Las Vegas is a winter wonderland
Skaters, snow showers and s’mores. Who can resist the winter season and the holidays ... in Las Vegas. You’ll find that trifecta at the Cosmopolitan through Jan. 10. Here’s more of the incongruity that is Vegas. Wet ’n’ Wild Las Vegas Christmas Town is the firstever wintertime offering at the water park. There is skating, and guests atop inner tubes can zip down a 100-foot slide covered with snow. Santa poses for pictures, and a holiday train carries passengers through a display of more than 3 million twinkling lights. Info: Tickets cost $20 online or at the gate. The attraction is open through Dec. 31, except Dec. 24 and 25. wetn wildlasvegas.com Cosmopolitan Las Vegas If you’d like to skate all day, you can do so at the Cosmopolitan, where an all-day pass is $20. Admission is free for nonskaters. On Mondays, holiday double features will be screened on the resort’s 65-foot-tall marquee beginning at 6 p.m. Christmas Day offerings are “Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” On New Year’s Day, it’ll be “Frozen” and “The Polar Express.” Info: lat.ms/cosmorink Green Valley Ranch Green Valley Ranch, just off Interstate 215 in Henderson, has created a Winter’s Village where skaters can glide on real ice. Info: www.wintersvillage .com Excalibur The Tournament of Kings dinner show takes on a festive theme with its Twas the Knight extravaganza. Holiday-inspired music and poems have been added to the tale of a young man’s journey to knighthood. Snow will fall, and Merlin will appear. Info: Tickets start at $73, including taxes and fees. lat.ms/kingschristmas Bellagio There’s no charge for the holiday spectacle that arrives each December at the Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens. This year’s “Holiday Glamour” festival of flowers will open Saturday and continue through Jan. 6. Guests will be greeted by an 18-foot-tall “ice princess” adorned with flowers. Info: Free, open 24 hours a day. lat.ms/bellagiogardens