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Please scroll down for highlights of where to EAT, SHOP and PLAY this week, December 6 - 12 🎅

Friday, December 6 - Sunday, December 8
🎄10:00 am - 4:00 pm - Elawa Farm Holiday Market

Friday, December 6
🍪 10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Guild of St. Mary Lake Forest IL Christmas Tea at Onwentsia Club
👩‍🎨 6:00 - 9:00 pm - Stirling Hall Art Center Holiday Art Sale
🎤 7:30 pm - Gorton Center Live presents: Justin Wade Tam & Angel Snow
💄 4:30 - 5:30 pm - Drop-In Creativity Corner: DIY Lip Balm (Grades 5-12) Lake Forest Library

Saturday, December 7
🎅 8:00 - 11:00 am - Lake Bluff-Lake Forest Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast with Santa at the First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest
🦊 10:00 - 11:00 am - Hands-on Natural History with Lake Forest Open Lands Association at the History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff
🇺🇸 10:00 - 11:30 am - Pearl Harbor Commemoration at the National Museum of the American Sailor
👨‍🎨 10:00 am - 4:00 pm - Stirling Hall Art Center Holiday Art Sale
🐭 1:00 - 2:00 pm - Twas the Night Before Christmas presented by Performing Arts Student Theatre Academy
🎅🤶🏻 1:00 - 4:00 pm - Visit Santa & Mrs. Claus at the Lake Bluff History Museum
🎄 11:00 am - 5:00 pm - It's a Wonderful Life in Lake Bluff @Village of Lake Bluff
🎅 1:00 - 4:00 pm - Santa arrives in Market Square, City of Lake Forest, Illinois Government
🎵 3:00 - 4:00 pm - Music Institute of Chicago Holiday Sing Along at Dickinson Hall Senior Center Lake Forest/Lake Bluff
🎅 4:00 - 5:30 pm/6:00 - 7:30 pm - Dinner with Santa hosted by Lake Forest Parks & Recreation at Northcroft Park

Sunday, December 8
🎞 4:00 pm - From Stage to Screen: Oliver ar Gorton Center, co-presented by Citadel Theatre
🎅 4:00 - 5:30 pm/6:00 - 7:30 pm - Dinner with Santa hosted by Lake Forest Parks & Recreation at Northcroft Park
🎅 11:00 am - 3:00 pm - Santa at Sage Explorers (please call store for details)
🎄 11:00 - 4:00 pm - Lake Bluff History Museum Christmas Home Tour (tickets: lakebluffhistory.org)

Monday, December 9
🦌 6:00 - 7:00 pm - Reindeer Hot Cocoa (Drop-in, Gift Craft) at Lake Forest Library (Grades 5-12)

Tuesday, December 10
🎄 7:00 - 8:00 pm - The Essential Christmas Carol, storytelling lecture and Q & A at Lake Forest Library (Free, Registration Requested)

Wednesday, December 11
💼 10:15 - 11:45 am - Effective Interview Strategies seminar at the Career Resource Center, Inc.
🎹 12:00 - 1:00 pm - Brown Bag Piano Series with Ernie Hiltebrand Gorton Center
🖼 2:00 - 3:00 pm - Adult Crafts: Tea Light Votives Lake Bluff Public Library (Free, Drop-in)
📚 7:00- 8:30 pm - Cozy Reading Party Lake Bluff Public Library

Thursday, December 12
💼 9:00 - 10:00 am - Chamber Member Orientation Workshop at the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce
💻 2:00 - 4:00 pm - Drop-In Tech Help at Lake Forest Library (Free, Drop-In)
👦 4:00 - 5:00 pm - Lego Club at @Lake Bluff Public Library (Free, Drop-in)
🧘‍♀️ 4:00 -5:00 pm - Mini Mindfulness, Healthy Kids Class Lake Forest Library (Free, Registration Required)
📚 6:30 - 7:30 pm - Graphic Novel Club at @Lake Bluff Public Library(Free, Registration Required) (Ages 8-12)
🎭 6:30 - 8:00 pm - Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart presents: Good News of Great Joy, Annual Christmas Concert (Free)
🧶 7:00 - 8:00 pm - Knitwits atLake Bluff Public Library (beginners welcome, Free, Drop-in)
🎶 7:30 - 9:00 pm - Charlie Brown Christmas Jazz with the Chris White Trio at Gorton Center
🎙 7:30 - 9:30 pm - CenterStage in Lake Forest presents It's a Wonderful Life, Live Radio Show Gorton Center

Monday - Friday
🍷 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Happy Hour at Francesca's Intimo
🍻 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Happy Hour at Chief's Pub
🍔 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm - Happy Hour at Inovasi

Ongoing Fall/Winter
👨‍🎨 Nov 21-Jan 5: Art Show & Sale: Wild America: Portraits of Nature by James L. Lockhart Exhibition (Katherine Bell Hale Gallery at History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff
(Admission is Free, T-Sa, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm)
⛄️ December - Drop-In Crafts at Lake Bluff Public Library
❤️ Lake Bluff Public Library Giving Tree for Fill a Heart 4 Kids (Donate gifts for children in need - please see front desk for details)
🏠 December 1-22: Gingerbread House Decorating House Workshops at Taste Buds Kitchen (See website for schedule and registration)

Fall Sales
🛍 50% off Fall Items at Kenzy Gifts & Decor
🎄 Starting Nov 29: Orange Tag Sales while Supplies Last on Christmas Trees & Wreaths Pasquesi Home & Gardens (LF & LB Locations)

🐶 Discounted Laser Therapy & Underwater Treadmill Packages (Inquire Within) & 20% off Dog & Cat Treats Dental Products & Supplements at Forest Bluff Animal Hospital

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For a full list of where to Eat, Shop and Play in LF/LB visit our full community calendar.