''Five Festive Friday Eves' at Cedar Creek Settlement in Wisconsin

Nov. 18 & 25 and Dec. 2, 9, & 16

Five Festive Friday Eve's celebrates an exciting series of five family-oriented, evening events during the holiday season at Cedar Creek Settlement in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. The Settlement features 25 unique shops; gift and specialty shops, antique stores, galleries, three restaurants, artists studios and the Cedar Creek Winery nestled in a restored 1864 woolen mill, festively adorned for the holidays with luminarias, natural greenery, garlands, beribboned wreaths and thousands of tiny white lights. Free events. Small admission fee for Christmas in the Country.

Friday, November 18, 5-9 pm 
“A Warm & Fuzzy Christmas”

Celebrate the sweet nostalgia of Christmas. Wear your tackiest sweater for our Ugly Sweater Contest (prizes). Our favorite singer/musician Bobby Way will entertain. Acclaimed storyteller Judy Farrow-Bask will delight adults and children. The Sweet Adelines group Premiere will stroll throughout the shops. Enjoy complimentary brownies and hot cocoa and cider and cookies. Author Lisa Curtis will sign her new book: Cedarburg. Sample Cedar Creek Winery’s award-winning wines. Roasted Chestnuts ($1 per bag). Luminarias.

Friday, November 25, 5-9 pm 
"Home for the Holidays"

Enjoy Thanksgiving weekend with visiting friends and family. Make It & Take It projects (free). Live Music with Irish singer/musician Derek Byrne. Easy Entertaining for the Holiday’s with Patty Ehlers Peterson from Larry’s Market. Wine Tasting. Complimentary cider and cookies. Luminarias.

Friday, December 2, 10 am-9 pm
"Christmas in the Country"
"Christmas in the Country" is Wisconsin's premier, nationally recognized Christmas boutique, featuring some of the finest Midwestern folk artists and Christmas artisans in a juried show. Cedarburg High School Choral Singers, 6:30-7:30 p.m. ***The show/sale runs December 2-4. Admission: $3.00.

Friday, December 9, 5-9 pm
“Santa's Workshop"
Visit with Santa Claus in his winter wonderland. Live music featuring “Songs of the Season” by David HB Drake. Children’s holiday ornament craft and cookie decorating (free). Wine Tasting. Complimentary cider and cookies. Luminarias.

Friday, December 16, 5-9 pm
“A Taste of Christmas"
A night for grown-ups to leisurely shop in a festive atmosphere. Complimentary munchies and wine tasting. Live vintage holiday tunes by singer Ed Franks in the mode of Sinatra, Bobby Darin and Bing Crosby. Grafton H. S. Choral Singers. Barbershop singers 8 of Hearts. Food Drive for Family Sharing
of Ozaukee County. Roasted Chestnuts ($1 per bag). Luminarias.

For more information call 866-626-7005 or visit www.cedarcreeksettlement.com. Located at Washington & Bridge, Historic Cedarburg/I-43 North (about 20 minutes north of Milwaukee).