Once Santa Claus Land now Holiday World/ Splashin’ Safari.

All the things we loved about  Holiday World : (in no particular order!)

1. The rides– three huge, fast,  award winning wooden roller coasters!! Swings, bumper cars, merry go round, the original train ride from Santa Claus land…there were rides for all ages!

There is even a new ride called Pilgrims Plunge (the worlds tallest water ride).

2. Splashin’ Safari-the water park that is part of Holiday World.  Either side is fun-but to have both in a day was great! You could easily spend more than one day at Holiday World but you certainly don’t have to. The smaller size of the park  definitely makes it doable in a day. We didn’t feel overwhelmed and rushed to run from one side of the park to the other trying to fit everything in. Which is remarkable since we had kids ranging from 5 to 14 years old. Everyone was happy and satisfied!! Although I think my 5 year old could have spent another week in Spashin’ Safari!

3. FREE pop-all day, all the time, all FREE……and no lines! There are pop stops all over the park. These have water available too.

4. Free sunscreen. Again-all free, all the time and no lines. Really, all this free stuff!

5. Holiday World and Splashin’ Safari were really clean!!

6. Everyone that worked at the park was very friendly and helpful.  These are two reasons why Holiday World has won so many awards over the years. It is a very well maintained and run theme park!!

7. I liked the extra attractions : the glass blowing was neat to watch.

There was also a mini Lincoln museum and a great, world toy collection in the glass blowing building.

8. What is Santa Claus Land without a Santa? Don’t worry, not only is there a Santa but he is THE BEST lookin’ Santa I have ever seen!!

I peeked around the corner and I got chills. I think he’s the real thing!!

So maybe if you’re good someone will take you to Holiday World too!!!

That night we stayed at The Levenworth Inn, a really beautiful Bed and Breakfast.

There is talk of returning to the Levenworth Inn with out kids sometime!!

We ate breakfast at The Overlook Restaurant..Incredible views of the Ohio River!!

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Here is a re-post of our Patriotic Cookies…just in time for the 4th of July!

Red, White and Blue Pinwheel Cookies!

Beware-if you like to eat raw cookie dough and you actually want to have baked cookies to eat-then don’t even try a smidgen of this dough.  It’s that good!

2 1/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

2/3 cup butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream butter, gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat well.  Add dry ingredients a small amount at a time, mixing well after each addition.  Divide dough onto 3 equal portions.  Add several drops of red food coloring to one portion and beat well to color dough.  Do the same with a second portion using blue food coloring.  Leave one portion uncolored.

Roll each portion separately between 2 sheets of wax paper  to aprox 12 x 18 inch rectangles. (good luck with this part!)

Peel wax paper off top of the red dough and white dough.  Invert the white on to the red.

Now the blue dough on the top. And roll all three colors together into a log.

Wrap in wax paper and chill in fridge for 3 hours or freezer for 1 hour.

Slice dough into 1/4 inch round pieces and bake in 375 oven for about 10 mins.

Depending on how much dough you eat-you should have aprox 4 doz cookies

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We hit 3 Santa themed places in just a couple of hours during our recent trip to Santa Claus, Indiana.

First there was the breakfast buffet at Santa’s Lodge-Buffet, need I say more? This is not only a restaurant but also the closest hotel to Holiday World, complete with meeting and banquet rooms. Just walking in the door makes you feel like it’s Christmas time!

From there we headed to the historical, Santa’s Candy Castle.

Once part of the first themed attraction in the nation, Santa Claus Town, the Candy Castle has been restored and re-opened. It is home to the worlds largest candy cane selection and over two dozen flavors of hot chocolate. Not only is there lots of candy to choose from but also a post office room complete with a mail box so that letters to santa can be mailed immediately!

Our next stop was the Santa Claus Museum. The museum is filled with donated artifacts of the town of Santa Claus

as well as santa claus figures, toys and a display of various letters written to Santa over the years. Where do you think all those letters to Santa end up every Christmas?  Why, in Santa Claus, Indiana! The town has been answering letters to Santa for nearly a century. Last year alone, volenteers answered 35,600 letters.

Next stop….Holiday World!!

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