This year I was so excited to be out by North Platte during December. I have been wanting to investigate “Christmas at the Codys” for several years. Since I was there during the day, I did not get the full effect.  I missed out on all of the lights. But I saw enough to know that visiting Buffalo Bill Ranch at Christmas is definitely worth your time.

What is fun is the house is an eclectic mix of Christmas.  Enough of the décor features a Wild West theme that it fit the Buffalo Bill Ranch setting.

Here are the details directly from the Eventbrite website.

Description

Experience Buffalo Bill’s magnificent mansion decked out for the holidays. Buffalo Bill and his wife Louisa loved to entertain visitors. The North Platte community carries on this tradition with Christmas at the Cody’s. Each year non profit organizations decorate each room of the mansion and even spread out into the barn and onto the grounds. Every nook and cranny is decorated to the hilt for the holidays.

Christmas at the Codys 2019

The event includes a tour through the mansion with entertainment in the parlor, cookies, cider and roasted chestnuts, a hayride through the grounds, a tour through the barn and a visit with Santa.

Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for children 4 – 12. Children 3 and under FREE.

A Nebraska State Park Permit is required for parking on the grounds of the Buffalo Bill State Recreation Area. You will have the opportunity to purchase a daily park permit when you purchase your tickets.

You can either print out your tickets or save them to your smart phone for scanning at the front door. If you print out your ticket for the Nebraska State Park Permit, please place it on the dash of your vehicle. If you save it to your smart phone, just show it at the door.

A big thank you to the North Platte CVB who provided me with a list of sponsors. Originally  I planned on adding a list of sponsors, but instead, I am going to encourage you to check out the actual program.

2019 Christmas at the Codys House Program

Author: neodyssey

My name is Gretchen Garrison. I started this blog about Nebraska in 2013. So far, I have written three books about Nebraska and Lincoln.