The Rotary Holiday Lights at Riverside Park in La Crosse is celebrating its 25th year with over three million twinkling lights, a 140-foot Christmas tree, and plenty of holiday activities. Â
- Guests can enjoy the lights by driving, walking, or even taking a carriage ride through the park!
- Other festive activities in the park include visits from Santa and some of his reindeer each night, live music, and free family hayrides.
- The park is open from 5:00 – 10:00pm daily. The Rotary Holiday Lights are free, but guests are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to donate.
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Kenosha’s Harbor Holiday is an international market and festival bringing holiday celebrations from cultures around the globe to Wisconsin on December 7-8.
- This special holiday edition of Kenosha’s HarborMarket includes free rides with storytellers on electric streetcars, holiday shopping, and live music.
- The International Holiday Faire at the Kenosha Public Museum has food from Mexico, Pakistan, Ireland and more. Some of the holiday activities include Ikebana Japanese flower arranging and writing letters to Santa with Mrs. Claus.
- The Civil War Museum is hosting ‘Victorian Christmas’ with living history presentations, clay ornament making, and a special holiday reception with President Abraham Lincoln.
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The Sunday Outdoor Christmas Market at Villa Bellezza in Pepin offers visitors a traditional Italian holiday market.
- Each Sunday, the piazza is transformed with holiday decorations and offers a unique holiday shopping experience.
- Guests can shop from local artisans and retailers for freshly baked breads, décor, knitwear and more. There is an artist on site crafting hand-turned wooden gifts such as bowls and vases.
- Villa Bellezza offers wine tastings and many edible gifts from the il Forno restaurant.