LAST YEAR’S SCHEDULE - Updates for 2012 Coming Soon

Tannenbaum Forest
Special Weekends, Events & Hours

Tannenbaum Forest, Weekdays
November 28 – December 15
Mondays through Thursdays: 1 pm – 3pm

Santa Times
Friday, November 25, 4pm – 7pm
Saturday, November 26, 11am – 5pm
Sunday, November 27, 11am – 3pm
Friday, December 2, 6-8pm
Saturday, December 3, 2pm – 8pm
Sunday, December 4, 11am – 4pm
December 10, noon – 3pm
December 11, noon – 3pm
December 17, noon – 3pm

St Nick’s Café
Friday and Saturday, November 25 and 26, 11am – 6pm
Sunday, November 27, 11am-4pm
Saturday, December 3, 11am-6pm
Sunday, December 4, 11am-4pm

Thanksgiving Weekend
November 25, 10am – 7pm
November 26, 10am – 7pm
November 27, 11am – 4pm

› Details for all Thanksgiving weekend events.

Prelude to Christmas Weekend
December 2, 10am – 8pm
December 3, 10 am – 8pm
December 4, 11am – 4pm

› Details for all Prelude to Christmas events

Kids & Crafts Weekend
December 9, 10am – 5pm
December 10, 10am – 5pm
December 11, 11am – 4pm

› Details for Kids & Crafts Weekend events

Music & Holiday Cheer Weekend
December 16, 10am – 5pm
December 17, 10-am – 5pm
December 18, 11am – 4pm

› Details for Music & Holiday Cheer Weekend events

Ongoing Events

Tannenbaum Forest
November 25 – December 18
Stroll through a twinkling wonderland of lights! Live, decorated trees; breathtaking Nativity scene and seventeen-foot German-style Christmas pyramid, all located in the century-old Festhalle barn. Special musical performances, visits from Santa, and a live reindeer scheduled throughout the month. Proceeds benefit our 2011 Make-A-Wish child, Brandon. Remember to bring a coat!

2011 St. Luke’s Hospice Raffle Quilt, Heritage Designs
November 15 – December 4
Heritage Designs will display this beautiful hand crafted quilt and have raffle tickets available to purchase. This year’s quilt features "Seasons of Our Lives" and is the collaborative effort of area stitchers. The drawing is at noon, on Tuesday, December 20th, at St. Luke’s. Raffle benefits St. Luke’s Hospice.

Tickets: $5 for 1 ticket, $10 for 5 tickets, or $15 for 10 tickets.

Brandon: Our 2011 Make-A-Wish child

Our Make-A-Wish Child for 2011 is Brandon, a five- year old with Cystic Fibrosis. He was diagnosed shortly after he was born. He has a vest that he must wear everyday to keep his lungs clear of fluids. Brandon is very energetic and outgoing, smiling all the time, even when he is sick. He’s had a G-tube in his stomach since he was 10 months old. Weight gain has been an issue for Brandon his whole life, and he’s been hospitalized from time to time for not being able to properly gain weight. He likes to play Wii and football with his brother, and he also likes playing cars with his sister. He likes Transformers. His wish is to go to the San Diego Zoo because he loves animals. We are so excited to help make Brandon’s wish come true! So, please visit us at the Tannenbaum Forest this holiday season.

Thanksgiving Weekend
November 25 – 27

Moments in Time during Thanksgiving Weekend
Our opening weekend features a number of photo opportunities in the Amanas for family and friends to create lasting holiday memories.

Moments in Time Photo Spots:

AMANA: Amana Visitors Center, Amana Furniture Shop, Amana Woolen Mill, Amazing Grace Antiques & Gifts, Azul World Treasures, Catiri’s Art Oasis, Java Junction, and Schnitzel’s Eck & White Cross Cellars.

WEST AMANA: Schanz Broom & Basket Shop. Open November 25th through Christmas.

Luminary Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony
6 pm, starts at Amana Heritage Museum
Join Santa and the Make-A-Wish Foundation for a special candlelit parade down Main Street Amana. Parade begins at the Amana Heritage Museum at 6 pm. Bring your own lantern; candle luminaries will be available at the museum. Parade concludes at the Tannenbaum Forest with Tree Lighting Ceremony, including carols and a bonfire complete with cocoa and marshmallows. A great way to kick off the holiday season!

Prelude to Christmas Weekend
December 2 – 4

Friday    |    Saturday     |    Sunday

Friday, December 2

Lehm Books & Gifts - Drawing
Come in and register for a beautiful Christmas angel figurine. The drawing will be at the end of the day on Sunday. Need not be present for the drawing.

Amazing Grace Antiques & Gifts - Door Prizes
Stop in to register for door prizes of handmade soap each day all weekend.

Amana Woolen Mill - Demonstrations
9am- 3pm
Free demonstrations at Iowa's only working woolen mill. Watch us create our traditional blankets and see our embroidery specialist working Christmas magic!

Amana Church Guild Bazaar
1pm–8pm
Crafts, needlework, holiday ornaments & décor, specialty foods, woodcrafts and more! One-half block from Tannenbaum Forest. Proceeds benefit youth ministries and our vacation bible camp.

Ox Yoke Inn - Oxen Wings and drinks
5pm-9pm
Try some “Oxen Wings” and Holiday drinks in the Bierstube.

Eastern Iowa Brass Band Quintet
6pm, Tannenbaum Forest

CCA Community Choir
6pm, Amana Heritage Museum

A Glimpse of Amana Christmas Past
6:30pm, Amana Heritage Museum
Enjoy a program of song, poetry, and storytelling that lets you experience Christmas in communal Amana a century ago.

