Maybe it’s the fact that the last several weeks have been hovering in the 50 degree range, or that we’ve been crazy busy, it just seems that Christmas snuck up on us.
We waited until the last minute to finish getting gifts for people. Last night I finished wrapping them. I guess we’re ready for Christmas though.
We did have the opportunity to get a little more in the Christmas spirit by visiting Frankenmuth, Michigan with my mom and her husband.
Frankenmuth is known for being Christmas Central. We started our visit with a trip to Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland, the store that has everything Christmas. They seriously have ornaments for everything.
The entire town is Bavarian themed. I love the look and feel of the whole town. After Bronner’s we walked up and down the main street. We checked out several different shops featuring fudge, cheese, taffy, quilts, toys and clocks.
Making fudge
Herman the German is a statue who serves fudge in a shop
The clock shop was one of my favorite places to visit. They had intricate Black Forest cuckoo clocks and lovely grandfather clocks.
We wrapped up the day with dinner at the Bavarian Inn. The place was incredibly charming, the service was great and the food was excellent. The Frankenmuth chicken was the highlight and their potato puffs were addictive.
Some of the things we weren’t able to check out on this trip but would like to see in the future were Michigan’s oldest brewery and the Frankenmuth distillery.
Where’s the most Christmasy place you’ve ever been?
(Most of the pictures in the post are Brad’s)
Cute photos 🙂
Maria V.