Castle Noel

Every year for the holidays I try to do at least one fun excursion even if it isn't far out of town.... this year it was trip to Castle Noel. I highly recommend a visit if you find yourself in NE Ohio, they are open year round.  As you begin the tour of the largest collection of Christmas and Christmas movie memorabilia you are taken directly outside to board the original camper from the Lampoon's Christmas Vacation movie... I couldn't miss a " Come with me Audrey..." photo op.

The further you go in the Christmas maze the more you get lost in the Christmas spirit... between the magical cuckoo clock, the ceiling of nostalgic Christmas bulbs right up through the "I had that" toy walk you can't help but feel like a kid again!

 The gorgeous view of the ceiling of antique Christmas bulbs. Even more stunning in person!

Above are picture of the "I had that" toy walk... many of which were toys I recognized!

While this is in fact the largest private collection of Christmas movie memorabilia in the country, boasting the original house replica from "Deck the Halls", "The Santa Claus", "the Grinch" , " The Christmas Carol", and many others, I was most taken aback by the shear talent of recreating the paper snowflakes from "The Elf".

My Godson, who I took on this excursion with me along with his mother, looked about as happy posing in the cutout bunny suit as the original cast did in the "Christmas Story".  To end the whole expedition you climb the stairs to see Santa and leave down the same long slide Chuckie was forced down as he was  told "you'll shoot your eye out kid!"