Winter LOTD for A Charlie Brown Christmas in ICE

Happy December to you all! :)

I thought I would share the lovely time I had at the Gaylord Texan this past week - since I am a huge fan of Snoopy & the Peanuts gang, my boyfriend took me to see the Charlie Brown Christmas in Ice exhibit.

I never miss an opportunity to get dolled up in new cute winterwear - nevermind that it was 65 degrees outside!

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My outfit in layers:

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With the Juicy vest on

...Purchased last year from Yesstyle.com...

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With the Juicy hood on!

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Juicy Mittens

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Close up of the logo button - which decided to fall off and get itself lost *grumble grumble*

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After getting ripped off with the $12 event parking, we wandered around like lost lambs for at least 20 minutes on foot. My coworker said it was off in a separate tent, I had no idea it was inside the hotel itself!

The complex is HUGE - it sits aside a decently sized lake and has a ton of different hiking/jogging trails.

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I wanted to model my outfit some more :)

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The staff did a great job of getting the place jazzed up for the holidays - tons of decorations both inside & out

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My boyfriend said these were Juniper berries - I had never seen them in person. They look like mini-blueberries to me :)

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The Gaylord is a string of hotels that features an indoor arboretum - tons of trees, plants, and a little mini-creek that runs throughout

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Finally found the exhibit - it usually is super busy but since we went on a weekday in the middle of the day, we almost had the whole place to ourselves. :)

Before you enter the exhibit, they show you a short film about how they made the artwork - importing 2 million pounds of ice and those amazing ice sculptors from China that put up the ice city every year...

They shower you with snow after the film is over!

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I like how the entrance features yellow & black draping - just like Charlie Brown's classic shirt!

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It's super cold inside the exhibit tent so they make you put on these parkas that make you look 150 lbs heavier. ;_; So much for dressing cute! I begrudgingly put mine on, but turns out it was quite useful...(9 freaking degrees inside)

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Very first display was Charlie Brown & SNOOPY! I was so excited ~ Love his giant pile of bones next to the house, all in ICE!

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Charlie Brown's usual chat w/ Linus on the fence - love the bright colors & the pink fence :)

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Ice-skating!

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Peek-a-boo view through an ice wreath

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Snoopy getting ready to decorate

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What could be in here?

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...The Auditorium where the Christmas play took place & a giant ICE SLIDE!

(We rode it, lots of fun - the parka came in handy)

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Charlie Brown picking out his famous Christmas tree

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Snoopy's House - First place!

I thought Snoopy would be inside - no such luck :(

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Singing around the Christmas Tree!

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Lots of amazing work and pretty neat that it was all done in ice - it went too quickly!

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Afterwards, we wandered around the hotel - and marveled at how ginormous it was. Lots of decorations, tons of families walking around, and at night the whole place lights up! It smelled like gingerbread everywhere too

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They used old gun casings for the Chrismtas lights - so very Texan :P

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The carpet also has a decidedly Texan theme

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So basically saved you guys $20 USD/person ticket and $12 parking lol. (plane ticket too for those outside of TX) You can thank me later, early Merry Christmas :D

Hope you guys had a great weekend!

♥ Irene