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Hometown holiday

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It’s a wrap!

Hometown Holiday 2025 may have come and gone as of 3:30 PM on November 29th, but we will be back November 28th, 2026!

A huge THANK YOU from the GADC to all of our sponsors and donators!

This list will be updated as donations come in.

sponsors & donators of the 2025 hometown holiday

  • Northern State Bank
  • Pat & Shelley Tighe
  • Dead Squirrel Bar
  • Lena's Bar & Grill
  • Chris & Jeff Johnson
  • VFW Post 7300 Auxiliary
  • Forest Fitness Gym Bar
  • Jeff & Chris Johnson


  • Louie & Dar Carl
  • Northwoods Wax Co.
  • Jeff & Sue Pankratz - Pieces of our Past Antiques
  • Heidi & Corey Koplitz
  • Brittany Eichmann Photography
  • Tom & Kathy Bay

  • Steve & Cindy Hintze
  • The Girl Garage
  • VFW Post 7300
  • The Glidden Enterprise
  • Kwik Trip
  • Matt & Julie Rudnick
  • Randy & Judy Cicha
  • John & Melissa Mislinski


Crafters/Vendors

Free Family Photos

Free Family Photos

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

Free Family Photos

Free Family Photos

Free Family Photos

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

Meet with Santa

Free Family Photos

Meet with Santa

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.

Raffles

Crafty Kid's Corner & Fun Zone

Meet with Santa

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.

Santa Run Raffle

Crafty Kid's Corner & Fun Zone

Crafty Kid's Corner & Fun Zone

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...

Crafty Kid's Corner & Fun Zone

Crafty Kid's Corner & Fun Zone

Crafty Kid's Corner & Fun Zone

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)

Music in the Streets

Music in the Streets

Music in the Streets

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

Meat Raffles

Music in the Streets

Music in the Streets

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

Parade

Music in the Streets

Parade

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

Crafters & Vendors

Locations:

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

SANTA RUN RAFFLE

How to play:

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).

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      about hometown holiday

      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.

      sponsors & donators of the 2024 hometown holiday

      • WCQM 98.3 FM - Park Falls
      • Pat & Shelley Tighe
      • American Legion Post 247
      • Lena's Bar & Grill
      • Lena's Northern Pines
      • Wulf Farms
      • Bear Crossing
      • Nikki Maier
      • Chris & Jeff Johnson
      • VFW Post 7300 Auxiliary


      • Louie & Dar Carl
      • Northwoods Wax Co.
      • Remark Trucking
      • Mac's Place
      • Dustin & Kiana Killinger
      • Tom & Kathy Bay
      • Heather Woodie
      • Haley Perttula
      • Marian Thimm
      • Lumber Yard Plus

      • Steve & Cindy Hintze
      • The Girl Garage
      • Amanita Acres
      • VFW Post 7300
      • NP
      • Stacy Orr
      • The Glidden Enterprise
      • Kwik Trip
      • Super One


      2024 raffle winners

      BIG MONEY RAFFLE

      $1,000 - Skylar Pankratz

      $500 - Julie Rudnick

      $250 - Polly Christian

      $150 - David Hill

      $100 - GJ Eder

      50/50 RAFFLE

      2 PM Raffle - Justin Wachowski

      5 PM Raffle - Tiff Eichermann

      FREE KIDS RAFFLE

      Nintendo Switch - Eliza Ross

      SANTA RUN RAFFLE

                                                                  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

      SPECIAL RAFFLE

                                                                                                              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

      MYSTERY MONEY RAFFLE

                                                                             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

      DOOR PRIZE RAFFLE

                                                                                            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

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