Stone Mountain Park: Stone Mountain Christmas

Since living in Atlanta, we have been wanting to go to Stone Mountain Park. It's about an hour from our house, just outside the city of Atlanta.
We had planned to go for their Pumpkin Festival in October, but time got away from us. Since they start their Christmas festivities early, we decided to take advantage of the free Saturday we had and go yesterday. The Christmas activities didn't start until around 2pm, so we headed there after lunch to check out the scene. We started with the Summit Skyride - a ride to the top of Stone Mountain. The mountain itself is a dome of granite that's sits at 1,686 ft above sea level. On the side of the mountain is a carving that depicts three figures of the Confederate States of America: Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis.
We were able to exit the skyride and walk around on top of the mountain. It was quite windy up there!
Then we headed down the mountain to check out some of the happenings at the Crossroads where the Stone Mountain Christmas festivities were starting. We started with the Polar Express 4-D experience. The kids loved this short depiction of the movie with 4-D effects!
We got to meet the Snow Angel where the kids got their pictures taken with her and her soldier guards. The park also had The Great Barn! It was an indoor place for kids to go and play and run and have a good time. There were climbing structures, slides, and all sorts of interactive games! The kids loved this!
The kids got the meet Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, listen to Mrs. Claus tell stories and sing carols and we even took a sing-along train ride around the mountain. The lights were beautiful, too!
We will definitely be going to back to Stone Mountain to see what else they have to offer during the other seasons of the year.