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Jellystone Park Announces 2019 Christmas Carnival of Lights

Families can explore and experience Wisconsin's larges drive-through light display featuring more than two million twinkling lights.

Jellystone Park is also offering several discounts to various community partners.
Jellystone Park is also offering several discounts to various community partners. (Scott Anderson, Patch Staff )

CALEDONIA, WI — Jellystone Park has announced the dates and times for its 2019 Wisconsin Christmas Carnival of Lights.

This year's edition will be open nightly Nov. 30–Dec. 31. Families can explore and experience Wisconsin’s larges drive-through light display featuring more than two million twinkling lights. The Carnival of Lights is organized and run by local, family owned and operated Jellystone Park in Caledonia, located 10 minutes south of General Mitchell Airport.

Visitors will enjoy unique moving light displays, including two 200-foot-long drive-through light tunnels. This year, a new tunnel has been added, featuring images and words corresponding to favorite Christmas tunes. “Evy the Talking Christmas Tree,” a popular 10-foot singing tree will return to Santa’s Workshop to tell Christmas stories and lead holiday carols.

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Guests can also warm up with hot chocolate, roast their own s’mores in outdoor fire pits, mail a letter to the North Pole, or meet and take pictures with Santa. Families interested in visiting

Santa can find hours at: wichristmascarnival.com/santas-his-workshop.

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“The holidays are all about creating lasting memories with your family,” said Bridget Bender, Jellystone’s general manager. “We are so proud to provide an experience that the whole family will love. We have worked hard to make the 10th Anniversary of the Christmas Carnival of Lights an unforgettable holiday tradition.”

Jellystone Park is also offering several discounts to various community partners on the following dates:

Monday, Dec. 2, 2019:

Military Monday and Senior Night – Show a military ID or a senior (65 and older) ID to save 75 percent off a single car admission.

Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019:

Teacher Appreciation Tuesday – Teachers, aids, principals and others shaping children’s education can show their school ID to save 50 percent off a single car admission.

Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019:

Service Personnel Night – EMS, firefighters and police officers can present their ID at the gate to save 50 percent off a single car admission.

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