2025 Is Time to Bring Back the Traditional Family Dinner Table
Reconnect to Strengthen Your Family’s Physical Health and Emotional & Mental Bonds As we enter 2025, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the power of tradition and consider reintroducing (or starting!) the one cherished family custom that may have faded over the years: sitting together and enjoying family meals. No matter the size of […]
2025 New Year’s Evolution
A New Year, a Renewed You! The start of a brand-new year is like the first page of a lovely, unmarked journal. What will one fill it with? You can make 2025 memorable, meaningful, and, most of all, of great impact. How? By taking charge of your OWN life in measurable ways. When people evaluate […]
Places to Eat in Gatlinburg
Gatlinburg Restaurant and Food at The Village Shops It’s highly likely that you’ve found The Village Shops when searching for shopping in Gatlinburg or the best shops in downtown Gatlinburg, but did you know we’ve also got some of the best Gatlinburg eats too? Whether your plans are to ‘shop til you drop’ and refuel […]
Christmas Shopping in Gatlinburg
It’s Christmas Shopping Season at The Village Shops It’s Christmastime and the shopping is…fragrant, delicious, beautiful and meaningful at the Village in Gatlinburg! Yes, that’s right. Step right on into the Village’s little sparkly, spectacularly-decorated corner of Gatlinburg and get what you need to make holiday magic with friends and family. It’s prime memory-making season […]
Gatlinburg Thanksgiving Dinner and Holiday Ideas
A Thankful, Grateful, Blessed Thanksgiving Holiday Fall isn’t only about pumpkins, scarecrows and foliage. While we love to decorate our homes and porches, take sunflower field selfies and endless red maple tree pictures, there’s more to the story. Fall is also about family. Thanksgiving is, of course, a time for our country to pause and […]
Fall Picnic Ideas for Autumn in the Smokies
Fall Picnic Ideas, Food and Fun Picnics are the best family activity in the Smokies, hands down, and for many reasons! Best one? They can be very inexpensive while combining what’s best about your time in the Gatlinburg area: the gorgeous weather, beautiful scenery and time away together. Scoot over to The Village and get […]
Relax and Indulge in Self Care
Self Improvement Begins with Prioritizing Self Care The idea that self-care is not selfish is playing on repeat in the social media world. The adage is fantastically logical. No one can pour from an empty cup, right? You might say that self-care is the very foundation of self-improvement. September is Self-Improvement Month and now is […]
2024 Tennessee Sales Tax Holiday Weekend
Tax Free Back to School Shopping at The Village Gatlinburg Families across Tennessee are gearing up for the state’s annual sales tax holiday Friday, July 26th through Sunday, July 28th. And the great news is, so are families who plan their vacation in Gatlinburg around this big savings opportunity! Nothing says “back-to-school” any better than […]