PHOTOS
COURTESY THE GAYLORD TEXAN ( 2) ; PAT LACROIX/GETTY IMAGES ; STEVE SHOTT/GETTY IMAGES
270,000
(Over)2million
pounds of real snow inSanta’sWildWorkshop
and the snow-tubinghill
40
master ice carvers
fromChina sculpted
the installation.
25
Height of toy soldiers in feet
SIXTEEN-
foot-tall Santaboots
6,000
400-pound iceblocks used
150
ormoreChristmas trees
5,600
feet of garlanddecking
the resort halls
9
°
Temperature
inside the
ICE! attraction
Dates theevent
runs this season
2MILLION
lights illuminating the resort
Everyholiday season, theGaylordTexanResort inGrapevine,Texas, has ice sculptors fromaround theworldcreatea
spectacular “ICE!”exhibitaspartof itsLoneStarChristmascelebration.Here’s thebreakdownof thisyear’sdisplay.
—E.C.
ATexas-SizeChristmas
Move
Over,Uber
These threenew, free
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Roadie’s
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Sendeverything fromagift
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RENTYOUR
CAR
FORPERKS
Neverpay for
airportparkingagain—as
longasyou’reOKwith lend-
ingyourcar forsomeone’s
FerrisBueller’sDayOff
-style
joyridewhileyou travel.
FlightCaralsoprovidesa
mileagepayoutandreturns
carssqueakyclean, even if
noonerents it.
Flightcar.com
LETYOUR
SMALLCAR
TAKEALOAD
OFF
Compact-carowners, rejoice:
Movingcumbersomecouches
andboxeshasbecomeeasier
thankstoPickup.Geta local
good-guywithatruckto
move large items foryouat
thepressofabutton.Bonus
points iftheystickaroundto
helpyouunpack.
Thepickup
network.com
—ELVIALIMÓN
54
Height of the tree in feet
POV
Nov.12–Jan.3
gallons of
water used
for ice
28
NOVEMBER2015
AMERICANWAY
