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Fill the calendar with fun in
Megan Bernard, Editor
Winnetka and Northfield
December is a lively and exciting time
— be sure to savor the good times in your
community, Winnetka and Northfield.
This season, there are plenty fun of activities
for you to participate in ranging
from Santa’s Mailbox and a visit with The
Big Guy himself to the Northfield Holiday
Festival and open skating at Clarkson Park.
To ease your holiday stress, here is a
roundup of the local holiday events so you
won’t miss out!
Santa’s Mailbox
Nov. 27-Dec. 18, Southwest Corner
of Elm and Chestnut streets, Winnetka.
Santa’s elves will sneak into Winnetka
and drop off this magical mailbox on
Nov. 27. Children can write to Santa
and drop off their letters at his specially
designated mailbox near the
Winnetka Post Office. On Dec. 18, the
elves will pack up and take it home
to the North Pole. Include names and
a return address to ensure the elves
know where to send Santa’s response.
In Northfield, residents can drop off
letters between Nov. 18-Dec. 13 at the
Community Center, 401 Wagner Road.
Turkey Day Skate
10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 28, Winnetka
Ice Arena, 490 Hibbard Road. Burn off
a few calories before Thanksgiving
dinner and enjoy a special skate day.
Admission price is $2 and skate rental
is $4.
Winnetka’s Tree Lighting and Holiday
Market
4–6:15 p.m. Dec. 6, Dwyer Park,
541 Birch St., Winnetka. Grab free hot
chocolate and cookies while browsing
the vendors and listening to live music
and carolers. There will be a visit from
Santa and his helpers at 6 p.m. when
the tree will be lit.
Candy Cane Lane
Dec. 6-Jan. 6, Hubbard Woods Park,
939 Green Bay Road, Winnetka. Do
visions of sugar plums dance in your
head this holiday season? Use that creativity
and register your organization,
club, troop, neighborhood or family to
decorate your very own tree in Hubbard
Woods Park or Dwyer Park. Trees
will be available to decorate starting
Dec. 6. Each group is responsible for
their own decorations. No glass or
electric decorations. Decorated trees
will be taken down Jan. 6.
Breakfast With Santa
8:30-11:30 a.m. Dec. 7, Winnetka
Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave.
While enjoying a scrumptious breakfast
buffet, families will meet and
greet Santa, have a complimentary
photo opportunity, create personalized
crafts and then take home a book from
Mrs. Claus’s library. Don’t miss the
fun! Register early — this event is expected
to sell out. Visit www.mycommunityhouse.org.
Santa’s Visit
10 a.m.-noon, Dec. 7, Hubbard
Woods Park, 939 Green Bay Road,
Winnetka. Why fight for a mall parking
spot when Santa will be just down
the street? Warm up with some hot
chocolate and get your picture taken
with the big guy himself. There will be
plenty of other activities like a trackless
train ride, cookie decorating and
even real reindeer.
Northfield Holiday Festival
11 a.m. Dec. 7, Northfield Community
Center, 401 Wagner Road. Make
holiday memories at the Northfield
Holiday Festival, with activities for all
generations. Games, a bounce house,
crafts, cookie decorating, letters to
Santa, holiday music and horse-drawn
wagon rides through Willow Park will
entertain the whole family.
Red Invitation Holiday Sale
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 8. Winnetka-
Northfield Chamber of Commerce invites
you to shop local merchants offering
great holiday deals in the 60093
zip code during this 40th annual event.
Look for your mailer or check out our
website for more info at winnetkanorthfieldchamberofcommerce.com.
Village President Chris Rintz turns on the switch to light the holiday tree lights in 2018.
22nd Cenury Media File Photo
Greta Andreasen (left), of Winnetka, at sits
on Santa’s lap at Breakfast with Santa last
year at the Winnetka Community House.
Gingerbread House Decorating
5-6 p.m. Dec. 11, Winnetka Park
District, 540 Hibbard Road. Using a
variety of sweets and candies, children
will use their creativity and imaginations
to design and decorate a one-ofa-kind
gingerbread house. Parents are
strongly encouraged to stay and participate
to create a lasting holiday memory.
Save the clean up for us while you
enjoy some quality family time! Children
may get messy, so please dress
appropriately.
Winnetka Winter Express
9:13 a.m. Dec. 14 and 15, Hubbard
Woods Train Station, 1065 Gage St.
Choo, choo! Come aboard the Winnetka
Winter Express, where children
and parents will hop on a magical ride
from Hubbard Woods Train Station to
the North Pole. During the trip, each
little boy and girl will receive a copy of
“The Polar Express” that park district
staff will read along onto the magical
destination and a special treat as well.
Tickets are $25 for children and $20
for adults. Register at winpark.org.
Skate with Santa
1:40-2:55 p.m. Dec. 14, Winnetka
Ice Arena, 490 Hibbard Road. Santa
Christopher Enck (left) and his son Max
watch their homemade party popper
pop at Winnetka Library’s Noon Year’s
celebration.
will pay a visit to the Winnetka Ice
Arena for the annual free Skate with
Santa. There will be sleigh rides on
ice and more at this Winnetka holiday
tradition. Admission is $2 and skate
rental is $4.
