A 300-photograph timeline shows the 54-year history of the Messenger's Christmas Land, which concluded this year on Wednesday, Dec. 27.
Jeremy Messenger and his wife Annie added a Disney display from the movie “Frozen” to last year’s Messenger's Christmas Land.
The North Pole Peppermint Factory ws added to the Messenger's Christmas Land in 1996. It features eight motorized elves.
A candy cane wrapping elf is one of eight featured in Messenger's Christmas Land’s North Pole Peppermint Factory.
An animated Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus sit on a swing while an animated elf pokes his head out the door of Santa’s House, one of nearly 30 displays that were on hand for the Messenger's Christmas Land.
Jeremy Messenger and his wife Annie added a Gingerbread Christmas scene to the Messenger's Christmas Land in 2011.
Clyde Messenger III debuted a Smoky Mountains Christmas scene in the Messenger's Christmas Land in 2003, about a decade before retiring and moving to Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
A couple takes a moment to look at the Reindeer Training Center, one of nearly 30 displays on hand for the Messenger's Christmas Land.
People walk around the Messenger's Christmas Land on Tuesday, Dec. 26, the last full night it was open. The Christmas Land closed early on Wednesday, Dec. 28, due to inclement weather, ending its 54th run.
A young girl points at two spinning figurines that were part of the “Frozen” display in the Messenger's Christmas Land.
A nativity scene was the first display for the Messenger's Christmas Land in 1964. It’s the only display to appear all 54 years the Christmas Land has been held.
A Dr. Seuss display was added to the Messenger's Christmas Land in 1991.
