Make Your Plans for the Holidays in Packer Country
There’s something for everybody this holiday season

GREEN BAY, Wis.
October 17, 2005

Green Bay, WI – It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And in Packer Country in 2005, visitors and area residents alike will have a multitude of special events and entertainment offerings to choose from during the Holiday season.

“The line-up of entertainment, festivals, parades and special events is remarkable,” said Kari Sliva, President & CEO of Packer Country Visitor & Convention Bureau. “There are light displays and parades, national recording acts performing holiday selections, trips to celebrations of the past, Christmas favorites on stage, and much, much more.”

Sliva says the options are endless:

Downtown Lighting Ceremony
Admiral Flately Park
& Old Fort Square, Green Bay
November 18, 2005
5:30-8 p.m.

Holiday Gift and Craft Show
ShopKo Hall, Ashwaubenon
November 18, 2005
3-9 p.m.

Green Bay Holiday Parade
Downtown Green Bay
November 19, 2005
10 a.m.

Christmas Tree Ship Program
Rogers Street Fishing Village, Two Rivers
November 19, 2005
10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Alpaca Threads Holiday Open House
London Dairy Alpacas, Two Rivers
November 25, 2005
10 a.m.-3 p.m.

WPS Garden of Lights
Green Bay Botanical Garden, Green Bay
November 25-27 & December 2-4, 9-11,
16-18, 22-23, 29-30
5-9 p.m.

Christmas Fantasy Parade
Washington Street, Two Rivers
November 26, 2005
5:30 PM

Grizzy's Holiday Light Tour
Regency Suites, Green Bay
November 28 - December 31
5 p.m., 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.

Christmas in Algoma
Downtown Algoma
December 2-3, 2005

Christmas at Heritage Hill
Heritage Hill State Park, Allouez
December 2-3, 9-10 & 16-17
4-8 p.m.

Walking in a Winter Wonderland
NEW Wisconsin Zoo, Suamico
December 2, 2005
5-9 p.m.

Christmas on the Fox
Neville Public Museum, Green Bay
December 2, 2005
6:30-8:30 p.m.

A Town Called Christmas
Palace of Reifs Mills Theatre, Reifs Mills
December 2-4 & 9-11
7:00 p.m.

YWCA Festival of Trees
National Railroad Museum, Ashwaubenon
December 2, 2005
9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Handel's "Messiah"
St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Green Bay
December 3, 2005
7:30 p.m.

Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker
Meyer Theatre, Green Bay
December 3, 2005
7:30 p.m.

Sister's Christmas Catechism
Meyer Theatre, Green Bay
December 6-18 (except Dec. 11 & 12)
7:30 p.m.

Carriage Rides Down Frosty Lane
Voyageur Park, De Pere
December 8, 2005
5:30-8:30 p.m.

Horse-Drawn Holiday
Downtown Green Bay
December 9, 2005
5-8 p.m.

Holiday Pops Concert
Weidner Center, Green Bay
December 10, 2005
7:30 p.m.

Victorian Christmas Tea Party
Hazelwood Historic House, Green Bay
December 10, 2005
2-4 p.m.

Anne Murray
Weidner Center, Green Bay
December 12, 2005
7:30 p.m.

Musical Christmas Memories
Hazelwood Historic House, Green Bay
December 17, 2005
1-4 p.m.

A Scottish Christmas, feat. Bonnie Rideout
Weidner Center, Green Bay
December 18, 2005
7:30 p.m.

Lorie Line Holiday Extravaganza
Weidner Center, Green Bay
December 23, 2005
8 p.m.

For more information on these and other events, visit the Packer Country Visitor & Convention Bureau Web site at www.packercountry.com.

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Packer Country Visitor & Convention Bureau is the regional destination marketing organization committed to improving the visitor experience and increasing the economic impact of tourism to its communities. For more information call 888-867-3342 or visit us online at www.packercountry.com.