Kick off holiday festivities with Waverly Place’s 8th Annual Tree Lighting Celebration, happening Friday, November 22 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Plan to arrive early for dinner and to socialize with family and friends. Get festive with tasty treats, aerial acts and visits with holiday characters in The Park. Plus, a variety of Waverly Place retailers will have special sales and promotions during the evening, including:

• Triangle Wine Company will be set up in The Park serving St. Lorenz Weinkellerei Christkindl Gluhwein by the cup ($5.00), plus beer and wine to benefit local non-profit. Enjoy this off dry (slightly sweet) mulled wine, which is served warm to Christmas shopping revelers in the market towns of Germany. The wine is produced from specially-selected red grapes enhanced with clove, cinnamon, orange and lemon peel.
• Visit the Amazing Lash Studio booth in The Park for specials treats, games and more!
• Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory will be in The Park offering candy apples, hot chocolate and coffee for sale along with special samples.
• Stop by Taziki’s Mediterranean Café booth in The Park for Wine & Cookies to benefit Wake County SPCA.
• Bring the kids by Color Me Mine for Ornament Decorating inside the store. ($6 per ornament)
• Visit the Dewey’s Bakery Pop-Up to sample Dewey’s Moravian cookies and sugar cake, along with $1 cups of Jo Coffee and Silly Cow hot cocoa products. Guests can also enjoy a selfie station in the shop!
• vomFASS will be serving complementary appetizers including gingerbread cookies and hot chocolate and in-store specials throughout the night.