It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, as Rock City Gardens prepares for its 10th Annual "Enchanted Garden of Lights." This award-winning, light extravaganza will feature more than 25 holiday scenes that transform the gardens' natural daytime splendor into a nocturnal fantasyland.

From November 19 through January 1, visitors "See Rock City" in a whole new light, as 500,000 starbright lights illuminate age-old rock formations along the Enchanted Trail. The lighting spectacular ranges from glittering snowflakes to a life-sized lighted gingerbread house. The Enchanted Garden of Lights is open nightly from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., except for Christmas Eve night. See www.seerockcity.com.

A special treat is the nightly concert series. Guests can enjoy hot cocoa and listen to holiday music performed under a moonlit canopy (heated tent) of stars.

"The Enchanted Garden of Lights has enormous appeal," said Bill Chapin, president of Rock City. "We expect more than 50,000 visitors this year as it grows as a family holiday tradition."

Now in its 72nd season of operation, Rock City Gardens is one of the south's oldest and most popular natural attractions and is listed as a top 5 American roadside attraction. Located atop Lookout Mountain, approximately six miles from downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, Rock City is a marvel of nature featuring massive ancient rock formations, gardens with more than 400 different native plant species, and panoramic views 1700 feet above sea level.

Rock City Gardens is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through January 3, 2004, except Christmas Day and reopens as Rock City's Enchanted Garden of Lights at 6:00 p.m. Admission is $12.95 for adults, $6.95 for children ages 3-12, and free for children aged 2 and under. A portion of each ticket sold goes to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities.