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Grand Geneva is getting ready for the upcoming holiday season.
Grand Geneva is looking for the best Gingerbread Houses around made by area residents. Entries may be made by an individual, family, or group. Enter by Friday, November 15, 2024, at 5 pm on Grand Geneva’s website. Cash prizes will be awarded again this year for the Judge’s Choice Winners 1st-3rd place and judges from United Way of Walworth County and Grand Geneva will award prizes in five different age categories. Area residents display their masterpieces beginning November 24 through December 31, 2024, during a Gingerbread House Walk on the upper level in the Brissago Foyer from 8 am to 8 pm daily. All are welcome to view these fabulous creations in person. Donations are appreciated and will benefit the United Way of Walworth County to help make the holidays brighter for other families in our community.
Grand Geneva is also celebrating the 30th anniversary of their annual Illumination Ceremony. They will kick off their annual six-week Christmas in the Country Celebration on Sunday, November 24, 2024. They will flip the switch on more than two million lights throughout the resort and follow it up with our dazzling fireworks display. Roam the resort taking in all of the sights and sounds of the holidays and stroll through our Gingerbread House Walk. Plus, activities for the kids, a visit from Santa, holiday cookies, and hot apple cider. Photos with Santa begin at 4:30 pm in the Evergreen Ballroom. Gather outside by the large Christmas tree around 6 pm for the countdown to the illumination of holiday lights and fireworks.
County offices around the State of Wisconsin.
Many of the county officers are up for election, including those in Walworth County, went unopposed. The Republican influence has become so strong that Democrats will not run for office against such overwhelming opposition and that can lead to serious problems in a political system where balance has meant so much to the truly successful development of the entire country. If leaders feel fully free to do whatever they want without constraint or opposition that is not good news for the country over the long haul.
If there’s no competition, then the public will also stop turning out to vote. A nation that develops a laissez-faire feeling or apathy in being involved will, over time, and it’s historically proven through the ages, then that culture’s fate is pretty much sealed.
