A good way to make your Christmas merrier and brighter is already taking place at the Amarillo Botanical Gardens. For an admission fee of $10, visitors can be dazzled by the artful display of more than 500 lights and displays at the beautiful gardens, located on 1400 Streit Drive, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on specific nights. Members and children younger than 5 get in free.

A new snow machine will be blowing some fun into the ampitheater area for kids to play in — in addition to guests feasting on popcorn, s'mores and hot cocoa. “It’s a real hit with the kids,” said Greg Lusk, executive director of the Amarillo Botanical Gardens. “We have the snow blowing on the patio, and the kids just go wild. Along with that, we have about a million lights around the trees and plants. I like to tell people i

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