NaperLights returns along Water Street
The Naperville Sunrise Rotary will present its annual NaperLights holiday display from Thanksgiving to New Years Day along Water Street and the south side of the Riverwalk in downtown Naperville.
Lights will be synced to music from 4 to 10 p.m. daily, and an enhanced sound system will project music across the DuPage River.
Visitors can access the light display from the Webster Street covered bridge, Main Street and Webster Street. Parking is available in the Water Street and Municipal Center parking decks.
The light display features more than 250,000 lights and lighted holiday figures from skating polar bears to penguins sliding on an igloo, the Rotary Club said.
New this year is a 16-foot tree with animated colored lights set in the center of Jaycees Park.
Holographic viewing glasses will be available on weekends while supplies last, the Rotary Club said.
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Santa will appear from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 5 to 7, Dec. 12 to 14 and Dec. 19 to 21, weather permitting.
The Water Street Free Family Holiday Stroll will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 and will feature Santa, his elf, a glitter tattoo artist, a strolling holiday trivia master, a balloon artist and free cookies and cocoa.
Free-will donations to support Naperville Sunrise Rotary’s local and international charitable projects are welcome, the organization said.
For more information, go to http://www.naperlights.com.
Letters to Santa mailbox opens Nov. 24
Children can send their holiday wish lists to Santa through a special mailbox at the corner of South Main Street and West Jefferson Avenue in downtown Naperville.
The mailbox will be available from Monday, Nov. 24 through Friday, Dec. 19.
Children who include their names and return address will receive a personalized reply from Santa and his elves.
For more information, go to www.downtownnaperville.com.
Downtown Cookie Walk planned for Dec. 7
The Downtown Naperville Alliance is hosting the annual Holiday Cookie, Sweets and Treats Walk from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7.
Ticketed participants should check in at Tapville Social, 216 S. Washington St., during one of three available entry times: noon, 12:30 or 1 p.m.
Participants will receive a map with downtown Naperville shops and restaurants and can do their holiday shopping while collecting custom-made treats along the way.
Tickets are $25 each and are available at www.downtownnaperville.com.
Holly Jolly Days taking place at Naper Settlement
Naper Settlement is planning several Holly Jolly Days during December featuring crafts, stories and family activities.
Holly Jolly Days will take place from 1 to 6 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7, Dec. 13 and 14 and Dec. 20 and 21 at the historical museum campus, 523 S. Webster St.
Families can learn how reindeer shoes are made through a story and demonstration by the blacksmith or roast chestnuts over an open fire at the Log House. The settlement’s Meeting House will feature an area to make holiday crafts while families can listen to Christmas stories in the one-room schoolhouse. The Pine Craig Mansion will be decorated to take family photos.
The Weed Ladies of the Naperville Heritage Society will sell handmade floral arrangements on Dec. 6, 7, 13 and 14.
Santa will not be appearing at Naper Settlement during Holly Jolly Days.
The festivities are $6 per person and free for children under 4 years old.
For tickets, go to www.napersettlement.org.