{"id":1637,"date":"2012-12-05T09:37:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T14:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2012-12-05T09:37:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T14:37:16","slug":"taking-the-kids-to-see-the-holiday-lights-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2012\/12\/05\/taking-the-kids-to-see-the-holiday-lights-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Kids to see the Holiday Lights in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takingthekids.com\/travel-topics\/backyard-vacations\/55-great-places-to-see-the-holiday-lights-in-2012\/?utm_source=Nov+30%2C+2012+How+to+survive+the+relatives+over+the+holidays&amp;utm_campaign=June+1+enews&amp;utm_medium=email\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1639\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2012\/12\/HolidayLightsCover1.jpg\" alt=\"HolidayLightsCover\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the busy holiday season.\u00a0 This great website offers 50-plus great places to see the holiday lights in 2012.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aahs.org\/foundation\/lights.php\"><strong>Lights on the Bay<\/strong><\/a> outside of Annapolis are listed as Number 2!\u00a0 It is a drive-through holiday light show at Sandy Point State Park along the Chesapeake Bay, where there are stationery and animated displays including a glowing lighthouse, Navy midshipmen, oysters and blue crabs.\u00a0 Visit between November 19<sup>th<\/sup> and January 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 If you are traveling out of town to visit with family and friends this website offers many other places to check out the holiday lights to get everyone into the spirit.\u00a0 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/\"><\/a>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.takingthekids.com\/travel-topics\/backyard-vacations\/55-great-places-to-see-the-holiday-lights-in-2012\/?utm_source=Nov+30%2C+2012+How+to+survive+the+relatives+over+the+holidays&amp;utm_campaign=June+1+enews&amp;utm_medium=email\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> for 50+ Great Places to See Holiday Lights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takingthekids.com\/travel-topics\/backyard-vacations\/55-great-places-to-see-the-holiday-lights-in-2012\/?utm_source=Nov+30%2C+2012+How+to+survive+the+relatives+over+the+holidays&amp;utm_campaign=June+1+enews&amp;utm_medium=email\"><\/a>Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the busy holiday season.\u00a0 This great website offers 50-plus great places to see the holiday lights in 2012.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aahs.org\/foundation\/lights.php\">Lights on the Bay<\/a> outside of Annapolis are listed as Number 2!\u00a0 It is a drive-through holiday light show at Sandy Point State Park along the  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/abc\/2012\/12\/05\/taking-the-kids-to-see-the-holiday-lights-in-2012\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,41,97,99,269,605,327,328,455],"class_list":["post-1637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-annapolis","tag-au-pair","tag-chesapeake-bay","tag-chidren","tag-holiday","tag-kids","tag-lights","tag-lights-on-the-bay","tag-sandy-point-state-park"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Taking the Kids to see the Holiday Lights in 2012 - ABC Blog (Annapolis, Baltimore &amp; 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