, the etched wreaths in the glass entrance doors, and the bows on all the balconies. At night it transforms into a merry wonderland. The bows reveal lighted ribbons arching across each of the balconies. The thirty-plus trees come alive with about half a million lights of varying colors and flowing in designs. Lighted reindeer frolic on the spaces under the trees. The outdoor decorations and lights are up from the first week of November through the end of February. It’s their Winterfest, and they
