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NC Christmas Lights Displays-Where to Go

Here are some places to go to see some festive holiday NC Christmas Lights Displays!

Wilmington- Airlie Gardens-A garden stroll with Christmas Lights, food, drinks and Santa.

Burlington-Twin Lakes Community lane of lights. Ride thru more than a mile of lights. Cookies given out by the Twin Lakes residents.

Benson- Meadow of Lights Take a train ride thru the display of Christmas Llights. Old-fashioned candy at the Old Country Store. Also ride the carousel.

Fayetteville- 1000’s of lights dress up the Cape Fear Botanical Garden. Enjoy the Christmas music

Fletcher (near Asheville) – Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland at Western NC Agricultural Center (Fairgrounds). Santa’s Village, hot beverages and rides!

Clayton (near Raleigh)- Lights on the Neuse Christmas Lights Park Take a 1/2 hour tractor-drawn hayride through a light display and winter wonderland while listening to Christmas music. Visit with Santa, buy candy or hot cocoa from Santa’s Sweet Shop.

Bowl Games

Here is a list of the Bowl Games NC area colleges are playing in:

Chick-fil-A Bowl—–Duke vs Texas A&M on December 31,2013 at 8:00PM (ET) at the Georgia Dome
Beef O’Brady’s Bowl—-ECU Pirates vs Ohio U. on Dec. 23, 2013 at 2:00PM (ET) in St. Petersburg, FL
Belk Bowl—-UNC Tar Heels vs Cincinnati Bengals Dec. 28, 2013 at 3:20 PM (ET) at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC.

Good Luck to all the NC teams!

Carolina Panthers Lose to New Orleans Saints

The Carolina Panthers suffered a loss in their Sunday Night Football game last night against the New Orleans Saints 13-31. The loss makes their season record now 9-4. Nest week they play the New York Jets and then the Panthers play the Saints again on Dec. 22.

Carolina Panthers Meet the New Orleans Saints Tonight

The Carolina Panthers (out of Charlotte, NC) go up against the New Orleans Saints tonight at at 8:30 PM in New Orleans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Both teams have 9 wins and 3 losses in the regular season. The Sunday Night Football game will be national televised on NBC and should be a good game to watch. The Panthers and 2nd in their division and are trying to stay in the race for the playoffs. Let’s go Panthers!

Duke Blue Devils Loses ACC Championship Football Game to #1 Florida Seminoles

The Duke Blue Devils lost to the Florida Seminoles 45-7 for the ACC college football championship but they do get to go to a bowl game. Florida is headed to the BCS national championship game on Jan. 6, 2014 in Pasadena, CA against Auburn. Which bowl game Duke plays in and who their opponents will be will be announced soon.

Duke Plays for ACC Football Championship Saturday

Duke will play the Florida Seminoles on Saturday 12/7/13 for the ACC Football Championship in Charlotte, NC at the Bank of America Stadium. The game is scheduled for 8:00 PM. The Duke Blue Devils are 10-2 for this season and are ranked 20th. The Florida Seminoles are 12-0 and are ranked #1. If Florida wins they would play in the National Championship Game.

Go Duke!