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We will visit Barker's Mansion Christmas Cottage to get in the holiday spirit and drink hot cocoa 11:30am. Then we'll take a guided tour of Barker Mansion at 1pm.
Christmas Cottage Details:
Step into the heart of holiday magic at The Barker Cottage, where festive charm and holiday traditions come to life. Visitors can enjoy a delightful holiday experience perfect for families, friends and anyone looking to embrace the spirit of the season.

## What’s Inside

Capture cherished holiday memories with a beautiful backdrop perfect for family photos.

### Hot Cocoa Bar

Customize your hot cocoa with a variety of toppings at our complimentry cocoa bar, a perfect way to warm up during your visit.

### Gift Shop

Wrap up the holiday experience by shopping for unique gifts and souvenirs at The Barker Mansion Gift Shop, located right inside the Christmas Cottage.

After we've filled up with cocoa and are full of the Holiday Spirit we will visit the Barker Mansion.

### Barker Mansion Details:

The Barker Mansion, built in 1905, is a thirty eight-room house turned museum, which contains original furnishings and art objects and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

### Ticket Details:

This Christmas Cottage and Guided Mansion tour can be bought with one ticket costing $20.
Highland, IN. carpool leaves at 10:15am.
Confirmation of purchased ticket to be in Highland carpool.
Buy tickets for the 1pm Nov. 16th tour.
Tickets can be purchased at this link:
https://barkermansion.org/events/guided-tour-4/guided-tour-4-2024-11-16/

Embrace the spirit and beauty of the season at Lightscape, setting the Garden aglow with light, music and art. This year’s reimagined trail takes our holiday celebration to new heights and lights with dazzling installations debuting in the U.S. for the first time. Leave your to-do list at home and make lasting memories at Lightscape.
Carpool will leave Hammond at 4:15pm.
Book tickets for the 6:15pm slot.
Confirmation of purchased ticket is appreciated.
Total ticket price for non members is $34.00.
Confirmation of purchased ticket to be in Highland, In. Carpool.
Parking fee $25 day of, $15 advance.
Tickets can be purchased at this link:
https://secure.chicagobotanic.org/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=421&c=7374&_gl=1*1r9pfz*_gcl_au*MjAzMTU5MTU5NC4xNzI0NzgwNjEyLjQxODcwMDA4Mi4xNzMxMDI5ODkxLjE3MzEwMzAxNjM.*_ga*OTg3MDc5ODA4LjE3MjQ3ODA2MTI.*_ga_QB9EX5K0C7*MTczMTExNTAwMS41LjAuMTczMTExNTAwMi41OS4wLjA.#7379

In this timeless musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of a Christmas Eve night, after being visited by the ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
Tickets $15.00.
Highland, In. carpool leaves at 6:15pm.
Confirmation of purchased ticket to be in carpool.
Tickets can be purchased at this link:
https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/m-and-m-productions/6721091b612d9e0f6ee7b0e3?ots-cmpgn-refer=PATRONEMAIL&utm_source=OnTheStage&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PATRONEMAIL&fbclid=IwY2xjawGiD9tleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHcoZYbunHGql7PDPYZqp-Ge2RvDMyfCOYdORuVlpvOh6Pt9eW4jzLSgBaA_aem_ihqBgQr-h0eyCASE3FfpHw

Enjoy a visit to The Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington Hills, IL for an afternoon filled with holiday cheer. The Sanfilippo “Place de la Musique” is a private museum that contains the largest collection of restored automatic musical instruments in the world, including music boxes & phonographs, coin-operated pianos, violin machines, photoplayers, American and European orchestrions, dance organs, fairground band organs and calliopes. The musical center piece in the building located in the Music Theatre in an auditorium specially built for this instrument is the world’s largest theatre pipe organ: an 80 rank, 8,000 pipe, 1927 Wurlitzer Pipe Organ. We will enjoy a 90-minute Christmas Concert while seated in the 350-seat balcony in the Music Theatre with sounds played on this magnificent pipe organ.
After the concert we will visit the carousel building.
The carousel building, completed in 1997, is the home of the most complete example of a European salon carousel in existence - the 'Eden Palais' (or Eden Palace), built in 1890. The salon carousel was more than just an amusement ride - it was a self-contained entertainment palace that included stages for live performers, several bars, booths for perimeter seating, and music. The whole affair was lighted by hundreds of light bulbs, and was undoubtedly one of the first places that patrons experienced electric lighting when it was new.
Proceeds for this event go to charity.
Doors open at noon for touring.
Buy tickets for the Dec. 8th 12pm event.
Concert 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Carousel pavilion Visit 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm.
Ticket cost $55.
Highland carpool leaves at 10:15am.
Confirmation of purchased ticket to be in carpool.
Tickets can be purchased at this link:
https://www.sanfilippofoundation.org/events.html