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» hughtaylor - winter activities in Vermont

One of the best places to spend Christmas in Vermont is the West Mountain Inn, Arlington. It reminds me of the 1940s movie Holiday Inn. You almost expect to find Bing Crosby crooning White Christmas in the chestnut-panelled dining room.

The Carlsons who own it introduced a lot of their Swedish heritage to the Christmas celebrations. Troll night is great fun. Dinner of fungus and weed in puff balls is followed by Field beast of the Valley Dwellers, which looks suspiciously like steak. After dinner guests, equipped with torches, hunt for hidden troll dolls in the undergrowth of the grounds.
Visitors arriving before Christmas help decorate the tree with homemade ornaments. When the tree is finished everyone sits round a blazing log fire to drink Glogg, an exceedingly alcoholic Swedish punch.

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» franfolsom - winter activities in Vermont

In response to winter activities in Vermont posted by hughtaylor:

I have been to the West Mountain Inn it truly is a lovely, peaceful place.

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» hughtaylor - winter activities in Vermont

In response to winter activities in Vermont posted by franfolsom:

Indeed it is. My wife Moira, who does British UK Fiction on Suite 101, and I were married there nearly nine years ago.
By coincidence I discovered last year that the producer of Franz Ferdinand's second album was also married there.

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» Stillman Rogers - How to Build an Igloo

Is the igloo building class suitable for young children? I'd love to take my five-year-old, but wonder is she'd be too young.

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» franfolsom - How to Build an Igloo

In response to How to Build an Igloo posted by tr6:

The staff at the Montshire Museum tells me that igloo building and all the events that day are all family oriented.

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