Here are our top five favorite events for you and your family to enjoy this weekend! Get out there and make some memories!
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Christmas Train on the East Troy Railroad – East Troy Railroad Museum
November 25 – December 17 in East Troy, WI
Take your family on a magical ride from our East Troy, Wis. depot to Santa’s Workshop, where children visit Santa, enjoy cookies and hot chocolate, and take home a small gift. Reservations are required. http://www.easttroyrr.org/christmas-train.html
Festival of Lights and Tree Sale – Cosley Zoo
November 24 – December 30 in Wheaton
A winter time visit to Cosley Zoo has become a family tradition for many. Make it one of yours! Cosley Zoo is transformed into a winter wonderland with 20,000 twinkling lights creating spectacular displays, an amazing selection of Christmas trees for you to purchase, hot chocolate, and holiday gifts.
Cocoa Crawl – Village of Roselle
November 25 in Roselle
Join the Village of Roselle – and Santa! – on Main St. for the Second Annual Cocoa Crawl on Saturday, November 25 from 2 to 5 p.m. This fun family event includes hot cocoa & other treats, entertainment, prizes, a tree lighting, and an opportunity to place an ornament of the Community Tree.
Holiday Tree & Menorah Lighting – Vernon Hills Golf Course
November 25 in Vernon Hills
The 2017 Vernon Hills Holiday Tree and Menorah Lighting Ceremony will be held at the Vernon Hills Golf Course located at 291 Evergreen Drive on Saturday, November 25, 2017, at 4:30 p.m.
Elf: The Musical – Paramount Theatre
November 22 – January 7 in Aurora
If you’ve ever felt like you don’t belong, just be glad you’re not William “Buddy” Hobbes. When he was a baby, Buddy crawled into Santa’s sack of presents and was whisked away to the North Pole where he lived as an elf for years.
This week’s Friday Fun Five is sponsored by “Taste Buds Kitchen Bannockburn”.
Celebrate the season with family bonding and gingerbread fun in our Winter Wonderland. Parent and child pairs work together to design and decorate their very own Gingerbread House.
