Story Time With Santa Lake Forest Open Lands Event

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LAKE FOREST OPEN LANDS INVITES FAMILIES FOR A DAY OF OUTDOOR PLAY AT STORY TIME WITH SANTA Santa is coming to Lake Forest early this year and will be arriving in a horse drawn sleigh on Saturday, December 7, 2013 from 1:00pm-3:00pm at Mellody Farm Nature Preserve for the annual "Story Time With Santa" event hosted by the Lake Forest Open Lands Associate Board. Santa and his elf will be on hand to read children of all ages a story, while they take a ride around the prairie, which is only possible during the winter months when the prairie has died back. Lake Forest Open Land?s new Eldridge Classroom for Environmental Education will be open during the event for children to make a craft. The event serves as a chance for many Lake Forest parents to visit the same nature preserve where their children have visited during the fall on field trips through the Lake Forest schools, and also as an educational opportunity for families to learn more about nature together. New for this year?s event will be a scavenger hunt featuring winter songbirds. Cookies and hot cocoa will provide warm treats for the little ones, generously donated by Bend Fork and Caribou Coffee. There will be a raffle with tickets at $10 each or three for $25. Raffle items range from a Patrick Sharp autographed puck to a spa gift set for mom to an arrangement from Lake Forest Flowers. Matt Anderson will be on hand to take professional family photos just in time for the holidays. Advance tickets are $35 per family for members, $100 for non-members, which includes membership to Lake Forest Open Lands. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.lfola.org. Day of event pricing is $45 per family for members; $110 per family for non-members. The entrance to Mellody Farm Nature Preserve is located at the southwest corner of Deerpath and Waukegan Road.