The Twelfth Night Holiday Tree Bonfire served as the signature event of an evening celebrating the close of the holiday season hosted Tuesday by the Village of Pleasant Prairie, Visit Pleasant Prairie, and the Pleasant Prairie. Historical Society
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Sarah Howard, executive director for Visit Pleasant Prairie, and Harrison Biggs, the museum manager and curator for the Pleasant Prairie Historical Society, pull a raffle ticket to select the Holiday Cheermeister to help light the Holiday Tree Bonfire.Â
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A crowd estimated to set a record attended the 2026 Twelfth Night Holiday Tree Bonfire at Lake Andrea in the Village of Pleasant Prairie on Tuesday.
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The Lola Bard Holiday Carolers sang carols from about 5:30-6:45 p.m. during the Twelfth Night celebration.
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Those attending the Twelfth Night events warmed themselves at fire pits set up before the main bonfire was light next to Lake Andrea.
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Members of the Pleasant Prairie Fire Department were on hand to monitor the Twelfth Night bonfire and help keep members of the public safe during the burning of used holiday trees.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE -- The night sky was lit with flashes of light and color Tuesday as the village closed out the holiday season with its annual Twelfth Night bonfire celebration.
Community gathers in Pleasant Prairie for Twelfth Night celebration
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Some members of the crowd brought their own chairs so they would be comfortable for Monday night’s Twelfth Night bonfire ceremony.
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There was a large accumulation of Christmas trees that were collected for this year’s Twelfth Night bonfire.
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Sarah Howard talks to the assembled crowd before the lighting of the Twelfth Night bonfire in Pleasant Prairie.
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A member of the Pleasant Prairie Fire Department sets the bonfire ablaze during Monday night’s Twelfth Night event in the village.
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LEFT: Christmas trees and other holiday greenery were engulfed in flames Monday night as part of the Pleasant Prairie Twelfth Night bonfire at Lake Andrea. RIGHT: A Pleasant Prairie firefighter looks on as discarded Christmas trees and other holiday greenery burn in the Pleasant Prairie Twelfth Night bonfire on Monday at Lake Andrea.
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A huge pile of Christmas trees and other holiday greenery were ablaze Monday night as part of the Pleasant Prairie Twelfth Night bonfire at Lake Andrea.
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A Pleasant Prairie firefighter looks on as discarded Christmas trees and other holiday greenery burn in the Pleasant Prairie Twelfth Night bonfire on Monday at Lake Andrea.
JILLIAN CRAIG, KENOSHA NEWS
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Nearly 200 people gathered to watch a huge pile of of Christmas trees and other holiday greenery be set on fire as part of the Pleasant Prairie Twelfth Night bonfire at Lake Andrea on Monday.
JILLIAN CRAIG, KENOSHA NEWS
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A member of the Pleasant Prairie Fire Department is silhouetted against the bonfire during Monday night’s Twelfth Night event in the village.
ELIZABETH SNYDER, KENOSHA NEWS
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Flames, smoke and the smell of pine trees fills the air around Lake Andrea as a huge pile of Christmas trees and other holiday greenery were burnt as part of the Pleasant Prairie Twelfth Night bonfire on Monday.
The Twelfth Night Holiday Tree Bonfire served as the signature event of an evening celebrating the close of the holiday season hosted Tuesday by the Village of Pleasant Prairie, Visit Pleasant Prairie, and the Pleasant Prairie. Historical Society
Sarah Howard, executive director for Visit Pleasant Prairie, and Harrison Biggs, the museum manager and curator for the Pleasant Prairie Historical Society, pull a raffle ticket to select the Holiday Cheermeister to help light the Holiday Tree Bonfire.Â
Members of the Pleasant Prairie Fire Department were on hand to monitor the Twelfth Night bonfire and help keep members of the public safe during the burning of used holiday trees.
