ENT. How Southern Nevadans celebrate Christmas, by the numbers

Summing up Southern Nevada's holiday season

SOMETIMES numbers can be boring. But pick the right numbers and a digit can describe the world in ways that are downright festive.

Consider this garland of numbers which, added together, illustrate some of the ways in which Southern Nevadans celebrate the holiday season.

24

Number of times the phrase “good grief ” was uttered during Rainbow Company Youth Theatre’s production of “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

100

Gallons of “snow fluid” that will be used to make it snow 252 times from Nov. 21 through Jan. 1 at Mystic Falls Park at Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall.

216

Days that Chet Buchanan has lived on a 30-foot-scaffold while collecting toys for the annual KLUC-FM toy drive.

3,300

Christmas cookies decorated last year by riders of Springs Preserve’s Holiday Express tram.

21,357

Hot chocolates served in 2018 to guests at the Magical Forest at Opportunity Village.

215,000

Guests who visit the Ethel M Chocolate Factory store and Holiday Cactus Garden each year during the holiday season.

72

Costumes featured in this year’s edition of “Holiday Glow,” the Fashion Show’s holiday runway show.

155

Kettle sites for the Salvation Army Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Pahrump and Mesquite this season.

1,100

Number of meals the Las Vegas Rescue Mission expects to serve from

3 to 6 p.m. on Dec. 24.

14,928

Miles that 5K and 1-mile participants of the Las Vegas Great Santa Run walked, ran, ambled and sauntered in 2018.

35,000

Pairs of skates expected to be rented this season at The Ice Rink at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

3M

Minimum number of LED lights spread over 2.5 miles of Glittering Lights at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which is in its 19th year.

Staff and wire images