Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

The Alan Screws family will open their “Christmasland - the North Pole of Texas” display for the 2009 holiday season on Friday, Dec. 4. The display is free and open to the public. This is the 13th year for the display, which offers train rides, hot chocolate and more than 90,000 lights in addition to cut-outs, an animated Santa’s Toy Shop, and paddle-boat elves. For more information and directions to the display, see the Nov. 26 edition of the Optic-Herald.