Celebrate the season with holiday magic in Uptown Ankeny! Miracle On 3rd Street's holiday festivities will take place along SW 3rd Street, Walnut, Maple, and Cherry Streets in Uptown, surrounded by over 50 animated Uptown Wonderlights displays.
Activities Include:
🦌 Visit Santa's reindeer, sponsored by the City of Ankeny
🎅 Sit on Santa's lap
🎨 Make a holiday craft with The Ankeny Art Center
🐑 Visit a Live Nativity, put on by Ankeny First United Methodist Church
🛍 Find the perfect gift in Uptown shops open late
🚂 Ride through the lights on the Uptown Express
🤪 Jump your heart out in a Gingerbread bouncy house
☕️ Warm up at hot cocoa stops throughout the event area
🧣 Donate new or gently used hats, scarves, gloves, and mittens
❄️ End your evening with a magical snowfall around Uptown's show tree
Uptown Businesses Open during the Event:
Carmen's Flowers Uptown
Firetrucker Brewery
Fuzed Permanent Jewelry
Good Trip Travel Co.
Leaning Tower of Pizza
Real Deals
Sweet Swirls Rolled Ice Cream
Sylvan Learning of Ankeny
The Funky Zebras Boutique
Tweedle Dee’s
Uptown Confections & Curiosities
Uptown Dairy
Wee's Tees
West Forty Market
We can't wait to celebrate the holidays with you in Uptown! Thank you to our presenting sponsor, Lamberti, Murphy & Strong Law! Uptown Wonderlights 2025 is presented by Mullets Uptown Ankeny. This event is in partnership with the City of Ankeny.
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