Christmas music is wafting through the air everywhere you go these days, and the Alabama State Parks System will embrace that theme throughout December.
The Courier Journal reported that the holiday celebrations begin on Dec. 1 with Santa’s Underground Workshop at Rickwood Caverns State Park near Warrior, just north of Birmingham. Santa will greet visitors in the cave, which will be decorated in Christmas lights. The Underground Workshop will be open through Dec. 23. Admission is $10.
Even if you don’t want to see Santa, a trip through Rickwood Caverns is worth the effort. The limestone cave is estimated to be about 260 million years old. The cave is about a mile long with a path of 4,962 feet that descends 175 feet underground. It takes about 45 minutes to an hour to take the tour of the caverns.
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