SPONSOR A TREE OR ORNAMENT

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Every once in a while, something special happens on this mountain. The air turns crisp, the lights come on, and strangers start acting like neighbors again. Kids laugh, parents breathe, and for a few hours — everyone forgets how heavy the world can feel.

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That’s what Winter Splendor is about. It’s not just lights and music and cocoa — it’s hope, wrapped in celebration. Every tree here carries more than ornaments. It carries stories. Wishes. The kind of quiet dreams children rarely say out loud — to belong, to be seen, to be loved just as they are.

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We started Winter Splendor because too many families spend the holidays just trying to hold it together. And sometimes, all it takes is one small moment — a twinkle of light, a shared laugh, a stranger’s kindness — to remind them that they’re not forgotten.

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This isn’t charity. It’s community. It’s a promise that joy still exists — and that we can create it, together.  At Hideout Mountain Lodge, we believe wonder is something you build on.  And when you give it away, it multiplies.