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It’s a Gingerbread Cathedral! WheatFields annual gingerbread house display and auction to benefit The Salvation Army.
“Breakfast With Santa,” December 13 at WheatFields.
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november/december | 2008
Gingerbread House, Saint Nick to appear at WheatFields WheatFields restaurant will unveil its annual holiday gingerbread house project the first week in December . each of the past eight years, WheatFields owner Ron Popp has auctioned off a gingerbread house display and donated the money raised to the Salvation Army . Last year’s house was sold at auction for $1,000 . Popp also collects toys and other donations for the charity at his restaurant during the holiday season . Again this year, baker-extraordinaire Kim Slater and her team will bake, assemble and decorate the gingerbread house for exhibit at the One Pacific Place restaurant . The process takes in excess of two months and, according to Popp, grows more elaborate each year . The exhibit will remain on display into the New Year . in addition to the exhibit, WheatFields will host several holiday events, including “Saint Nic’s Saturday” in its Patio Tea Room on December 6 . Sponsored by Spirit Radio and in cooperation with Holy Family Shrine, the event will feature Saint Nic handing out special stories of the “true meaning of Christmas” to visiting children . On December 13, WheatFields will host “Breakfast with Santa .” The event will promote the Salvation Army, and donations of toys and monetary gifts will be collected . Lauritzen Gardens Celebrates the Holidays From November
28 through January 4, 2009, visitors to Lauritzen Gardens can enjoy beautiful nature displays of the season at the Holiday Poinsettia Show . More than 7,000 poinsettia plants are grown in Lauritzen Gardens’ greenhouses for this annual holiday show . This spectacular exhibit includes a 20-foot poinsettia tree, beautifully decorated holiday trees, three antique sleighs and a model train that travels through the display . Daily from 9 a .m .-5 p .m . Cost is $6 adults, $3 children ages 6-12 . On November 30, the sounds of the season can be heard at the Holiday Harmony concert series featuring holiday music on Sunday afternoons . Cost is $6 adults, $3 ages 6-12 . And December 6 and 7, Lauritzen Gardens will host Holiday Happenings, a weekend of holiday e ve nt s, music and c h i l d r e n ’s a c t i v i t i e s . Santa Claus will visit and sit with kids for photos . Cost is $6 adults, $3 ages 6-12 . T h e r e’s something for everyone to enjoy! Lauritzen Gardens – O m a h a’s Botanical Center, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha . visit www .lauritzengardens .org or call 3464002 for more information .