The historic  Woodstock Opera House in McHenry County offers both a seasonal atmosphere outside and performances of “A Christmas Carol” inside. 
 
Meeting & events scheduled during the Christmas season can benefit from unique yuletide activities. Just an hour northwest of Chicago, the historic villages of McHenry County, Illinois feature a selection of distinctive small-to-mid-size meeting venues, including:  Holiday Inn Crystal Lake & Conference Center, with  11,700- square-foot ballroom divisible into seven smaller rooms; three breakout rooms for up to 40,  and two boardrooms;  Concorde Centre, with a 2,400-square foot conference & banquet hall and meeting rooms for up to 50; Country Inn & Suites - Crystal Lake, featuring a  Meeting/Function Room accommodating up to 80;  McHenry County College  with a Conference Center; 350 seat tiered auditorium with AV support services; four breakout rooms and lecture hall for up to 75 people and The Conference Center at Glacial Park,  located in the heart of 3,300 acre Glacial Park, with a main conference room for up to 100 and two break-out rooms.

Holiday Inn Crystal Lake & Conference Center features an 11,700- square-foot ballroom divisible into seven smaller rooms, three breakout rooms for up to 40,  and two boardrooms.

This heartland destination however, also offers some fun and unique Christmas activities, including holiday musicals, Yuletide parades, unique shopping in the county’s “small town” downtown districts and sample casual dining or haute cuisine overlooking the Fox River. Mchenry County features Christmas Tree Farms, with thousands of trees ready for you to cut, including Richardson’s, a-75 acre Christmas Free farm , with a heated barn and fresh donuts and hot cocoa, Oney’s, with a horse-drawn wagon and famous hot cinnamon rolls, sandwiches, popcorn and other treats and Pioneer, which has a a tractor-drawn wagon and hand-pruned Christmas trees.  

McHenry County is just an hour’s drive northwest of Chicago, bordered on the north by Wisconsin, features quaint towns, meeting venues and yuletide fun.

Holiday Events in the towns that make up McHenry County, include Lighting of the Square, with thousands of Christmas lights illuminating the Victorian architecture and trees in historic Woodstock Square;  Festival of Lights Parade, with Santa Claus headlining a heartland Christmas Parade in Crystal Lake;  Christmas of Yesteryear, with seasonal atmosphere, including strolling carolers amid the quaint shops and restaurants in the Victorian downtown historic district of Richmond, Illinois,  a musical version of “A Christmas Carol” at the historic Woodstock Opera House; Christmas on the Railroad - a unique “Polar Express” like ride   at the Illinois Railway Museum; Christmas Art & Crafts Fair, at the unique RavenStone Castle; as well as several Christmas theatrical performances at the Raue Center such as  “A Christmas Carol”; The "Lakeside Singers Christmas Concert", annual "Holiday Pops" concert by the  Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra and “The Nutcracker.”
 

The Raue Center in McHenry County, features performances of A Christmas Carol; The Lakeside Singers Christmas Concert, The Nutcracker, and the annual Holiday Pops concert by the  Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra.

For more information on Christmas activities, meeting spaces and accommodations in McHenry County  call 888-363-6177 or visit www.VisitMcHenryCounty.com.