National Newcomb's Christmas Vacation

Every year, my family takes a trip to Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO to see the musical Christmas Tree, drink gallons of hot chocolate and eat a funnel cake or two. We typically go the first weekend of Winter Break, but due to a few scheduling issues, this year we left on Monday and arrived home today.

Yesterday, we awoke with smiles on our faces. Today was Silver Dollar City day! We went shopping, grabbed lunch, and then got all bundled up to make the trek through SDC. We drive all the way out there, and there isn’t a car in the parking lot.

“Looks like it’s closed,” my dad said.
“Oh, Jim. It’s not closed. It’s open all through December for Christmas.” My mom rolled her eyes. Duh, of course it’s open.

Well, sure enough, it was closed. The Newcomb clan was not pleased. It was very similar to National Lampoon’s vacation to Walley World. Indeed, I think my dad felt something like this:




Turns out, Silver Dollar City is only open Thursday-Sunday during December. Lesson learned.

Love always,
T