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Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/02/2023
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Uptown Station
Categories
Stop in and see Santa this holiday season in Uptown Normal! Santa’s Station is located in the Mark R. Peterson Plaza, between Uptown Station and the Children’s Discovery Museum.
While you wait your turn to see Santa, enjoy live music and festivities inside Uptown Station.
Visits to Santa’s Station are free, but cash donations are encouraged! Proceeds benefit local nonprofit organizations (as specified in the schedule below).
Photos are welcome; bring your own camera! (Photography services are not provided.)
2023 Schedule
Saturday, Dec. 2 | 12:30-4 p.m. | Opening Day, benefiting Special Olympics | entertainment by ISU Clef Hangers, Wild Style Design Company face painting |
Sunday, Dec. 3 | 1-4 p.m. | benefiting Pepper Ridge PTO & Special Olympics | entertainment by James Herr, Wild Style Design Company face painting |
Thursday, Dec. 7 | 5-7 p.m. | benefiting ABC Counseling | entertainment by ISU Clef Hangers, Wild Style Design Company face painting |
Friday, Dec. 8 | 5-7 p.m. | benefiting Toys for Tots of McLean County | entertainment by Jim Markum Quartet, Wild Style Design Company face painting |
Saturday, Dec. 9 | 1-4 p.m. | benefiting NAACP | entertainment by Hannah Rose and The Sweet Nothings, Coffee Hound Hot Cocoa Bar |
Sunday, Dec. 10 | 1-4 p.m. | benefiting Bloomington-Normal Jaycees & Special Olympics | entertainment by TyJon Charlie, Wild Style Design Company Face Painting |
Thursday, Dec. 14 | 5-7 p.m. | benefiting Children’s Discovery Museum Foundation | entertainment by Kyle Yap, Children’s Discovery Museum art activities |
Friday, Dec. 15 | 5-7 p.m. | benefiting Children’s Discovery Museum Foundation | entertainment by JaM Acoustic, Chidlren’s Discovery Museum art activities |
Saturday, Dec. 16 | 1-4 p.m. | benefiting NAACP | entertainment by Karen B with Duane Jessie, Coffee Hound Hot Cocoa Bar |
Sunday, Dec. 17 | 1-4 p.m. | benefiting Children’s Discovery Museum Foundation & Special Olympics | entertainment by Taylor Steele, Children’s Discovery Museum art activities |
Thursday, Dec. 21 | 5-7 p.m. | benefiting Special Olympics & Paws Giving Independence | entertainment by Isabel Osorio, Normal Police Department Cocoa with Cops |
Friday, Dec. 22 | 5-7 p.m. | benefiting Pepper Ridge PTO and Special Olympics | entertainment by Marcos Mendez, Wild Style Design Company face painting |
Saturday, Dec. 23 | 1-4 p.m. | benefiting Conexiones Latinas de McLean County | |
Sunday, Dec. 24 | 1-3* p.m. | (Closes early Christmas Eve!) benefiting Special Olympics | featuring Wild Style Design Company face painting |
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