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- HolidaySavanna Festival of Trees5:00 PM – 8:00 PMSavanna Museum & Cultural Center · SavannaSavanna’s holiday season opens with some fifty decorated trees filling the local history museum, timed to the town’s Christmas Walk on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
HolidayLanark Lighted Parade & Tree Lighting6:30 PMDowntown Lanark · LanarkLanark starts the holiday season the night after Thanksgiving with a lighted parade, music and the lighting of the town Christmas tree.
Beyond Carroll County
Also nearby in Northwest Illinois
These aren’t Carroll County events, but each is an easy drive away.
- HolidayNot in Carroll County · Ogle CountyOregon Candlelight WalkNov 28 · 3:00 PM – 8:00 PMDowntown Oregon · OregonAn old-fashioned holiday open house on the Saturday after Thanksgiving — horse-drawn wagon rides, luminaries along the sidewalks, a visit from Santa, and shops open late with refreshments.
HolidayNot in Carroll County · Whiteside CountyDillon Home Christmas ToursDec 2 – Dec 30Dillon Home Museum · SterlingChristmas tours of Sterling's Dillon Home Museum on select December days, including evening self-guided hours Dec. 11 and 12.- HolidayNot in Carroll County · Whiteside CountySights & Sounds Holiday Kickoff and Tree LightingDec 4 · 5:00 PM – 8:00 PMLibrary Plaza · SterlingDowntown Sterling launches the holidays on the first Friday of December with Santa’s arrival, the Library Plaza tree lighting at 5:30, horse-and-carriage rides, live entertainment and late-night shopping.
HolidayNot in Carroll County · Whiteside CountyFulton Christmas WalkDec 4 · 5:00 PM – 7:00 PMDowntown Fulton · FultonAn evening holiday stroll through downtown Fulton, organized by the town's Christmas Walk Committee.- HolidayNot in Carroll County · Whiteside CountyChristmas in the CanyonDec 5 · 12:00 PM – 6:00 PMWierenga’s Heritage Canyon · FultonFulton’s recreated 1800s settlement in the canyon fills with costumed reenactors, carols in the log church, a working blacksmith, lantern light along the paths, and Santa in the ironworks shop.
FamilyNot in Carroll County · Lee CountyHootin' Holiday BashDec 19 · 9:00 AM – 10:00 AMRuth Edwards Nature Center, Lowell Park · DixonA live bird program at Lowell Park's nature center, with five to seven owls and falcons up close. Free community admission.
FamilyNot in Carroll County · Whiteside CountyNoon Year's Eve Family Pool PartyDec 31 · 11:00 AM – 1:00 PMDuis Recreation Center · SterlingA family swim party at Sterling's Duis Center that counts down to noon, with a beach ball drop, music and party favors. Register by Dec. 30.