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Winter Lantern Festival – Atlanta, GA

We usually try to see Christmas lights every holiday season. Favorites include Atlanta Botanical Gardens and Fantasy in Lights at Callaway Gardens. This year, we tried out a new event – the Winter Lantern Festival.

Lantern festivals originated in China thousands of years ago. Over the past decades, the spectacular display of hand-crafted silk designs now illuminated by LED lights has spread to the United States. Atlanta welcomed the Global Winter Wonderland in 2013. Now you can catch the annual Atlanta BeltLine Parade and the newer Sandy Springs Lantern Parade.

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Cochran Shoals Unit at the Chattahoochee River – Atlanta

The Chattahoochee River is Atlanta’s unofficial playground. Run by the National Park Service, the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area operates several units. The Cochran Shoals Unit at Interstate North lies just off of the top end of I-285 (Atlanta’s beltway affectionately called the Perimeter). Although close to a major interstate, the area allows visitors to feel miles away from civilization.

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Georgia Renaissance Festival – Fairburn, GA

I finally did it! I attended a Renaissance Festival this summer with Thing 1 – and I had much more fun than I expected.

The Middle Ages aren’t my favorite historical period. And frankly, walking around all day and eating turkey legs never appealed to me.

However, I soon changed my tune when I saw all the work and detail at the Georgia Renaissance Festival. I can’t compare it to festivals in other states, but this one occurs every weekend from mid-April through early June.

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