Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts, President of Business Operations Crane Kenney, and Children’s Home + Aid president and CEO Nancy Ronquillo all spoke at the team’s official Christmas tree lighting ceremony Tuesday evening. There was music played, and a festive time was had by all.
The Cubs are collecting gifts to be given to the kids at Children’s Home + Aid, a child and family services agency in the Chicago area. The Cubs collected unwrapped toys at the ceremony Tuesday evening, and they say you can still bring new, unwrapped toys for donation this weekend, December 2 and 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Santa’s Workshop at the Park at Wrigley. That’s located where the World Series trophy was on display during the 2017 season.
The Park at Wrigley was a rousing success on its opening weekend last weekend. No doubt helped by the good weather, over 42,000 visited the park to take in the Christkindlmarket, and more than 3,000 used the ice rink.
Here are the hours for the various things in “Winterland at the Park” through the end of the year:
Christkindlmarket
Open through Sunday, December 31
Sunday – Thursday: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday – Saturday: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Special Holiday Hours: Dec. 24: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Dec. 25: Closed; Dec. 31: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Rink at the Park
Open through Sunday, February 25
Monday – Thursday: 3 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Friday: 3 p.m. – 11 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Special Holiday Hours: Dec. 24: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Dec. 25: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Dec. 26 - 28: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.; Dec. 29 - 30: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. Dec.31 – Jan. 4: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.; Jan. 5: 11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Santa’s Workshop
Open through Sunday, December 24
Friday: 3 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Monday – Thursday: Closed
Special Holiday Hours: Nov. 28: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.; Dec. 24: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Thanks to Alyson Cohen with the Cubs for her assistance with photos and information for this article.