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Ethel M Holiday Cactus Garden Las Vegas Celebrates 30 Years

Author Carla Rea
Ethel M Cactus Garden celebrates 30 years in Las Vegas

Las Vegas for the holidays? It’s actually quite beautiful in the desert. Homes and businesses highlight their desert landscape, and it’s really quite unique.

There are a lot of holiday attractions in Las Vegas. Yes, – in the desert. One of the most beautiful holiday attractions in Las Vegas, is the Cactus Garden at Ethel M Chocolate. And this year marks its 30th year of showing off their beautiful displays.

Ethel M Cactus Garden For The Holidays:

As a resident, I think the Cactus Garden is a must see for the holidays. The twinkle factor is amazing!

According to the Ethel M website, the holiday Cactus Garden will be lit up nightly from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. from Nov. 3 until Dec. 31.

The Cactus Garden features over a million Christmas lights. This year’s season starts with a lighting ceremony at the Ethel M Chocolates Cactus Garden on Friday, Nov. 3. As part of the festivities that weekend, guests will have free entry to the Cactus Garden from Friday, Nov. 3 until Sunday, Nov. 5.  

Donations Will Help Local Charities:

Reservations are not required this year, but the opening weekend, there will be a $2 entrance fee per person. This will be a donation. All of those donations will benefit Three Square Food Bank, and HELP of Southern Nevada. 

Three Square provides wholesome food to those who need it. Their goal has always been very simple: is a hunger free community. HELP of Southern Nevada assists those who are homeless, or on the verge of being homeless. 

The Garden Cafe – Food And Drink For All:

There will also be something else new this year: The Garden Café. It will feature a food truck with both sweet and savory treats, along with live chocolate dipping demonstrations. The Garden Cafe will be open from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Mom and Dad, there will also be a new bar, with cocktails and mocktails inspired by Ethel M Chocolates. All available to purchase!

Ethel M is located at 2 Cactus Garden Drive in Henderson. 

If you haven’t been, to Ethel M for the holidays, definitely do it this year. I guarantee you’ll be happy you did!

Carla Rea is the morning show co-host on “The Mike and Carla Morning Show" on 96.3 KKLZ, in Las Vegas. She has been working with her partner and friend Mike O'Brian for the past 25 plus years. At KKLZ for 12 years. Carla Rea is a Gracie Award winner. She started out in talk radio, "when talk radio was still fun" Rea says. Prior to, and along with doing the morning show, Carla is also a comedian. You may have seen her on Conan O'Brien, Evening at The Improv, Showtime, or several comedy clubs across the country. Carla also worked as a light feature reporter at KSNV/NBC Las Vegas, going behind the scenes at various shows, and restaurants on the Las Vegas strip. As a content creator 96.3 KKLZ, Carla writes in a sarcastic, cheeky, unapologetic way on Las Vegas, movies, TV, celebrities, and this thing we call life.

Christmas Songs: 25 Classic Rock/Pop Tunes to Get into the Holiday Spirit

Now that it’s finally December, it’s time to fully embrace Christmas songs. (Sure, some may have started long ago, but many like to wait until Thanksgiving is in the rearview.)

There are a surprising number of Christmas songs recorded by some of music’s biggest icons. Many rockin’ holiday tunes tend to be covers, but many artists have tried to pen the next Christmas classic. If they don’t end up classics, they are often at least a lot of fun.

On one rare occasion, an original Christmas song inspired a theory that went viral. The song in question is the Paul McCarney hit “Wonderful Christmastime.” The theory started on

Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" is about friends practicing witchcraft but then someone walks in and they have to suddenly play it cool pic.twitter.com/0FscqecVzW

— Ryan George (@theryangeorge) December 11, 2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X (formerly Twitter) via Canadian actor Ryan George, who wrote, “Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ is about friends practicing witchcraft but then someone walks in and they have to suddenly play it cool.”

 

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McCartney was asked about the theory in a special Q&A about the song on his official website in December 2022. Sir Paul said when asked if the theory was true, “Oh yeah. Well, thank goodness they found me out. This is completely true, and in actual fact, I am the head wizard of a Liverpool coven. [Paul laughs] Either that… or it’s complete nonsense. And you know it’s the latter!”

Macca is then asked, “This theory may have come from people mishearing the lyrics. Could you confirm if the lyric is ‘the moon is right’ or ‘the mood is right’?” He responds, “It’s ‘the mood’! This is the mood; I’ve gathered together the witches and wizards… I’ve got ‘the mood’, which is what we in wizardry call it [laughs]. The thing is about this stuff, it’s so easy to convince half the people in the world. You do have to be a little bit careful! ”

McCartney added, “No, it’s ‘the mood’. And you know what, I’m thinking about Liverpool Christmas parties, that’s really all I’m doing with that song. ‘The mood is right, let’s raise a glass, the spirit’s up’ – you know, all the stuff you do at Christmas. Particularly with my old Liverpool family parties.”

To help fully get into the holiday spirit, consider adding these 25 songs to your Christmas playlist. Or you can try and see if Sir Paul has an opening in his coven.

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