101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Milwaukee - 2019

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Santa Sightings
Old-Time Christmas
Dec 6 | A Dickens of a Village - Historic Downtown Greendale - WI |
Multiple dates starting Dec 7 | An Old World Christmas at Old World Wisconsin |
Multiple dates starting Dec 7 | HOLIDAYS IN HISTORY - Milwaukee Public Museum |
Dec 8 | Silver Tea and Christmas Cookie Sale - Old Falls Village Historical Society - Menomonee Falls, WI |
Dec 13 & 14 | European Village Alive! - Milwaukee Public Museum |
Light Displays
Nov 16 | Activities & Tree Lighting - Germantown Christmas Festival |
Multiple dates starting Nov 21 | Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival 2019 |
Multiple dates starting Nov 22 | Santa's Rock n Lights 2019 - Milwaukee, WI |
Multiple dates starting Nov 23 | Feztival of Trees - At The Tripoli Shrine |
Nov 29 | ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY - The Pfister Hotel |
Nov 29 | Greendale's Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony 2019 - Historic Downtown Greendale - WI |
Multiple dates starting Nov 29 | 2019 COUNTRY CHRISTMAS |
Dec 6 | Tree Lighting 2019 - Village of Sussex |
Dec 6 | Hartland Lights - Downtown Hartland, WI |
Holiday Theatre
Multiple dates starting Nov 23 | ELF - THE MUSICAL - First Stage |
Multiple dates starting Nov 26 | A Christmas Carol - Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
Nov 29 | Moscow Ballet’s - Great Russian Nutcracker - The Pabst Theater Group |
Dec 3 & 4 | Cirque Dreams Holidaze at the Riverside Theater |
Multiple dates starting Dec 7 | The Nutcracker - Milwaukee Ballet |
Multiple dates starting Dec 18 | ‘Twas The Month Before Christmas 2019 - Marcus Center for the Performing Arts |
Holiday Concerts
Christmas Tree Experience
November | Meadowbrook Pumpkin Farm - West Bend, WI |
November | Schuett Farms - Mukwonago , WI |
Starting Nov 29 | Buffalo Bill's Christmas Trees - Franklin, WI |
Starting Nov 29 | Cozy Nook Farm - Waukesha , WI |
Starting Nov 29 | Evergreen Acres Christmas Tree Farm - East Troy, WI |
November | Grandpa Vern's Christmas Trees - Milwaukee, WI |
November | Stumpf's Tree Farm - Cedarburg, WI |
Ice Skating
Dec 20 & 21 | HOLIDAY ICE SHOW - Village of Pleasant Prairie, WI |
Nov - March | Slice of Ice in Red Arrow Park - Milwaukee County Parks |
Year Round | Wilson Ice Arena - Milwaukee County Parks |
Year Round | Howard G. Mullett Ice Center |
Year Round | Kettle Moraine Ice Center |
Year Round | Naga-Waukee Ice Arena |
Year Round | Pettit National Ice Center |
Year Round | The Ponds of Brookfield Ice Arena |
Hanukkah
Dec 7 | Winterfest at Wood Square - Village of Shorewood, WI |
Dec 20 | Sinai Chanukah and Shabbat Dinner Celebration 2019 |
Shopping & Craft Fairs
New Year's Eve
Miscellaneous
If we're missing an activity that should be on our list, please email Debra Ross, publisher of KidsOutAndAbout.com and BeyondTheNest.com at ross@kidsoutandabout.com. Please make sure to include a link to the event when you email. Thank you!