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Light up the Night Hartland

Name: Light up the Night Hartland
Start: 2025-12-24T16:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-12-24T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Downtown Hartland

December 24 @ 4:00 pm

Light up the Night Hartland –

Join in the fifth annual “Light up the Night-Hartland” at dusk on December 24, 2025. Your luminaria kit purchase will directly support families in need in Lake Country. This year, all proceeds will be given to Lake Country Caring, a 100 percent volunteer-based, nonprofit organization that provides basic necessities at no cost to those in need.

It’s luminary season and this year, there is a flameless luminary kit option! The flameless kit will include 5 white, moisture-proof bags and 5 flameless tea lights. Love the original brown bag kit? Those options are available, too! All proceeds will be donated to Lake Country Caring.

Flameless luminary kits (white, moisture-proof bags with flameless tea lights) available again this year!

Mark your calendar for Light up the Night: at dusk on December 24th, 2025.

To purchase kits: Order ahead online from the website and select your pickup date/location! https://www.lightupthenighthartland.com/

Or visit Lauren at the following locations to purchase:

-December 5th during Hartland Lights (table by Birch & Banyan Coffee from 6-8:30pm)

-December 13th inside Birch & Banyan Coffee from 12-1pm
-December 14th at Piggly Wiggly Hartland from 10-12pm

History of Light up the Night Hartland:

The tradition of lighting luminaries to decorate outdoor paths on Christmas Eve was a custom that originated in Mexico many years ago. It is a custom that many different cultures around the world have instituted. Our family was first introduced to the tradition while we lived in Clarendon Hills, Illinois, where the community has celebrated with luminaries for over 50 years. Families throughout the town light up pathways and driveways with luminaries every Christmas Eve. It is an incredibly beautiful tradition that brings together the community with the feeling of light and hope for the New Year. It became one of our favorite holiday traditions and when we moved to Hartland in 2020, we wanted to share this breathtaking experience with our new community. In 2021 Lauren Sherman decided to bring the luminaria tradition to Lake Country, and established Light Up the Night-Hartland, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.