What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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CHRISTMAS TREES Starting the first weekend of November, residents and visitors alike gaze in amazement at a town that has miraculously become America's Christmas Tree City—Branson's proud official title since 2017. This year's displays are bigger and better than ever, with more than 1,500 decorated trees on public display all around the greater Branson area. As that suggests, anyone who visits Branson in November or December can't go very far without seeing some sort of spectacular Christmas tree, or groupings of trees, that are the perfect spots to take selfies—or let's call them "elfies" for the holidays—to share on social media. SHOPPING SPREES Christmas shopping opportunities in Branson are as wonderful, and delightfully extensive and varied, as the Christmas trees. The city's stores abound with holiday decorations and special gift items, many of which would be hard to find anywhere else. And shopkeepers are more than happy to wrap, pack, and ship gift purchases, making shopping just as easy and far more fun than online—not to mention the many unique or hard-to-find stocking stuffers visitors will find in Branson. BRANSONBULLETIN BRANSONBULLETIN LIGHTS OF JOY Lights of Joy, formerly Branson's Gift of Lights, opens to families, limousines, and motor coaches at dusk on Nov. 1 and is open nightly through Jan. 1. The holiday drive-thru light display is a little over a mile long and lined on both sides with hundreds of displays celebrating the joy of Christmas and all it represents. Visitors will see fantastic and brilliant LED lights that illustrate Santa and the 12 Days of Christmas, but they will also see the life of Christ represented from his nativity, to his resurrection and ascension. This is the fifth year in operation, located at Expressway Lane just north of Sight and Sound Theatre. THE BEST OF BRANSON Visit America's Best Aquarium! Johnny Morris' Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium consists of an all-new 1.5-million-gallon Aquarium Adventure showcasing 35,000 live fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds, and immersive Wildlife Galleries that bring visitors eye-to-eye with the greatest collection of record-setting game animals ever assembled. Wonders of Wildlife has been voted "Best New Attraction in America" and "America's Best Aquarium" by the readers of USA TODAY. Aquarium Adventure Connect with wildlife like never before by immersing yourself inside a river full of piranhas, discover what it's like to touch a stingray, traverse an underwater tunnel surrounded by river monsters and plunge to the depths of the ocean amongst spectacular sharks. Located next to Bass Pro Shops National Headquarters in Springfield, Missouri the campus is a centerpiece of America's Conservation Capital in Missouri's Ozark Mountains. Wildlife Galleries Step into the wild with state-of-the-art 4D dioramas that completely surround you within the sights, sounds and smells of the planet's most extreme wildlife habitats and even amongst a colony of live penguins. Each habitat features painstaking attention to detail including massive hand-painted murals, native foliage and special effects that deliver the chill of the Arctic, the cold winds of the Alps, the dry sun of the African Savannah and more. America's Conservation Capital Wonders of Wildlife is located next to Bass Pro Shops National Headquarters in Springfield, Missouri – a centerpiece of America's Conservation Capital and the ultimate destination for everyone who loves the outdoors. SPECIAL OFFER FOR OUR ARKANSAS NEIGHBORS For a limited time, Northwest Arkansas residents in qualifying counties can save big during our Just for Neighbors offer. Adults can purchase single-day admission to Wonders of Wildlife saving as much as $20.00! Kids are always $19.95. This offer is only available for a limited time. Plan your trip today by going to www.wondersofwildlife.org/offers. 48 WHAT'S UP! NOVEMBER 17-23, 2019