Imagine that you and your family have just arrived outside
your Christmas holiday home. Snowflakes dance around your
car during a light snowfall. Shaggy carpets of snow surround
your home. Your children, excited by the sights, ask to be let
out of the car to play in the freshly fallen snow. You oblige
them, and you and your wife step out of the car to get a look
at where you will be staying over Christmas. You have only
just arrived but the two of you immediately know you are in
the right place. Your children are happy, and as you view your
surroundings you, too, are feeling happy inside and enchanted
by the sparkling winter scene. Like a cold drink, you feel what
you are breathing as your lungs become filled with the brash,
clean air. Snow hangs from the trees like torn white sheets and
piles on the roof like a thick white comforter. The mountains
towering nearby are dressed in enormous silky white gowns
and one of your children shrieks with delight as she spies a
line of deer walking across the snow-covered lake. And your
family hasn't even walked in the house yet! So, yeah, you and
your wife agree that this is good.
Winter Wonderland
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Playtime 1:47Approaching your holiday home, you are not quite sure what
to make of things. Are you hearing things or what? There is a
slight melody in the air, which is unexpected and you think
perhaps the car radio is still ringing in your ears. But the
melody gets louder as you get closer to your home and it is
becoming increasingly difficult to deny that something
interesting is going on. As you open the door to your holiday
home, you realize that your home is saying hello to you first by
singing you Christmas carols from your living room stereo.
Nice touch, you think. And your nose is aroused by a distinct
scent of pine. Not from a spray can or floor wash but clean,
pure, and fresh like the real thing. Exploring your home, you
and your family walk into your living room to discover a tall,
robust, freshly cut Christmas tree awaiting your arrival. There
it stands, grand and proud, against a view of snowcast
trees and snowy mountains. Moved by this swirl of sights,
sounds, and scents, your hearts expand as you all suddenly
realize that this IS the real thing. It surely is. Your a family
together at Christmas, and you feel it!
The Most Wonderful Christmas In The World
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Playtime 2:38
Not only is your holiday home full of the Christmas Spirit, but so is the nearby town of Bigfork
Bigfork is a special town
It is a town that enchants, relaxes, and arouses playfulness
With its sidewalk cafes, fine and casual restaurants and hang outs, speciality shops and boutiques, local artists, art galleries and exhibits, colorfulness, and decorated displays
With its acclaimed Broadway musicals performed by the Northwest's finest repertory theatre
With its street festivals, fairs, and outdoor concerts
And always wonderful Montana hospitality
But that is only the beginning
Holly Jolly Christmas
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Playtime 2:08You see, Old Saint Nick dispatched a group of elves into the forests of the Swan Mountain Range, right next to Bigfork
Every year, a few days before Thanksgiving, the elves come down from the mountains
And dress Bigfork up for Christmas
Bigtime, as only Santa's elves can do
With the elves leading the way, the town of Bigfork transforms into a Christmas village
Like the miniature Christmas villages that warm our hearts and delight our senses
But this Christmas village is for real
A miniature one all grown up
Immersing you and your family into a traditional Currier and Ives scene
That has you feel and breathe and live Christmas as you never have before
Thousands of Christmas lights, twinkling and dancing in delicate exchange; snow covered streets and roofs; fully decorated shops; horse drawn sleighs jingling down the street; carolers singing and filling the air with songs of love and hope; and Santa's workshop widening the eyes of young children, and the young at heart, with awestruck delight
That, together, like a festive symphony, capture your senses and your mind and put you in a different place than you were before
A place of wonder and enchantment
Warm feelings and comfort
And togetherness
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
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Playtime 3:50You and your family need to experience a Montana Christmas!
Frosty The Snowman
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Playtime 1:37
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So come to your holiday home on Montana's Echo Lake, and to Bigfork only minutes away, to fill you and your loved ones with the true Christmas Spirit
Have a special Christmas that seems to occur only once in a lifetime
Until we say hello again, next year
Christmas holiday events begin early in Bigfork. Turkeys are just starting to get nervous in anticipation of their "big day" when Bigfork's schedule of Christmas events typically begins.
Spring and Fall: Fishing, fly-fishing, and golfing
Wherever you have Christmas, though
Or however you understand and celebrate the holidays at this time of year
The elves and all the rest of us
Wish you a happy and joyous time
And a wonderful year to come