{"id":23886,"date":"2024-12-03T23:41:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T04:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=23886"},"modified":"2024-12-03T23:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T04:41:07","slug":"brookgreen-gardens-nights-of-a-thousand-candles-2024-brookgreen-gardens-grand-strand-1-december-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=23886","title":{"rendered":"Brookgreen Gardens Nights Of A Thousand Candles 2024, Brookgreen Gardens (Grand Strand): 1 December 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/Set163from_p2010434.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/Set163from_p2010434_tn.jpg\" title=\"Set163from_p2010434_tn.jpg\" alt=\"Set163from_p2010434_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/Set473from_p2010566.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/Set473from_p2010566_tn.jpg\" title=\"Set473from_p2010566_tn.jpg\" alt=\"Set473from_p2010566_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/Set463from_p2010558.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/Set463from_p2010558_tn.jpg\" title=\"Set463from_p2010558_tn.jpg\" alt=\"Set463from_p2010558_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/Set513from_p2010583.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/Set513from_p2010583_tn.jpg\" title=\"Set513from_p2010583_tn.jpg\" alt=\"Set513from_p2010583_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/Set413from_p2010543.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/Set413from_p2010543_tn.jpg\" title=\"Set413from_p2010543_tn.jpg\" alt=\"Set413from_p2010543_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pa2WC_azaeg?si=S-ve_bA5tGbBOH0u\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My trip to this year's <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=nights-of-a-thousand-candles\">Nights Of A Thousand Candles<\/a> was one of the coldest in quite a while.  Last year the Smores setup seemed like one of those things you do at the Fourth of July because the kids like it, but the chocolate is melting everywhere -- this year that was not a problem, and the heat from the firepits was very welcome!  In fact, my fingers were going numb on the camera controls, something which hasn't happened for a good few years now.<\/p>\n<p>I wasn't expecting the traffic to be particularly bad for a Sunday show, but in the event it took an hour to make my way from the start of the lineup on US-17 to the parking lot.  There were a few visible changes this year: The <i>Garden Of The Muses<\/i> is under construction, so there were no lights at a spot which has has some quirky setups over the years, the indoor model train setups have added a Hooterville layout, and the main Christmas tree is lighted again after giving it a few years off to recover.<\/p>\n<p>The event runs weekends through New Years, so if you happen to be in the area, but sure to check it out!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/p2010316.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/p2010316_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2010316_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2010316_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/p2010320.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/p2010320_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2010320_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2010320_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/p2010321.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/24\/12\/p2010321_tn.jpg\" title=\"p2010321_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p2010321_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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Last year the Smores setup seemed like one of those things you do at the Fourth of July because the kids like it, but the chocolate is melting everywhere -- this year that was not a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[425,10,6,1696,16,58],"class_list":["post-23886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-brookgreen-gardens","tag-events","tag-grand-strand","tag-nights-of-a-thousand-candles","tag-out-of-area","tag-us-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}