# Home for the Holidays at Old World Wisconsin

> Event for families in the Milwaukee–Waukesha area (WI). Times are Central Time.

- When: Sat, Dec 5 (+3 more dates) · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
- Where: Old World Wisconsin, W372 S9727 Highway 67, Eagle, WI 53119
- Ages: Check age guidance
- Price: Tickets required (book online); wagon rides and Breakfast with Santa extra
- Organizer: Wisconsin Historical Society — Old World Wisconsin
- Official page: https://buy.acmeticketing.com/events/514/detail/6464ea6ce763b7149fb26806
- Last checked: Sat, Oct 24

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## About

The outdoor history museum celebrates Victorian holiday traditions across its historic village. Families can visit St. Nicholas in a 19th-century Santa's workshop, make holiday crafts such as greenery, handmade ornaments and letters to Santa, take a photo with a giant straw Julblock goat, meet yuletide characters from the friendly forest gnome to Krampus, vote in a gingerbread house contest of Old World buildings and sing along with the Brass Knuckles quintet. Horse-drawn wagon rides need an extra ticket. A separate Breakfast with Santa (9–11 AM the same weekends) adds a buffet breakfast, a meet-and-greet and a take-home present for every child.

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