THE Thanksgiving WEEKEND GUIDE FOR LAKE COUNTRY
AND THE GREATER WAUKESHA COUNTY AREA HAS ARRIVED
FILLED WITH OUTDOOR THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND WITH KIDS!
PLEASE THANK OUR WEEKEND GUIDE SPONSOR:
Show your support for Lake Country Playhouse and other Non-Profits and small businesses you love on December 1st, 2020 for Giving Tuesday!
Conveniently located in Hartland!
Thanksgiving weekend is here! Have you seen our Thanksgiving Guide to Lake Country for those celebrating locally, brought to us by Slo Motion BBQ? The guide is filled with tips leading up to the holiday, restaurants that offer catering, what’s open/closed and how to spend Black Friday and Shop Small Saturday LOCALLY and SMALL as well as opting outside over the weekend. And the forecast looks amazing for bundling up and spending the weekend outside, socially distanced in the fresh air.
Speaking of holidays, after Thanksgiving it is on like Donkey Kong in terms of celebrating the holidays (if your family celebrates). Menomonee Falls will host their holiday tree lightings over the weekend as part of their holiday market. Plus, there are 2 Christmas parades this weekend as well: Watertown and West Bend.
Normally, our family looks forward to one of our favorite events, The German Christmas Market of Oconomowoc, however, that event has been cancelled many months ago. Similar in nature, however, is Christmas in Okauchee, which kicks off Wednesday night, takes Thursday off, and fills out the rest of the weekend. If you are going, plan to social distance.
To not miss out on the fun, please pin, bookmark, save our HOLIDAY FUN GUIDE. You’ll find:
- Drive thru events
- AMAZING light displays!! (and we just added new ones to the free listing!)
- {Some} parades
- {Some} tree lightings
- Where to find Santa virtually and social distant friendly
- Where to drop off letters to Santa
- Open Christmas tree farms
- The biggest local shop small guide yet
- and MORE!
Be sure to tag us in your festive holiday fun this weekend if you are partaking @lakecountryfamilyfun, and we’ll be sure to share in our Facebook or IG stories! Thank you to the many that tagged us last weekend at the walk through Country Christmas event 🤗🥰
One more thing – ’tis the season for giving back if you’re able. You can find our Holiday Volunteer Guide here with ways to support the most vulnerable in a safe way. Be sure to include your kids in on the conversation to create a giving mindset at a young age. Join the conversation on Facebook or Instagram(2019) or Instagram(2020). So, if you have ideas to add to our Volunteer Guide – shoot us a message!
Lastly, Lake Country Family Fun did our research, like we do, and found all the fun things for you and your family to do this weekend, too.
Local OPEN Tree Farms
As always, I say, breathe. I have said it multiple times now in weekend guides since SPRING, social media posts and our e-newsletters, and I will continue to say it, because this year has been a one, and it’s something I remind myself daily. When I feel the overwhelm creeping in, when I feel the uncertainty settling in, when I feel unsure of the next move…I stop and breathe.
Weekend Weather from the National Weather Service:
Friday: Mostly Sunny. Wind 5 to 10 mph.
42 🌞
Saturday: Mostly Sunny. Wind light 5 mph.
47 🌞
Sunday: Sunny
45 🌞
For a full listing of events for the day, check out our CALENDAR and this 40+ Social Distance Friendly Ideas Guide. To find out more details on the specific weekend day, click the toggle below for each date.
- THANKFUL FOR PARKS FREE WEEKEND
- All day today!
- All weekend!
- All the Waukesha County Parks!
- CHRISTMAS IN OKAUCHEE
- Live Music
- Food
- Shop Local
- + MORE ALL WEEKEND LONG
- 10 Days of Christmas Cheer at the Corners of Brookfield
- Day 1
- Black Friday Deals
- Write a letter to Santa
- Country Christmas Drive Thru
- Opening night!
- Enter to win a carload pass!
