Holiday Happenings at Algonquin Commons

The holiday season is almost upon us, and this year Algonquin Commons Mall is embracing the season in new and exciting ways.

Beginning on the day after Thanksgiving and continuing every weekend through December 16th, Santa Claus and the Santa Express trolley will be running free shuttle rides throughout the mall property from 1 to 4pm. Kids and parents alike can find any one of a dozen trolley stops to hop aboard for free convenient travel between stores. Santa will be on the trolley with gifts for every boy and girl. Have your camera ready for capturing warm holiday memories. Before or after visiting with Santa, kids can stop into the mall office to pick up a free pair of reindeer antlers. The reindeer are back again at the mall this holiday season - Come Visit two of Santa’s Real live Reindeer, Dasher and Dancer up close and personal. They will be visiting the mall from
1-4pm on November 25, December 9 & 16th .

Free gift-wrapping will be offered again this year for any mall purchases starting December
16th and going every day through December 22nd. December 16 from 1-5pm, December 17-
21st from 5-9pm every day and December 22nd from 1-5pm. The Holiday Wrapping Express store is located at 1976 S. Randall Road, between the Pottery Barn and White House Black Market stores. This free storefront will be staffed with volunteers from local charity organizations. The charities that will be on hand include, Gigi’s Playhouse on December 16th , Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry on December 17th , Algonquin Lions Club on December
18th , Animal House Shelter on December 19th , The Boys and Girls Club of Dundee Township on December 20th , Crème de la Crème Animal Foundation on December 21st , Mane in Heaven
on December 22nd . Each of these charities will have information tables set up in the Holiday Wrapping Express store with opportunities for each shopper to donate to their worthy causes. The mall is continuing it’s long standing tradition and giving 3 cheers for charity again this year. Mall shoppers can donate a new unwrapped toy or any new or gently used winter outerwear to the guest services office for Toys for Tots, School District 300, or Cal’s Angels and be entered to win a $50 Algonquin Commons gift card. Algonquin Commons hopes to see each of you during this holiday season.

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