CLEVELAND, Ga., Nov. 20, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Some of the fondest family Christmas memories include Cabbage Patch Kids and their handmade predecessors, the Little People®. Friends and relatives discuss determined searches across country in 1983 to find a specific Cabbage Patch Kid. The stories and memories are as precious as the gift waiting under the tree Christmas Morning.
Just like Santa's elves, the BabyLand General Hospital Staff are working hard to decorate trees, hide packages and plan surprises for all the babies and kids to celebrate the opening of the Holiday Season at this beautiful, columned, southern style mansion in the Georgia Mountains. They want to make this a memorable year for them and their new adoptive families.
All preparations have to be complete by Saturday, Nov. 21. Towering, silver, sparkling trees, to tiny football helmets on miniature trees are strategically placed in the spacious rooms and nurseries. Yards of red, green and metallic ribbon weave through branches and boughs, winding their way to the tops of the trees, where Bunnybees fly. Holiday Cabbage Patch Kid Cuties peak out from evergreen perches.
The day of activity ends with the Lighting of BabyLand at dusk. With the Global Cabbage Patch Kid family of 130 million, it's exciting to start new traditions as well as respect the ongoing family traditions. The Cabbage Patch Kid Christmas Stories are the theme of this Holiday Season. Cabbage Patch Kids and Little People connect friends and family. As generations share their stories of adopting one of creator Xavier Roberts' hand-stitched to birth Little People or Cabbage Patch Kids, you also learn about the unconditional love of this very large global family. Going On In The World of Cabbage Patch Kids
Nov. 21- 37th Annual Appalachian Christmas – BabyLand General® Hospital, Cleveland, GA. Kicks off the Holiday Season with Special Santa Hours, Milk & Cookies with Mrs. Claus Pancake Breakfast Santa & Mrs. Claus – 8 a.m. 1923 Seagrave Boattail Roadster- Santa's Ride to the North Pole Like the Dickens- A cappella quartet in 1840's costume. Milk & Cookies with Mrs. Claus – 1 – 4 p.m. Prizes Drawings All Day. Grand Prize: Hand-made Little People Kid- Adoption Fee Value-$375. Lighting of BabyLand at Dusk. -Lighting of Columned Southern Style Mansion -BabyLand's Christmas Tree is now 19-feet with 2,500 lights. -Simulated Snow
Dec. 3, Christmas In The Mountains and Lighted Parade at 7 p.m. – Cleveland, Georgia -Special Cabbage Patch Kid Christmas Stories float made for Santa and Mrs. Claus to ride in the lighted parade.
Dec. 4, Nashville, Tennessee Parade – Broadcast 10 a.m. - ABC Channel 2 – Grand Marshall Jana Kramer -Madisyn Rachel – Cabbage Patch Kid – one of the Big Balloons.
Dec. 12, Alpine Helen Christmas- 2 p.m. – Alpine Helen, Georgia -Cabbage Patch Kids Costumed Character elf takes a short leave from the North Pole to ride in the Alpine Helen Christmas parade.
Dec. 21, Pancake Breakfast with Santa – BabyLand Ballroom- Cleveland, GA -Reservations Required. Admission is Free to BabyLand General Hospital, 300 N.O.K. Dr., Cleveland, GA
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Contact: Margaret McLean Telephone: 706-865-2171, Ext. 241
