Christmas Tree for 2006 at the Birch Ridge Inn

Christmas Tree for 2006 at the Birch Ridge Inn

It may be rather warm and green outside, but the Holiday Season is in the air at Killington, at least at the Birch Ridge Inn. Mary visited her family in Boston this week and came back to Killington with a car load of presents for under our Christmas Tree. One of those presents she let me "open early": a new Canon 7 megapixel PowerShot camera I can slip into my ski jacket for pictures while on the hill. Todays Christmas Tree picture was taken with it last night.

Guests at the inn are also getting into the Christmas mode and doing their best to support the local Vermont economy. Guests have come back to the inn with shopping bags full of presents. The local ski shops including Aspen East, Basin, Forerunner, Darkside, and Peak Performance all seem to be doing well with our guests. Several have taken shopping excursions to Manchester Vermont with the requisite stop at the Vermont Country Store in Weston. And of course the local gift shops including the Boutique, the Green Brier and Cabin Fever Gifts all seem to be doing well.

Of course, I am continuing to encourage our guests to do their snow dances. Are you doing yours?