- SHOP LOCAL BLACK FRIDAY SALES AND DEALS IN YOUR JAMMIES!
- THANKFUL FOR PARKS FREE WEEKEND
- All day today!
- All weekend!
- All the Waukesha County Parks!
- Mukwongao Farmers Market
- Christmas in Okauchee
- See Santa
- Dance the Polka
- Shop Local
- + MORE ALL WEEKEND LONG
- 10 Days of Holiday Cheer at the Corners of Brookfield
- Day 2
- Stop in the Pop Studio event space from 10am-3pm and shop from the 7 local artists inside!
- MENOMONEE FALLS CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING
- Part of their larger holiday event for the day
- HOLIDAY PARADE OF LIGHTS
- Watertown
- Santa will be there!
- Country Christmas Drive Thru Light Display
- All weekend!
- SHOP SMALL SATURDAY ALL DAY WITH OUR LOCAL GUIDE!
- THANKFULFORPARKS FREE WEEKEND
- All day today!
- All weekend!
- All the Waukesha County Parks!
- Shop Local
- + MORE ALL WEEKEND LONG
- Christmas in Okauchee
- Last day!
- Santa
- 10 Days of Holiday Cheer at the Corners of Brookfield
- Day 3!
- Carolers
- See Elf on the Big Screen!
- Christmas at E&S Sweets
- Mr. Mean Green Guy himself will be there
- They sell hot chocolate bombs!
- An Old Fashioned Christmas
- At the Inglesdie
- Open to the Public
- Take a wagon ride through Country Christmas
- Separate fee applies
- Masks required
Lake Country Family Fun's Promotions and Announcements
- Looking for November fun? I can’t believe it’s nearly over!
- WINTER FARMER MARKETS are here!
- FALL AND HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIRS– sponsored by Brown Street Emporium
- Virtual Craft Fair supporting YMCA Camp McLean
- Holiday Farm Pop Up Shop at Mayberry Farms
- Pop up Shop at the Corners of Brookfield
- Christmas in Okauchee
- LOCAL COFFEE SHOP GUIDE – sponsored by Mama D’s Coffee
- Grab a cup to go!
- Birch and Banyan has a new line of wellness teas. They are YUMMY!
- HOLIDAY FUN GUIDE for Waukesha County – sponsored by the Ingleside Hotel in Pewaukee presenting Country Christmas
- Country Christmas opens Friday, and we are so excited we are giving away 3 car passes!! Enter through the link.
- Looking for our latest giveaways?
- We have all our giveaways and deals HERE.
- LAKE COUNTRY CURRENTS: 2020-2021 SEASON has begun! Check out our LINE UP of speakers.
- The next event is Tuesday, December 1 (in a couple days!)
- The December event will be virtual and feature an interactive night of goal planning for 2021 plus multiple giveaways!
- As part of our mission statement, Lake Country Family Fun is super excited about this networking opportunity for online creatives in the Waukesha County area.
- Read more about the fun and all the details HERE.
- Looking to have family pictures taken this fall and don’t know where? Don’t worry! We have a guide for that! Local Photographer extraordinaire, JULIE COLLINS guest authored and updated our BEST LOCAL FAMILY PHOTO LOCATIONS GUIDE to find you to perfect spot + plus find 14 other local photographers highlighted!
- Looking for Santa?
- He’s a bit harder to find this year, but we’ve updated our guide to locating Santa in Lake Country and Waukesha County, brought to us by the Delafield Chamber of Commerce, presenting Breakfast with the Reindeer on Saturday, December 5, 2020.
- Are you shopping small this season? $50 to a shop small business means the WORLD! If you can divert your earmarked holiday or regular expenses to local small businesses, you help build a better community right where we live. Check out these 32 awesome featured small businesses in our SHOP SMALL GUIDE – most offering online shopping, curbside pickup, shipping, or delivery. You can be shop and support local from your couch, too 🙂
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