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By Teresa Plowright, About.com

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CA: Yosemite - Evergreen Lodge Christmas Week Festivities

Yosemite National Park is acclaimed for its stunning scenery, so it's no surprise that the Park gets crowded in summer-time; but winter is also a wonderful time to visit.

Evergreen Lodge has a prime location just one mile from Yosemite's western border and the Park entrance to Hetch Hetchy; driving time is 3½ hours from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Christmas Week Festivities:
Evergreen Lodge is celebrating from Monday Dec. 17th to Friday Dec. 28 2007, with twelve days of special events. In addition to the usual fun-- campfires with s’mores, arts & crafts, bingo, holiday movies, board games by the fireside-- add special activities such as "Decorate Your Stocking", Christmas Tree Lighting, cookie-decorating and letters to Santa, and the wackier "decorate your Christmas pink flamingo" - certainly a souvenir to remember.

Three-night packages include:

  • Old World Feast on Christmas Day (or 3-course dinner on another night if you're not there on Christmas Day)
  • "mountain breakfast" each morning
  • “trail lunch” on one afternoon
  • additional 3-course dinner
  • choice of a guided recreation activity: hike, snowshoe walk or van tour ($25 upgrade)
  • sunset hayride
  • holiday welcome basket
  • evening activities such as campfires, s’mores, movies and bingo

Read the details at the Evergreen Lodge site.

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