A Country Christmas
During the months of November, December, and through mid-January of each year, Gaylord Opryland attracts thousands of visitors to see the large display of Christmas decorations, dubbed A Country Christmas. Millions of decorative lights are placed in the trees at the resort, and all three atria contain various decorations, including animatronics. The hotel begins installing lights in July of each year. In addition, several special holiday-themed shows and attractions take place, including ICE!, a display of ice sculptures, and the Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular. During the Christmas seasons of 2007 and 2008, ICE! has had a theme of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The season of 2009 had a theme of A Charlie Brown Christmas, and 2010 had a theme of Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town. As part of a strategic partnership with Dreamworks Animation, many of Opryland's Christmas exhibits were themed toward films produced by that company (such as Shrek and Kung Fu Panda) beginning in 2011. The 2011 ICE! exhibit was themed after the short film Merry Madagascar. 2011 marked the 28th presentation of Gaylord Opryland's A Country Christmas.
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