On the agenda for this evening was a trip back to the Historic District to check out the Christmas lights. The Jekyll Island Club Hotel does Christmas very well and successfully tempted me to try once again to take pictures in the dark. Coming from the hotel's parking lot meant I first passed by the Palm Court, the hotel's center courtyard.

What I initially thought was an eatery of some kind is actually the entrance to the Club Ballroom.

I walked around the Annex wing of the hotel that was added in 1901 to the front of the building.

The hall behind the bicycles seen in the photo above leads visitors to the previously mentioned Palm Court, the hotel's center courtyard.

To say the Palm Court was "decorated" was an understatement.

The Palm Court at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel.

The Palm Court at the Jekyll Island Club Hotel.

Hotel guests can drive to the area seen in the photo above where valet parking is available. This is the hotel's main entrance and provides access to the front desk and the meeting/banquet rooms.

There is a croquet green in front of the hotel in this location which gave me a great view of the front of the building.

The circular shaped room seen in the photo above is the Aspinwall meeting room named for General Lloyd Aspinwall, the first president of the Jekyll Island Club.

The turret is the hotel's most recognizable design feature and is part of the Presidential Suite.

The Jekyll Island Club Hotel's distinctive turret.

The turret is part of the hotel's Presidential Suite.

I continued walking around the front of the building to the Riverfront Veranda, a long porch that overlooks the pool and waterfront. The pool area would be directly behind where I'm standing in the photo above.

Several large green spaces sit in front of the hotel. The massive Southern Live Oak trees that border these spaces were all decorated for the Season. In addition, a giant Christmas tree had been set up in the center of the front lawn. My plan was to start at the corner of the hotel on Riverview Drive and make a clockwise circle around the lawn, which would take me past the front of the hotel, the front of the Sans Souci guest wing, and Indian Mound Cottage before returning to Riverview Drive. The photo above is of the giant tree at the intersection of Riverview Drive and Pier Road next to the wharf looking toward the Club Hotel.

I then turned 90 degrees to my left so I was facing the waterfront.

Most of the Live Oak trees I saw were decorated in this same manner. I can only imagine how many extension cords were needed to make this happen ! I continued turning left which brought a few more decorated trees into view. The white building seen in the photos above and below sits directly in front of the wharf.

As long as I could keep the camera still, the pictures came out ok.

The intersection of Riverview Drive and Pier Road at the wharf.

I moved to my left to get a better shot of another giant oak tree at the intersection of Riverview Drive and Pier Road.

I began my circular journey around the center lawn. The first thing visitors notice is the giant Christmas tree. The building in the background of the photo above is Indian Mound Cottage.

A giant Christmas tree in the front lawn of the Jekyll Island Club Hotel.

Continuing in a clockwise direction, I arrived at another giant Southern Live Oak tree that sits in between the Club Hotel and the Sans Souci guest wing.

Judging by the length of the branches, this tree has been here for a while.

The branches of Southern Live Oak trees can grow to incredible lengths. With length comes immense weight which causes branches to sag and contact the ground.

Contacting the ground doesn't stop the branches from growing as seen in the photos above and below. These branches also add stability to the tree.

I loved the fact that all of the long branches were decorated ! Someone put an incredible amount of work into decorating that tree.

The photo above of the Christmas tree looks toward the wharf from Sans Souci.

I continued on my circle and found the trees in between Sans Souci and Indian Mound decorated.

The building seen in the background of the photo above is Indian Mound Cottage.

I continued circling until I reached Indian Mound Cottage. The photo above was taken from Indian Mound looking across the lawn toward the Club Hotel.

The Christmas tree with the Jekyll Island Club Hotel in the background.

The Christmas tree with the Jekyll Island Club Hotel in the background.

I stopped once I reached Riverview Drive in front of Indian Mound Cottage and got a decent picture of the Christmas Tree, the decorated Live Oak tree, and the full moon overhead. The Club hotel (L) and Sans Souci (R) can be seen in the background of the photo above.

I followed Riverview Drive until I ended up back where I started.

This camera does pretty well as long as I can keep it still.

The photo above looks from the intersection of Riverview Drive and Pier Road toward the giant live oak tree next to Sans Souci, (which is visible on the right side of the photo).

The photo above looks toward the Club hotel, (which is visible on the left side of the photo), from the intersection of Riverview Drive and Pier Road.

Sans Souci is visible on the left side of the photo above.

Riverview Drive leads to the southern exit of the Historic District. The Live Oak trees were decorated here as well. The cluster seen in the photo above sit behind the wharf parking area.

The tree in the photo above sits in front of Indian Mound Cottage.

Speaking of which, the photo above is of Indian Mound Cottage as seen from Riverview Drive.

The photo above looks south along Riverview Drive toward the end of the Historic District.

Moss Cottage is visible on the left side of the photo above.

Looking south along Riverview Drive near the southern end of the Historic District.

I turned around and headed back to the wharf area and the Riverfront Lawn. The photos above and below look toward Crane Cottage.

And with that, my Christmas Day adventure on Jekyll Island had come to an end. This was a wonderful day !

I walked back up to Riverview Drive and took one more picture of Crane Cottage before heading back to my room.