Santa’s Lodge, Museum and Candy Castle
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!!
Tags: breakfast, breakfast buffet, candy cane, candy castle, christmas time, holiday, holiday world, letters to santa, santa claus indiana
At 1st I thought you were a little nutty, but that does look like fun.