“May the beautiful lights of every Christmas season remind us
of Him who is the source of all light.”
David
A Bednar
Each
year, Evans Town Center gets all dressed up with beautiful Christmas
decorations and thousands of twinkling lights. We decided to go on
Christmas Eve Eve, December 23rd to see how it looked since that was
the last night we would have had time to go, and with oncoming rain,
it was not crowded. Perfect. We met Jeannine, Darren, and all the
children at the park. They did an excellent job with decorating up
the park and it really was a joy to see.
There
were lights of many characters like nutcrackers snowmen, carolers,
trains, Santa, and more. The children loved seeing all the figures
twinkling and wanted to get their pictures taken near them. The
light tunnel was amazing looking but was too wet from all the rain to
allow the children to go through the tunnel.
There
was one section that had lit up “The Twelve Days of Christmas”.
We walked around the circle and sang the song as we went through the
display of the days. It was great fun and even better when a family
came behind us and joined us, or should I say helped us sing the
song. We didn’t do so good with the singing but the kids loved
it, chiming in adding their voices.
They
had put up an outside ice skating ring that was absolutely beautiful.
There was quite a crowd that night ice skating to the Christmas
music. It was wonderful seeing the families out skating with their
children. It was pretty amazing for Augusta, Georgia to have a real
ice skating ring since we hardly ever get a hard freeze. There was
also an outside fire pit so you could roast marshmallows and there
was a snack bar set up so the kids and adults could get a snack or a
drink.
We
walked by the Lady A stage to see the computerized Christmas tree.
The stage was named after the group “Lady Antebellum” since the
two male singers, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood went to Lakeside
High School, a local school. During the nicer weather, there are
outside concerts here and it is a great venue. Huge crowds come here
for these events. The Christmas tree was beautiful and I’m sure,
Columbia County spent a good amount for this system. The lights were
synchronized to the Christmas music and it was fun watching all the
different patterns.
By
the time we got to the Christmas tree, it started raining pretty good
so we decided to call it quits. The park will stay open for all to
see the lights and go ice skating till New Years. It is a great way
to spend an evening and your children will be thrilled. If you get a
chance to go, please do. It is a lot of fun. The ice skating ring
will be open till January 6th. Bye for now.
Christmas
Lights
Marie
Irish
Bright
Christmas stars shine on high,
Golden
stars in the wint’ry sky;
Christmas
candles in windows bright
Sends
greeting into the night;
While
in our hearts the Christmas flame,
Glows
with a love like his who came,
The
infant Christ of lowly birth,
To
bring good will and peace to earth.
