Adventsfensters, the life-size Advent calendar, are returning to New Glarus this holiday season. Common in the smaller towns and villages of Switzerland, New Glarus resident Jackie Judd brought them to life here last year.

“When I was a child we went to Lucerne to see the windows with my dad, and we also participated more than one year in the fun to “host” a window with my mom,” remembers Judd, who is originally from Switzerland. “In school we used to do all the school windows. I have many great memories of painting and crafting with family and school friends.”

Judd is in the process of finalizing the participants and schedule for the 2019 season. She’s looking forward to the nightly reveals and the community gathering together to view them, which will begin on December 1st. Like the New Glarus Adventsfenster Facebook page to stay up to date on the latest events.