CCA Community Choir
7pm, Tannenbaum Forest

Eastern Iowa Brass Band Quintet
7:30pm, Tannenbaum Forest

Saturday, December 3

Lehm Books & Gifts - Drawing
Come in and register for a beautiful Christmas angel figurine. The drawing will be at the end of the day on Sunday. Need not be present for the drawing.

Amazing Grace Antiques & Gifts - Door Prizes
Stop in to register for door prizes of handmade soap each day all weekend.

Heritage Designs - Quilting Demonstrations
An ongoing demonstration for the “Less Than Traditional” piecing technique for quick and easy quilt projects that are perfect for last minute gift giving. No handwork is involved with this technique including binding!

Azul World Treasures - Door Prizes
Offering incredible door prizes! Register today and then show up for the drawing at 3pm. You may win a gift for yourself or take care of someone on your Christmas list.

Amana Church Bazaar
9am – 3pm
Locally made crafts at Amana Church. Register for Amana Church Cookie Walk beginning at 9am.

Amana Woolen Mill - Blanket Weaving & Embroidery
10am – 5pm, Woolen Mill
Experience the magic of blanket weaving. Guest yarn spinners demonstrate traditional spinning and carding techniques.

11am – 3pm
Watch the process of computerized embroidery create Christmas delights.

Ox Yoke Inn
11am – 3pm
Kids and “Big Kids” decorate your own Christmas cookie.

Amana Church Cookie Walk
Noon, until sold out
Select your own box full of home-baked cookies, bars and candies…thousands of Christmas cookies and treats to choose from. Registration begins at 9am. . West entrance of the Amana Church, located ½ block west of Tannenbaum Forest. Proceeds benefit youth ministries and our vacation bible camp.

Amana Woolen Mill Holiday Wear Fashion Show
1pm, Woolen Mill
Holiday Extravaganza! Join us for a peek at holiday wear and fun fashions for cold weather! No reservations needed.

Amana Furniture Shop Tours
1pm and 3pm
Guided Workshop Tours – Free.

Eastern Iowa Brass Band Quintet
1pm, 3pm, 5pm, and 7:30pm, Tannenbaum Forest

A Glimpse of Amana Christmas Past
2pm, 3pm, 4pm, Amana Heritage Museum
Enjoy a program of song, poetry, and storytelling that lets you experience Christmas in communal Amana a century ago.

Sunday, December 4

Lehm Books & Gifts - Drawing
Come in and register for a beautiful Christmas angel figurine. The drawing will be at the end of the day on Sunday. Need not be present for the drawing.

Amazing Grace Antiques & Gifts - Door Prizes
Stop in to register for door prizes of handmade soap each day all weekend.

Heritage Designs - Quilting Demonstrations
An ongoing demonstration for the “Less Than Traditional” piecing technique for quick and easy quilt projects that are perfect for last minute gift giving. No handwork is involved with this technique including binding!

Azul World Treasures - Door Prizes
Offering incredible door prizes! Register today and then show up for the drawing at 3pm. You may win a gift for yourself or take care of someone on your Christmas list.

Ox Yoke Inn - Brunch with Santa and Mrs. Klaus
9 am – 1pm
Reservations recommended.

Amana Woolen Mill - events
11am – 2pm
Creations in Cloth trunk show — lovingly made baskets and purses from Muscatine, Iowa. Come see their wide selection of specialty items.

Noon – -4pm
Spinning Demonstrations: Travel back in time with our guest spinners. Watch while they demonstrate the old world techniques of spinning and carding.

Kids & Crafts Weekend
December 9 – 11

Bring the kids and join in the fun for a weekend
devoted to kids and crafts!

Friday, December 9

Chocolate Haus - chocolate- covered candy canes
Kids can dip their own chocolate-covered candy canes. $3 per person.

Saturday, December 10

Chocolate Haus - chocolate- covered candy canes
Kids can dip their own chocolate-covered candy canes. $3 per person.

Catiri’s Art Oasis - paper bell ornament
Create a German paper bell ornament. $3 per person.

Schanz Furniture & Refinishing - wooden tree
Children can make a small, multi-wood Christmas tree at our South Amana location.

Amana Furniture Shop - “Build a Clock” workshop
Noon
Spend some time in our shop and build your very own Amana clock. No woodworking skill required. Call for more information and to register.

Amana Furniture Shop – Kid’s Craft Area
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Use wood, glue, and other materials to make something special – Free

Tannenbaum Forest - LIVE reindeer
1 pm – 4pm

Sunday, December 11

Chocolate Haus - chocolate- covered candy canes
Kids can dip their own chocolate-covered candy canes. $3 per person.

Music & Holiday Cheer Weekend
December 17

Get into the holiday spirit by celebrating Christmas through music.

Saturday, December 17

Amana Woolen Mill - concerts
1pm, Concert by the Marengo Presbyterian Handbell Choir
2pm, The Clover Ridge Church of Walford will perform Christmas carols.

White Cross Cellars - caroling
1pm
Join in an informal caroling party for anyone who loves to sing. Bring your voice of ‘good cheer’ to White Cross Cellars and warm up before visiting several local businesses to lend your voice in spreading Christmas cheer! Wine samples will be offered.

Theatre Events

The Old Creamery Theatre
800-35-AMANA or 319-622-6194
www.oldcreamery.com

A Don’t Hug Me Christmas Carol
November 17 – December 18, Main Stage

Raggedy Ann and Andy’s Yuletide Adventure
November 26 – December 17, Main Stage

Wooden Snowflakes
December 1 – 18, Studio Stage

Iowa Theatre Artists Company
319-622-3222
www.Iowatheatreartists.org

A Southern Exposure
November 25 – 27

Great Blue Herons Christmas Concert
December 2 – 4

Lynne Rothrock’s Christmas Cabaret
December 9 – 11