The date is approaching fast and we’re making preparations. Don’t miss out!
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Hometown Holiday 2025 may have come and gone as of 3:30 PM on November 29th, but we will be back November 28th, 2026!
This list will be updated as donations come in.

10 AM to 2 PM - We will have 30+ vendor/crafters at various locations throughout town. Locations listed below.

10 AM to 2 PM - Gather your loved ones together for free family photos at the Glidden School Campus. ADDRESS: 64 S Grant Street

11 AM to 2 PM - Your kids will definitely want to stop by and give Santa their wish list. Located in the Glidden School Campus at 64 S Grant Street.

10 AM to 2 PM - Mystery money raffle, 50/50 raffle, free kid's & teen raffle, and Santa Run raffle all at the Town Hall. Address: 23 N Grant Street. Drawings will be held after the parade.

10 AM to 2 PM - Start at the School Campus and enter for $10.00. Then go around to as many businesses as you can to collect tickets. See details below...

10 AM to 2 PM - This area will allow kids to craft, color, play games, and more. Located at the Assembly of God Church (123 Zach Street)

Throughout the day, you will be able to hear your favorite Christmas tunes while you partake in the events.

Nov 1st thru Nov 28th, visit Drop Tine or Northern Lure to enter for a chance to win a $300 Gift Certificate to O'dovero's Meat Market in Mellen, WI. $10 per square

3:00 PM - The last event of the day will a parade that goes right through the middle of town on Grant Street.

Glidden School Campus - 64 S Grant Street
Jacobs Town Hall - 23 N Grant Street
Lena's Bar & Grill- 71 N Grant Street
Dead Squirrel Bar & Grill - 24 N Grant Street
Senior Center and Lauri Jean Zach Center - 337 York Road
Lutheran Church - 76372 Lenz Road
Enter for $5.00 (at the Glidden School Campus - 64 S Grant Street) and go around to as many businesses as you can to collect different colored tickets. Each ticket you collect is another entry into the Santa Run Raffle. There are 11 locations to get your tickets from. There will be a special raffle ticket to those that get all of the locations for another prize. Must be at least 18 years of age to participate.
Participating businesses/locations are: Lena Bar & Grill (71 N Grant St), Dead Squirrel Bar (24 N Grant St), Jacobs Town Hall (23 N Grant St), Glidden School Campus [2 spots](64 S Grant St), Bear Crossing Gas Station (171 W Broadway/Hwy 13), Bear Necessities (122 E Broadway/Hwy 13), Senior Center (337 York Rd), Lauri Jean Zach Center (337 York Rd), Assembly of God Church (123 Zach St), Trinity Lutheran Church (76372 Lenz Rd).


