Santa returns Saturday to Mooseheart
If you want to get a free photo with Santa Claus at Mooseheart's ninth annual Holiday Lights show, there are only four opportunities left.
Santa sits for photos this Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 15-16, in the middle weekend of three visits to the Holiday Lights.
Santa's visits are always popular, and his first weekend visit to Mooseheart saw throngs of children and their parents, eager to mail a letter to the North Pole or take a photo with Santa in the campus' fieldhouse.
Other Saturday-Sunday events in the fieldhouse include a pair of bounce houses, the chance to have a face painting from a Mooseheart cosmetology student, crafts and snacks.
Two new places to take photos - without Santa - are included this year.
One is a sleigh and the other is a scene reminiscent of the movie "Frozen."
The cost for all this family fun is the $10 per car admission to the Holiday Lights show, which includes dozens of displays over a 1.8-mile route through Mooseheart's campus.
Some familiar displays are still included in the show, but new displays have been added every year, including this year.
One of the largest holiday lights shows in the Chicago area, Mooseheart's Holiday Lights show is open every day from 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 31.
Santa's visits begin at 5:30 p.m. and the line will be shut at 8:30 p.m., with those in line at 8:30 p.m. still allowed to see Santa.
Santa returns one final time Dec. 22-23, though the show continues through New Year's Eve.
One hundred percent of proceeds go to support Mooseheart.
For details on the Holiday Lights show, visit the news section at www.mooseheart.org or call (630) 966-2200.
Mooseheart is two miles north of I-88 on the west side of Route 31.
Mooseheart is a residential child care facility located on a 1,000-acre campus, off Route 31, between Batavia and North Aurora. The Child City is a home for children and teens in need, from infancy through high school.
Dedicated in July 1913 by the Moose fraternal organization, Mooseheart cares for youth whose families are unable, for a variety of reasons, to care for them.
Eighty percent of Mooseheart graduating seniors enroll in two- and four-year universities around the country. Mooseheart Child City and School gives children a second chance at childhood in a safe environment where they enjoy a solid education and home.
Follow them at www.facebook.com/MooseheartChildCity/.