"Twenty-eight years ago, the City of Hidalgo started a tiny festival to bring the Spirit of Christmas to South Texas.Hidalgo Festival of Lights has evolved in to the largest Christmas light display,
visited by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the course of the month-long festival. Every year, throughout the month of December, you can tour our Christmas Light Displays with more than 5 million lights and over 500 illuminated displays."
What a great time we had on Monday! The RV park, along with most of the other RV parks in the area, put together a package - dinner, a tram ride through the Festival of Lights, capped by a children's mariachi band for entertainment.
Dinner was good - roast beef, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, roll and a cookie. After dinner, we boarded the tram for what I thought would be a short drive throughout the block. Imagine my surprise when the ride took close to 45 minutes and we saw the most incredible light show. There were a lot of themes - Christmas around the World, the 12 days of Christmas, Fairytale Christmas, just to name a few.
The beautiful lights were enhanced by the atmosphere - we were also treated to a Christmas carnival with different rides, to include a ferris wheel. Dave kept wondering where they store all this stuff after Christmas.
The children's Mariachi band was wonderful to watch. We were kept in stitches by a young man who looked like he wanted to make singing to the ladies a career move. Dave also found a taco stand, so he was a happy camper.
All of this cost us $12 a person; a steal, in my opinion. I hope the RV park continues this tradition in the future. It was well worth every penny we spent.
I was very sad when I got home, to realize that only a very few pictures actually were decent enough to show. I was seated in the middle, and the constant movement made most of them blurry. I hope, though, that these select few will give an idea of the grand scope of this event.
visited by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the course of the month-long festival. Every year, throughout the month of December, you can tour our Christmas Light Displays with more than 5 million lights and over 500 illuminated displays."
What a great time we had on Monday! The RV park, along with most of the other RV parks in the area, put together a package - dinner, a tram ride through the Festival of Lights, capped by a children's mariachi band for entertainment.
Dinner was good - roast beef, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, roll and a cookie. After dinner, we boarded the tram for what I thought would be a short drive throughout the block. Imagine my surprise when the ride took close to 45 minutes and we saw the most incredible light show. There were a lot of themes - Christmas around the World, the 12 days of Christmas, Fairytale Christmas, just to name a few.
The beautiful lights were enhanced by the atmosphere - we were also treated to a Christmas carnival with different rides, to include a ferris wheel. Dave kept wondering where they store all this stuff after Christmas.
The children's Mariachi band was wonderful to watch. We were kept in stitches by a young man who looked like he wanted to make singing to the ladies a career move. Dave also found a taco stand, so he was a happy camper.
All of this cost us $12 a person; a steal, in my opinion. I hope the RV park continues this tradition in the future. It was well worth every penny we spent.
I was very sad when I got home, to realize that only a very few pictures actually were decent enough to show. I was seated in the middle, and the constant movement made most of them blurry. I hope, though, that these select few will give an idea of the grand scope of this event.