Design Ideas Holiday Warehouse Nov 28-Dec 27, A liquidation of thousands of decorative and organizational products for the home and office at 75% off the retail price. Proceeds will benefit local charities. CVS, 2309 S. MacArthur. For more info, call 546-5374.
Children’s Holiday Store Nov 29-Dec 23, Mon-Fri 4-8pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun, 12-5pm, Let the kids do their own shopping at the The Mini O’Beirne Crisis Nursery’s Children’s Holiday Store. Gifts range from $1- $10. Town and Country Shopping Center, 2415 S. MacArthur. For more info go to www.miniobeirne.org.
Decorate the Elijah Iles House Nov 29, 12pm, Help decorate the Elijah Iles House for Christmas. Elijah Iles House, 628 S. Seventh St. For more info, call 492-5929.
Illinois Wings Holiday Open House Nov 29, 9am-1pm, Shop for the holidays and help support local uninsured/underinsured breast cancer patients. Brinkerhoff Home, 1500 N. Fifth St. For more info, call 726-9572.
Ringing in the Season - Bells In Motion Nov 29, 7-8:30pm, Spend Christmas with Bells In Motion as they ring in the holiday season. $10. Westminster Presbyterian Church, 533 S. Walnut St. For more info, call 899-2128 or go to www.bellsinmotion.org.
Ringing in the Season - Bells In Motion Nov 30, 4-5:30pm, Sit back, relax and enjoy the sounds of Christmas with Bells In Motion as they ring in the holiday season. $10. First Baptist Church, 2502 E. College St. For more info, call 899-2128 or go to www.bellsinmotion.org.
December
LLCC Jazz Band and Stolen Moments “Hope and Jazz” Concert Dec 1, 7:30pm, The Lincoln Land Community College Jazz Band and Stolen Moments ensemble, will perform such tunes as “Shining Star,” “Yo Tannenbaum,” and “The Look of Love” featuring LLCC students Shayla Logan, Lewis Parrish, Adam Pallai, Reggie Hohenstein and Larry Black, along with an arrangement of “Living for the City” by Michael Withrow. Free. First Christian Church, 700 S. Sixth St. For more info, call 786-2218.
“ThinkFirst” Poinsettia Fundraiser Dec 2, 10am-4pm, Poinsettias and Christmas cactuses will be available in various sizes and colors. Proceeds will be used to purchase bike helmets, child saftey seats and safety educational material for children in central Illinois. $5-$25. 327 W. Calhoun Ave. deadline for placing orders is Nov 25. For more info, call 545-7700.
Advent Concert Series Every Mon, Dec 3-17, 12:15-12:45pm, Bring your lunch or buy lunch at the Brown Bag Concert Series. Relax on a winter afternoon and hear songs of the season. Free. First Presbyterian Church, 321 S. Seventh St. For more info, call 528-4311 or go to www.lincolnschurch.org.
Christmas with the Lincolns Dec 3-Jan 7, 8:30am-5pm, Find out how the Lincolns would have spent Christmas during a holiday tour of the historic Lincoln Home. The tour includes decorations inspired by the 1860s such as poinsettias, a cloved orange pyramid, ropes of cranberries and more. The neighborhood around the home will also be decorated. Free. Visitors Center, 426 S. Seventh St. For more info, call 492-4241.
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