Preschoolers visit UTC winter wonderland

Community Day School preschoolers took a field trip to Mall at University Town Center on Dec. 5.

  • By Whitney Elfstrom
  • | 12:49 p.m. December 5, 2019
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Community Day School preschoolers got a taste of winter at Holidays on the Green at Mall at University Town Center on Dec. 5.

The preschoolers and their parents spent the morning playing in artificially made snow while waiting to meet Santa, decorating Christmas cookies and going sledding. 

Holidays on the Green runs through Jan. 6 and offers ice skating, sledding, holiday movies, live entertainment, a holiday lights tour, and more. Operating hours and tickets vary. For information, go to Holidays on the Green or call 552-7000. 

Kellan Letschert-Price, 4, laughs as he tubes down an ice slope at Holiday on the Green at University Town Center,
Kellan Letschert-Price, 4, laughs as he tubes down an ice slope at Holiday on the Green at University Town Center,
Montana Taplinger with her kids Juliet, 1, and Ross, 3.
Montana Taplinger with her kids Juliet, 1, and Ross, 3.
Sterling Saiger, 2, tastes the cookie he decorated.
Sterling Saiger, 2, tastes the cookie he decorated.
Grant Stickley, 2, slides down the ice hill.
Grant Stickley, 2, slides down the ice hill.
Caitlin and Camden Moustoukas, 2.
Caitlin and Camden Moustoukas, 2.
Jonathan Coca, manager of Ice Events, helps Shauna and Robby Wagner, 2, tube down the ice hill.
Jonathan Coca, manager of Ice Events, helps Shauna and Robby Wagner, 2, tube down the ice hill.
Grant Stickley, 2, plays in the fake snow.
Grant Stickley, 2, plays in the fake snow.
Jordan, 2, and Liz Skerrett
Jordan, 2, and Liz Skerrett
Tatum Horowitz, 3, picks up her tube after sliding down the hill.
Tatum Horowitz, 3, picks up her tube after sliding down the hill.
Max, 1, and Marc Rosenbaum
Max, 1, and Marc Rosenbaum
Nika Welihozkiy, 1, plays the piano .
Nika Welihozkiy, 1, plays the piano .
Grant, 2, and Chelsea Stickley
Grant, 2, and Chelsea Stickley
Jaxson Wilsen, 2, plays with the oversized ornament.
Jaxson Wilsen, 2, plays with the oversized ornament.
Jay Sweeting, 2, plays in the fake snow.
Jay Sweeting, 2, plays in the fake snow.

 

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