See how Vegas’ Bellagio and Palazzo try to outdazzle each other as they dress for the holidays

Sure, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go, but the decorations at Bellagio and the Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip probably put to shame the ones you dug out of the garage.

The gardens at perennial favorite Bellagio Conservatory are transformed several times a year, but they’re truly magical in December.

You’re encouraged to enter the display through a “snow tunnel” decked in red poinsettias and white fir trees. When you exit, the centerpiece — the East Garden’s massive Christmas tree — is revealed.

The 42-foot white fir is covered with 7,000 lights and 2,500 ornaments. The tree is just one of 25 in the gardens.

In the North Garden, a mama polar bear, made from 12,000 white carnations, keeps watch on her playful cubs. In the South Bed, “skaters” glide across a pond beside two themed snow globes, each 12 feet tall.

Four 14-foot animated toy soldiers stand guard at each corner of the garden that surrounds the big tree. Nearby, four giant, stuffed stockings,each 10 feet long, hang from the ceiling.

You can visit the whimsical show 24 hours a day through Jan. 3. Admission is free. From self-parking, take the elevator to the casino level; you’re then just steps from the conservatory.

Farther north along the Strip, the Waterfall Atrium & Gardens at the Palazzo is also worth a visit, although it’s slightly smaller scale than at the Bellagio.

A family of reindeer, handmade using branches of a manzanita bush, are set among a winter scene dominated by three large and shiny filigree trees.

The display contains more than 1,000 ornaments along with about 2,500 plants and flowers, including birch trees, lamb’s ear and poinsettias.

The attraction, also viewable around the clock, continues through the first week in January.

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