…are you listening?
As I was about to hang up our collection of silver sleigh bells, it struck me…I’ve never been on a sleigh ride.
The clang of the bells, your breath visible from the cold, the horses hooves clip-clopping along…that just sounds like a Currier & Ives holiday card.
Santa….if you’re reading, may I please have a sleigh ride this winter?
xo, Elizabeth
I've been "sleigh" riding in ski country out west, however the sleighs at the resorts are pulled by huge tractors that take you to the top of the mountains to a cozy cabin for a fab meal. I've been dog sledding too in Canada! A horse drawn sleigh seems so proper…I'll have to give it a try…on my list too, Santa!
Does a horse drawn carriage in Central Park count? I could take you on one of those… Love the sound of sleigh bells and the idea of a ride through the snow!
xxoo
It occurs to me that I've never been on a sleigh ride either! If we're going to dream big, make my first sleigh ride in a snowy Swiss village on the way to a yummy fondue restaurant where I have a table next to a roaring fire!
P.S. Thanks for your great comment on the blog about my wish list!
Does a dog sled count, "mush, mush!"
Lovely images and yes indeed, so Currier & Ives.
pve
I have not either! I think my closest will be a horse drawn carriage tour in Charleston…with absolutely no snow! Take care, Caroline
several years ago when my son and daughter were 5 and 7 we ambitiously decided to go skiing in St. Moritz. One night we took a sleigh ride through the mountains to a rustic restaurant in a snowy valley. It was dark and we were covered in heavy blankets as the sleigh made it way through the forest. We looked up at the stars in the sky and I asked them what they wished for-just then we passed by a cabin with its lights on. A naked woman passed by her window-clearly not many night visitors here! Without missing a beat my son said–she must have wished to throw all her clothes away because her wish came true! I had forgotten that moment-until you post-thanks for the memory!
Can't imagine anything better to put you in the mood! And hot cocoa afterwards – or better yet, hot rum toddie!
Love the sound of sleigh bells! In fact, sleigh bells are my ring tone on my iPhone YEAR-ROUND! My sons just roll their eyes…
xo Cathy
I've never had a sleigh ride either…unless I can count riding down a hill on a cafeteria tray when I was in college??? (I went to school in cental Alabama, where it snowed rarely. When it did, we made the most of it!) Guess not, it's just not the same thing, is it?
Best, Susan
Hampton Hostess – that is hilarious about your son's comment. Your sleigh ride, though, sounds ideal!
Stacy – let's do dream big – fondue, Swiss chalet, I'm in!!!
pve & flair – dog sleds and carraiges can count – but I say we all deserve that horse drawn experience, zipping over the snow!
xo Elizabeth
Hamptontoes – I once took a snowcat to Beano's Cabin in Vail – what a fabulous experience! But, I'm still holding out for the horses (and sleigh bells!).
Stitchfork – I am loving that your ring tone is sleigh bells. You know your boys secretly think it's pretty cool!
quintessence – I'll meet you at the bottom of the hill for that rum hot toddie!
Susan – growing up in Dallas, snow was rare. That is the silver lining to living where it's cold now. Winter is more than cold weather and bare trees!
xo Elizabeth
I have done it once in VT and it was great fun!
If anyone can find a fab place to get a good old fashioned sleigh ride, it's YOU! xx
I have never been on a sleigh ride either, I think that needs to go on my list of things to do!!! I can not wait to see your collection of sleigh bells!! Merry christmas,Kathysue
Oh how fun, I've been in horse drawn carriages but never a sleigh, looks wonderful. Hope Santa is listening to your wish.Hugs!
I've always dreamed of going on a sleigh ride in Vermont (maybe because of that old Bob Newhart show?)…ride on!
Izzy, what is really funny is Grant an I actually stayed at the inn in VT that the Bob Newhart inn was based upon for the show!!!! It looked just like it! It was close to C's camp this summer.
xo Elizabeth
We went on a sleigh ride on our honeymoon in Austria and it was AMAZING!! The most beautiful, peaceful time…a must for everyone's bucket list!!
I've never been on a sleigh ride either. It doesn't snow where I live, I'd have to travel at least 3 hrs to the mountains for it…
This post is so fun! I have been on a sleigh ride before when I was little and loved it. Reminds me that my girls have yet to experience one. Perhaps we will have to go on one when we head to the mountains this winter.
xo,
cristin
I actually have gone on a sleigh ride drawn by horses and with lots of wonderful bells. It was something we were working on with John Denver and we all got to go on beautiful sleigh rides. Fabulous!
It really was an experience of a lifetime.
I haven't either, but it sounds like the perfect way to get into the spirit of the season… these images are so festive!! hope you'll get your holiday wish!!
What a wonderful wish! I do hope it comes true. The bells, the sound of quiet hooves shooshing in the snow and getting cozy next to someone with a heavy blanket. Sounds like a lovely memory to make. 🙂
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