Christmas really is a magical time – it truly has to be my favourite holiday. That’s even more true now we have the girls. I’ve always loved Christmas, but the festive season as a mum of little ones is honestly like nothing else. The fun and secrecy of pretending Santa has delivered the gifts, leaving out a mince pie, losing sleep over excitement – it’s just so wonderful to watch the girls so happy.
In true Christmas-lover style, we headed down to the Hunter Valley to visit the Hunter Valley Gardens Christmas lights spectacular. Let me just say, it was fabulous! The girls got stuck right into the jumping castle, we hit the carousel as a family a few times then walked around the beautiful gardens looking at the spectacular. It felt like we were in our very own Christmas movie, it was fantastic. Australia doesn’t have quite the same level of festivities as the US, but escaping to the Hunter Valley meant the girls got to immerse themselves in a full festive wonderland. The look on their faces was totally priceless.
We were so tired afterwards – Christmas cheer is exhausting, Mums! I’m so happy we made the decision to stay the night at the Mercure Resort right near the gardens. The girls are at that age where they get over excited and then completely crash a few hours later – it’s so cute! So we headed back to the resort and spent the afternoon chilling out in the pool. It was a boiling hot day so it was so much better than a long car journey home!
We stayed in a family room which was very spacious with everything we need to make the night comfortable. Some family rooms aren’t quite big enough for a crazy four-piece family with two young girls like ours, but the Mercure was perfect. One of the best bits was the private parking space directly outside each room. That was officially the most ‘Mum’ thing I’ve ever said! But seriously, packing the car with all the bits and bobs you need to take when you’ve got kids is made so much easier when you can park right outside your room!
If you guys are looking for something special to do these school holidays I’d absolutely recommend the Hunter valley Christmas lights spectacular – and of course crashing out the Mercure Resort afterwards. For some festive cheer, you can currently get 50% off your tickets to the Spectacular when you stay with Mercure – everyone loves a little Christmas saving, right?!
We are actually going to see the lights soon, I will check out the Mercure to possibly stay the night.
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