We're only days away from Christmas so we figure why not just load up on hotels that are in the holiday mood? Every day until Christmas we'll be featuring a hotel's holiday decorations whether it be with gigantic gingerbread houses, over-the-top Christmas trees, thrilling lighting displays and best of all, Santa appearances.
As you already know, Las Vegas goes big all year-round, but the “bigger is better” attitude is especially on display at Christmastime, when the casinos up and down The Strip show off their festive spirit. And over at ARIA Las Vegas, a giant gingerbread house has been built in the main lobby that's nearly 15-feet tall, seven feet wide and 12-feet deep. Of course, it's entirely edible.
Here are some crazy mouth-watering facts about the house which took ARIA's pastry team three weeks to complete:
- The house resembles a bakery, with three-tier cakes and treats on display along with a chimney made of colorful gingerbread stones and cotton candy smoke.
- It required more than 400 pounds of gingerbread, 64,000 peppermints, 200 pounds of royal icing, 80 pounds of chocolate and over a thousand pounds of candy.
- The towering structure is covered in 900 gingerbread bricks while the roof is layered with 960 peppermint tiles.
- Colorful sugar bears adorn the front and back walls, graham cracker tiles line the entrance and large gumdrops made of white chocolate top the roof.
- Guests are greeted by a friendly gingerbread man, standing at five feet tall and weighing 120 lbs., made of dough, royal icing and fondant
ARIA Las Vegas is a great family-friendly place to stay with kids. (But remember, this is still Vegas so there will be some questionable elements for the younger ones.) If you book through Trips + Giggles, you'll get an upgrade if available, two $30 breakfast credits per day for the buffet, café or in-room dining, $50 food and beverage credit, $50 spa credit, and an early check-in or late check-out if available.
Other family-friendly hotels in Vegas we'd recommend are:
- Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino (you go there for incredible pool scene)
- Venetian/Palazzo (the rooms are HUGE)
- The LINQ (right next to the High Roller observation wheel)
- The Flamingo (some rooms have bunk beds!)
- The Wynn Las Vegas (gorgeous rooms and the resort is more tranquil than others)
Email us your dates and we'll check the rates for your Vegas Vacation right away!
For more on things to do with kids in Vegas, read Top 10 Things to Do With Kids in Las Vegas from our favorite traveling dad, Matt Villano.
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Inside the Family Room at the American Express Centurion Lounge at LAS
