City lights up new 80-foot-tall LED Christmas tree
Get ready to be dazzled this holiday season as you pass through the roundabout on your way to Downtown Branson and the Branson Landing. As of today, a new 80-foot Christmas tree serves as...
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Silver Dollar City teases 2017 Christmas expansion
Silver Dollar City (SDC) will add an additional 1.5 million lights to its already world-renowned light display for the 2017 Christmas season. The expansion brings the park’s total light count to over 6.5 million....
Giveaway: Branson Christmas 2016 Sweepstakes
The most wonderful time of year in Branson is nearly upon us and we can’t wait to share the sights and sounds of the season with each of you. Because you made the “nice list”...
Christmas tree competition introduced to encourage area holiday participation
The Branson Christmas Coalition has introduced an Ozark Mountain Christmas tree competition for area businesses, residents, and organizations this holiday season. The competition aims to beef up participation in an initiative to present the largest and most...
Branson aims to exhibit country’s most amazing display of Christmas trees
The Branson area is placing a new emphasis on Christmas tree displays this holiday season, thanks to a new initiative introduced by the Branson Christmas Coalition. Calling the plan a “brilliant celebration of nature,...
Convention brings 1,000 Santas and Mrs. Clauses to Branson this week
It’ll look and feel like a true Christmas in July this week as over 1,000 Santas and Mrs. Clauses fly into Branson to attend the tenth annual Discover Santa convention. Set for July 6-10,...
Silver Dollar City adds two additional days, expands Saturday hours for 2016 Christmas season
The 2015 season may have ended just days ago, but Silver Dollar City (SDC) has released their operating calendar for all of 2016, including dates for their acclaimed An Old Time Christmas festival. After record...
Hallmark’s Maxine making Branson debut in new stage musical for 2016 Christmas season
Hallmark Cards’ “Queen of Crabbiness” will star in Maxine’s Christmas Carol, a new live-action stage musical at the Moon River Theatre at the Andy Williams Performing Arts Center for the 2016 Christmas season. The...
Silver Dollar City wins Best Theme Park Holiday Event honor for second year
For the second year in a row, USA Today readers and theme park fans have voted Silver Dollar City’s (SDC) An Old Time Christmas festival the “Best Theme Park Holiday Event.” Today’s award comes...
Watch the destruction of Celebration City’s Ozark Wildcat roller coaster
A major landmark of the shuttered Celebration City theme park was demolished today. Crews pulled down a significant piece of the track for the 12-year-old Ozark Wildcat, the park’s wooden roller coaster which has sat unused...
