Tweetsie Christmas® — Tweetsie Railroad

Tweetsie Christmas® turns the Tweetsie Railroad park in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains into what the operator calls a Wild West Christmas town on select evenings. Each ticket includes one reserved, roughly 20-minute open-air Christmas train ride behind a historic steam locomotive, with thousands of twinkling lights and sing-along carols, plus four amusement rides, Santa's Gingerbread House, live entertainment and other nighttime holiday attractions.

Santa's Gingerbread House is a walk-through giant gingerbread house decorated with candies, where children can share their wishes and take photos with Santa. The festival also has a 20-minute musical stage show, and guests can roast s'mores by the fire, sip hot chocolate or buy homemade candies and fudge at the Fudge Shop; food, retail items and s'mores supplies are not included in the ticket.

For Tweetsie Christmas the park opens only on select evenings, and the operator says it is closed during the day and on Thanksgiving Eve, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve.

An evening in a holiday-lit park: one reserved, roughly 20-minute open-air ride on the Christmas train behind a historic steam locomotive, four amusement rides, a walk through Santa's Gingerbread House with photos with Santa, a 20-minute Christmas show and treats. Guests can enter as soon as the park opens and enjoy the attractions before and after their train time.

At Tweetsie Railroad, 300 Tweetsie Railroad Lane, Blowing Rock, North Carolina. A ticket is specific to a date and train departure time; the time on your ticket is your scheduled train departure and the operator recommends lining up about 15 minutes before it. Advance purchase is recommended because nightly availability is limited and the event can sell out. Admission does not include food, retail items or s'mores supplies. Parking is free. The ticket price shown includes taxes and fees.