Cup of Cheer
Location: Naperville, Naperville, IL 60540
Start Date/Time: December 04, 2014 - 10 a.m.
End Date/Time: December 05, 2014 – 6 p.m.
Naperville Garden Club is pleased to feature four homes located throughout Naperville. Subdivisions featured this year are Downtown Naperville, Hobson Village, Kinloch and White Eagle. Homes are not handicapped accessible. They are private residences. Your ticket allows you to tour all floors of the homes and see private living spaces. Ticket holders need to navigate floors and stairways while carrying your shoes in a plastic bag provided at each site.
Holiday Market & Tea: Add to your holiday shopping at our unique Holiday Market. Choose from beautiful gifts and decorations, many of which are original designs by Club members. Also pick up your souvenir bone china cup and saucer. Coffee, tea and cookies will be served on both days. The Market location is changed this year due to campus construction. The Market is located at the Larrance Academic Center at North Central College, 309 East School St., from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm on Thursday, December 4 and 10:00 am – 6:00 pm on Friday, December 5. The Market is open to the general public for shopping on Friday, December 5 from Noon – 6:00 pm. This means that non-ticket holders may enter the Holiday Market and shop without participating in the House Walk. No ticket is required for admission to this Holiday Market from Noon – 6:00 pm. The Holiday Market is handicapped accessible.
Preview Day: Thursday, December 4. Preview tickets are $55 and are good on Thursday only. Our Thursday hours are 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Thursday ticket holders view homes with no entry lines and get first choice to purchase items at the Holiday Market. These tickets can be purchased at Country Curtains (233 S. Main St), Nona Jo’s (5th Ave and Mill St), CLICK HERE for online through Wednesday, December 3 or email us at napervillegardenclub@hotmail.com.
House Walk Day:: Friday, December 5. Tickets are $35 and are good on Friday only. Our Friday hours are 10:00 am – 6:00 pm. These tickets can be purchased online CLICK HERE through Wednesday, December 3 or at the Will Call table at Larrance Academic Center (North Central College) lobby area on the day of the event with cash or checks only. Also, you can buy them at the following Naperville vendors beginning October 15 and are available throughout the event.
Nona Jo’s (5th Ave and Mill St. near Naperville North High School)
Oxford Banks (2 sites – 75th St at Book Rd and Rt 59 at 83rd St)
Country Curtains (233 S. Main St)
The Growing Place (25 W. 471 Plank Rd location)
Naperville Bank & Trust (only at the Market Meadows location) – 1205 S. Naper Blvd.
Tickets will not be refunded in the event of inclement weather. The Cup of Cheer™ is held regardless of the weather and will not be canceled. For additional information, call Barbara, the Ticket Chairperson at 630-964-7408.
A portion of the ticket costs are tax deductible – $35 of the cost of a Preview Day ticket and $15 of a Friday Ticket.
Transportation: Your ticket includes a map to the houses on the house walk for you to drive. Special parking considerations are noted on the ticket.
Be part of a Naperville tradition for over 50 years!
The 2014 cup/saucer, Sandra’s Rose, is given to each ticket holder. Matching dessert plates will be available this year. A limited quantity of past Cup of Cheer™ years’ cups and saucers are available for sale.
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