Seasonal Ice Rink
Mid-December through February,
Clarkson Park, Northfield. The ice rink
is open weather permitting. If there is a
red flag up, then it’s closed. Check for
updates at northfieldparks.org.
Holiday Sing
6 p.m. Dec. 24, Winnetka Village
Green, Maple Street between Elm and
Oak streets. Join families, friends and
neighbors for the annual Holiday Sing.
Bring your singing voices and your
own candles (or flashlights) and gather
around the Village Green to sing everyone’s
favorite holiday songs.
Christmas Day Skate
Noon-2 p.m. Dec. 25, Winnetka Ice
Arena, 490 Hibbard Road. The ice arena
will open its doors for a free Christmas
Day Skate. Burn off all those holiday
goodies and try out the new skates
while skating to holiday classics.
Glencoe’s Tom Carlson (left) and granddaughter Kayt Carlson, 6, explore the magic of Christmas at Light the Lights last year in
Glencoe.
Holiday events to spread cheer this season in historic Glencoe
Megan Bernard, Editor
Celebrate the holidays in the Village
of Glencoe with the variety of events
throughout the winter season.
Whether you’re planning on enjoying
the bright lights in Downtown Glencoe
or the new Lightscape event at the Chicago
Botanic Garden, there’s something
for everyone between special events,
shopping and cooking classes from November
to January.
Here’s are roundup of the holiday
events by the Glencoe Chamber of Commerce,
Glencoe Park District and Chicago
Botanic Garden to ease your holiday
stress.
Lightscape
Nov. 22-Jan. 5, Chicago Botanic Garden,
1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe.
You’ll wander into a festive world of
wonder and light. Along a mile-long
path, the night comes alive with color,
imagination, and sound, from a playful
choir of singing trees to a spectacular
waterfall of light. At times, you’ll find
yourself in the center of it all — stepping
inside a cathedral of golden light,
walking down an avenue of luminous
linden trees, moving through colorful
ribbons of light. Visit chicagobotanic.
org/lightscape.
Snoopy Thanksgiving
10-11:30 a.m. Nov. 23, Takiff Center,
999 Green Bay Road, Glencoe.
Watch the Thanksgiving special on
the big screen, enjoy a re-creation of
Snoopy’s most unusual Thanksgiving
meal (popcorn, toast, pretzels, and
jelly beans) along with hands-on crafts
and other fun family activities. Children
must be accompanied by a parent
or guardian. Register at www.glencoeparkdistrict.com.
Light the Village Lights
4 p.m. Nov. 29, Downtown Glencoe.
Save the Date for the Village’s annual
tree lighting ceremony and evening of
festivities to welcome in the start of
the holiday season in downtown Glencoe.
Enjoy shopping specials, trackless
train rides, a visit from Santa and his
reindeer, as well as a Beer and Wine
Stroll. More details, including pre-sale
information for the Beer and Wine
Stroll, will be posted online at www.
glencoe150.org as they become available.
Small Business Saturday
Nov. 30, Downtown Glencoe. Save
your holiday shopping this year for
Small Business Saturday. Your favor
tie local merchants will offer special
throughout the day. Learn more at www.
glencoechamber.org.
Joyful Gingerbread
9:30-11 a.m. or 1-2:30 p.m. Dec. 1, 8
and 14, Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000
Lake Cook Road, Glencoe. Participants
will make, bake, and decorate their own
cookie to enjoy, as well as explore all the
different plants and plant parts need to
make this traditional winter sweet treat.
This program engages the adult and
child together.
Holiday Candy Workshop
12-2:30 p.m. Dec. 3, Chicago Botanic
Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe.
Get inspired for holiday parties,
gift giving, and dessert exchanges in
this cooking class. You will make peppermint
snowballs, chocolate cherry hazelnut
bars, tipsy turtle bark, and peanut
brittle. Register at chicagobotanic.org.
Winter Express
1-4 p.m. Dec. 7, Glencoe. Experience
Friends of the Green Bay Trail (left to
right) Meredith Clement, Dorr St. Clair
and Betsy Leibson at the Winter Solstice
Parade.
The Murphy sisters (left to right) Harper,
Campbell and Mallory, of Glencoe, pose
with Santa at Winter Express at the Watts
Center.
the magic of the season with a festive
trolley ride and seasonal fun! New this
year, our holiday trolley will pick Glencoe
residents up at home and bring you
to Watts Center for winter fun. Once at
Watts, we will enjoy crafts, cookie decorating,
hot chocolate and surprises with
the jolly ol’ elf himself, Santa Claus!
Children under 12 months are free. Children
must be accompanied by a paying
adult. Please keep all strollers at home.
Saturdays of the Season
Dec. 7 and 21, Downtown Glencoe.
Santa will make a return visit in the
business district Dec. 7. The New Trier
Swing Choir will troll the district from
Dec. 21. The Salvation Army Youth
Brass Band will be back at the northeast
corner of Park and Vernon during the
morning on all three Saturdays.
Winter Solstice: Light Up Green Bay Trail
5 p.m. Dec. 20, Green Bay Trail, Glencoe.
Celebrate the passing of the shortest
day of the year with a Parade of Lights on
the Trail. Decorate your family, dog, wagons,
strollers and self with lights and things
that glow. In the event of severe weather,
the parade will be canceled. Event updates
will be posted at gbtrail.org.