Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Ice! in Texas




Well, it was INSIDE, but it was ice none-the-less. The Gaylord Texan has an annual tradition of presenting a truly spectacular 14,000-square-foot "ICE!" exhibit. This year it was a Charlie Brown Christmas, featuring a variety of magical holiday scenes and sculptures hand-carved by 40 visiting artisans from China. Walking through the exhibit, you feel as though you've been transported to the North Pole. You bundle up in warm parkas and enter a winter wonderland created with TWO MILLION pounds of ice and kept at a wintry 9 degrees. Charlie Brown and friends have never been cooler.