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CRAZY FOR CHRISTMAS
Everyone has their own special holiday traditions: baking cookies, hanging lights and trimming the tree. But some people are so passionate about Christmas, they do and make extraordinary things just to share the spirit of the season. A San Francisco chef builds a 6 foot tall gingerbread replica of the Transamerica building, while in Chicago, a Coast Guard captain revives a seafaring legend to bring joy to the city’s children. From dazzling holiday train displays to yachts decked out in thousands of twinkling lights, these Christmas fanatics and their breath-taking creations bring new beauty and magic to our most cherished holiday.
DAZZLING HOLIDAY LIGHTS
Nothing celebrates the spirit of Christmas quite like a blazing display of holiday light. Whether they’re strung across a front porch or illuminating the Empire State Building, the bright colors and warm glow of these lights bring cheer to all during December’s dark nights. We’ll meet a high school sophomore who covers his home in more then 80,000 lights and go behind the scenes of some fierce neighborhood lighting competitions. We’ll explore a historic hotel whose light displays helped save it from financial ruin and travel to New York, Chicago, and Las Vegas to tour the lights of our brightest holiday cities.
CHRISTMAS FUN IN THE SUN
Sleigh bells and falling snow…when it comes to Christmas, we can’t help thinking it should be cold and white. But what if it’s 80 degrees outside and not a snowflake in sight? We’ll take you to Hawaii where islanders surf on Christmas Day and Sarasota’s Siesta Key, where the snowmen are made of sand and Santa travels by water ski. We’ll meet San Antonio’s Pancho Claus and see how cowboys celebrate Christmas on the ranch. We’ll greet the dawn at the Nine Mornings Christmas Festival on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent as we reveal the delights of a warm weather Christmas.
