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| - A-OK. I think that's an accurate way to describe "Christmas Town USA". My dad had heard about it, so we decided to visit on Friday, December 9, 2016, driving over from Charlotte. We reviewed the (hideous though informative) website beforehand and arrived at 5:30 on the dot--when it was scheduled to start. There is good signage as you come into town about where the lights are (though you make a left turn at one point, and we weren't sure which way to go until after asking some police officers standing nearby, so that was sort of weird).
Anyway, the lights are very pretty. I don't think any were gaudy like you see on current TV shows (so if you expect a jumbo Santa to jump out of a roof and a full size carousel in the front yard, you might want to go elsewhere). The homes were nice too, and there's a little pond/lake with decorations as well. The huge trees covered in lights were crazy to me. (Note: I hate putting up Christmas lights, so it was all crazy to me.)
The route itself is really pretty short and it's pretty, but I think one time was enough for me as an adult. If you have kids (or are a kid on Yelp reading this), you would probably enjoy it once a year. Otherwise, it was nice and all... but I don't really see a need to go back or suggest it to anyone. It was one of those things that was cool to say we did it, but that's about it.
Note: They also have an app, but I didn't find it to be very good.
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