1:00 PM – 2:00 PM 

• Christmas Crafts with The Kenrick Staff

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM 

• Cookies and Tea

 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Step into the warmth of The Arrowwood this holiday season. Settle in by the fire with a handcrafted coffee from Analog Coffee then unwind with a curated selection of board games.

Little guests and their families can enjoy festive Christmas colouring pages or create their own magical holiday village with Brio trains, Lincoln Logs, Duplo, and miniature light-up Christmas trees. A cozy, creative Christmas experience awaits for guests of all ages.

Self directed crafts available

Guests can also request Christmas movies to be played at this time.

On Christmas Day, gather around the table at The Fat Ox for a festive evening filled with warmth, flavour, and timeless Italian charm.  Chef Joe’s special Christmas menu features your choice of slow-roasted porchetta or prime rib, served with garlic-whipped mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts with cheddar cheese sauce and chives, roasted celery root with green apple salsa verde, and honey-roasted carrots. For dessert, enjoy Chef Erin’s lemon ricotta zeppole – light, golden Italian doughnuts kissed with citrus.

This feature menu is available for $78 per person and $39 for children under 12, with a minimum of two guests per table to order. The Fat Ox à la carte dinner menu will also be available.

Celebrate the season in true alpine-Italian style – comforting, elegant, and unforgettable.

7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation follows Clark Griswold, a Chicago suburbanite and enthusiastic family man, as he attempts to create the most perfect, old-fashioned Christmas celebration for his family. His vision for the holiday includes a massive tree, a house draped in 25,000 twinkle lights, and an elaborate bonus check from his boss to finance a swimming pool. From the moment the film begins, Clark’s best intentions are hilariously thwarted by a series of escalating disasters. His attempts to find the perfect Christmas tree result in a chaotic venture into the snowy wilderness, and his monumental effort to light the entire house leads to a massive neighborhood power outage that he struggles to fix. The stress is compounded by the arrival of his perpetually bickering in-laws and the sudden, unannounced arrival of his crude, freeloading cousin Eddie and his family, who show up in an RV and immediately park it on Clark’s lawn.

As Clark’s meticulous plans unravel, his frustration boils over, especially when the holiday bonus check he desperately needs fails to materialize. The arrival of Cousin Eddie’s sewage hose, the accidental trapping of a squirrel in the house, and the burning of the oversized Christmas turkey all contribute to Clark’s spiraling holiday breakdown. The final straw comes when Clark realizes his boss has withheld the Christmas bonus entirely, leading to a meltdown where Clark demands that Cousin Eddie kidnap the boss and bring him to the house. The sight of his terrified boss bound and gagged ultimately forces Clark to confront his obsession with perfection. Despite all the chaos and mayhem, the family ultimately pulls together, proving that even a disastrous Griswold Christmas is still a memorable, albeit explosive, one.