Hometown Holiday was started in 2019 by the Glidden Area Development Corporation as a way to encourage and assist our community to decorate for the holiday season. We chose the Saturday after Thanksgiving as it is “Small Business Saturday” and a great time to move into the Christmas season. To encourage patronage of our local businesses, we created a “Santa Run Raffle,” where individuals go to participating locations and receive stamps that can be later redeemed for raffle tickets. We also added craft vendors at some of these business locations to get them exposure as well. We then decided to add music in the streets, some other raffles, kid’s craft area, and a small parade to fulfill the day.
Hometown Holiday originated as a one time event, but after a lot of positive feedback (even through a strong snowstorm) we decided to look at it as a yearly event. In 2020, Covid prevented us from hosting the event. In 2021, we were able to resume the event and added a few new wrinkles like a light show and free family photos. In 2022, we again made a few minor changes, one is that we added free horse-drawn wagon rides. In 2023, we put extra emphasis on our vendors/crafters. We added the school as a new location to include more vendors and designed a raffle that is aimed to increase their sales. In 2024, we added some new Santa Run stops, increased our vendor area at the school, and added more raffles to enjoy.
Now in 2025, we have moved our headquarters to the Glidden School Campus and have adjusted our hours to start and end sooner. We have condensed our Santa Run to in town locations to prevent unnecessary travel in case of bad weather. We have also added meat raffles at the locations out of town that were previously in the Santa Run.
In a nutshell, the Hometown Holiday is about supporting our local small businesses first and foremost, both brick and mortar businesses and home-based crafters. All raffles, music, parades, and other events are there to help fulfill the day.
$1,000 - Skylar Pankratz
$500 - Julie Rudnick
$250 - Polly Christian
$150 - David Hill
$100 - GJ Eder
2 PM Raffle - Justin Wachowski
5 PM Raffle - Tiff Eichermann
Nintendo Switch - Eliza Ross
DONOR WINNER
$250 CASH Kwik Trip Diane Pritzl
$150 CASH VFW Post 7300 Auxiliary Jacly Hanson
$100 CASH Glidden Enterprise Isabella Weil
$50 Gift Card Super One Nicole Mann
DONOR WINNER
NORTHERN PINES GETAWAY LENA'S NORTHERN PINES Dustin Killinger
2 BREWERS TICKETS #1 WCQM 98.3 FM Mark Hill
2 BREWERS TICKETS #2 WCQM 98.3 FM Bekka Pierce
WISCONSIN DELLS PACKAGE #1 WCQM 98.3 FM Roxy Eder
WISCONSIN DELLS PACKAGE #2 WCQM 98.3 FM Mark Hill
MALL OF AMERICA PACKAGE #1 WCQM 98.3 FM Mary Jane Patterson
MALL OF AMERICA PACKAGE #2 WCQM 98.3 FM Roxy Eder
DONOR WINNER
$500 (BUCKET #2) VFW Post 7300 Brock Eichmann
$250 (BUCKET #8) Bear Crossing Skylar Pankratz
$200 (BUCKET #4) NP Kiana Killinger
$150 (BUCKET #5) Remark Trucking Deb Schlottke
$100 (BUCKET #7) Pat & Shelley Tighe Chris Alberts
$100 (BUCKET #12) Steve & Cindy Hintze Sara Meindl
$100 (BUCKET #3) American Legion Post 247 Kalvin Maier
$50 (BUCKET #11) Louie & Dar Carl Lois Freeland
$50 (BUCKET #10) Northwoods Wax Co Matt Scholz
$50 (BUCKET #1) Dustin & Kiana Killinger Jackie Wirsing
$50 (BUCKET #9) Mac's Place Nicole Mann
$50 (BUCKET #6) Amanita Acres Toni Vernoski
DONOR WINNER
GLASS / ALCOHOL BASKET LENA'S BAR & GRILL Jodi Schloer
HAT / ALCOHOL BASKET LENA'S BAR & GRILL Jim Killinger
SHIRT / ALCOHOL BASKET LENA'S BAR & GRILL Chris Mann
HOME DÉCOR BASKET GIRL GARAGE Jim Meisenheimer
LBRI BASKET STACY ORR Kiana Killinger
MEAT BASKET WULF FARMS Skylar Pankratz
KIDS SNACK BASKET NIKKI MAIER Jessica Ernest
KIDS SNACK BASKET NIKKI MAIER Tiff Eichermann
TASTEFULLY SIMPLE BASKET NIKKI MAIER Becky Craig
YARN CRAFTS HEATHER WOODIE Heidi Koplitz
AFGHAN HEATHER WOODIE Jodi Schloer
ENTERPRISE SUBSCRIPTION GLIDDEN ENTERPRISE Matt Scholz
WAX MELT BASKET NORTHWOODS WAX CO Teri Sue Walczyk
COFFEE POT GADC Sheryl Vernoski
EXTENSION CORD GADC Kegan Fairchild
GIRLS BASKET CHRIS & JEFF JOHNSON Teri BeBeau
GIRLS BASKET CHRIS & JEFF JOHNSON Teri BeBeau
ALCOHOL BASKET CHRIS & JEFF JOHNSON Carrie Mann
CHAIR KATHY & TOM BAY Mary Jane Patterson
SMALL QUILT MARIAN THIMM Janice Meisenheimer
CEDAR WREATH LOUIE & DAR CARL Lois Freeland
CEDAR WREATH LOUIE & DAR CARL John Grage
We have monthly meetings on the 2nd Wednesday of the month starting at 6:30 PM at the Town of Jacobs Hall. (23 N Grant St.) [No meetings in January or February]