The day after Thanksgiving on 25th and Washington in Ogden Utah a Christmas village comes to life. It has a bunch of little Christmas Story houses, such as The Gringe, Hanzel and Grettle, The Elf workshop and even Santa's Castle. It's a fun little place to take the kids to see Christmas lights. Buddle up good tho, it can get pretty chilly!
They even have a mailbox for Santa Letters
And at 6pm Santa arrives at his castle to visit with the kids. They let you take your own picture or they'll take it for you for 5$. Although just to warn ya not all kids think this is a fun idea:)
If you think your kids will do better with the sweet Mrs. Clause then you can go on a tour of Christmas village during the day. You have to go with a big sized group for this one at least 10 kids.
You can call 801-629-8000 to set up an appointment with Mrs. Clause
If you want to feed the kids while your there. There is a free trolley that picks you up at Christmas village takes you around down town Ogden and will drop you off at the Junction where theres plenty of restaurants. It closes at 8pm on weeknights 9pm on weekends.
We rode the trolley and ate pizza at the Fat Cats bowling alley that sits over on 23rd street. They have the best bread sticks! Theres also a restaurant on the corner of Christmas village that does smores for the kids on weekend nights. We didn't make it there so I'm not sure of details on this one.
Ogden city offers a lot of fun stuff for kids to do. Christmas village is definitely worth checking out!
