Each holiday season, Big Cedar Lodge transforms into one of the most festive getaways in the Ozarks with holiday lights, family-friendly activities, and themed events that make it feel like its own little Christmas town.
This year’s Home for the Holidays theme offers more than four million holiday lights, a newly installed ice rink and tubing hill, a holiday tram light tours around the grounds, and countless seasonal events like adult gingerbread charcuterie classes and breakfast with Santa.
Big Cedar Lodge was ranked a top-five resort in the Midwest by Travel + Leisure this year, and #2 by Condé Nast Traveler . The resort’s golf reputation has been recognized as well, with GOLF Magazine naming it the #1 family golf resort in North America, and USA TODAY 10Best naming i

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