Events

Breakfast with Santa

Meet Santa and enjoy a holiday-themed buffet breakfast.

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Bring your family to enjoy a gourmet, holiday-themed buffet breakfast in the Ginkgo Room, where floor-to-ceiling windows offer a view of the evergreens and prairie grasses that surround Meadow Lake in the winter months. After breakfast, each child will have the opportunity to create a wish list and share it with Santa.

Candy canes and Rice Krispies Treats™ will be available to all children after their visit with Santa.

2026 breakfasts will take place from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. on nine dates in November and December:

Saturday, November 28
Sunday, November 29
Saturday, December 5
Sunday, December 6
Saturday, December 12
Sunday, December 13
Saturday, December 19
Sunday, December 20
Tuesday, December 22
Wednesday, December 23

Tickets

Tickets are now available to Arboretum donors. Purchase donor tickets online.

Breakfast with Santa tickets will be available to Arboretum members at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10, and to all at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 17.

Cost
Adult (13 and older): $64
Child (3 through 12): $45
Infant (2 and younger): Free

Member Cost
Adult (13 and older): $54
Child (3 through 12): $38
Infant (2 and younger): Free

 

Your ticket purchase helps support the Arboretum’s vision of a greener, healthier, more beautiful world where people and trees thrive together.

2026 Breakfast with Santa Menu

Hot Breakfast Buffet

Fancy French Toast (V)
Crème brulee French toast with warm syrup

North Pole Scramble (GF) (V)
Cheddar cheese scrambled eggs

Prancer’s Potato Hay (GF) (V)
Golden hash browns

Lovely Branches (GF)
Applewood smoked bacon

Firewood Sausage (GF)

Naughty and Nice Pancakes (V)
Chocolate chip pancakes

Smoked Salmon Platter
Mini bagels, cream cheese, capers, red onion, hard-boiled egg, tomato, cucumber

Seasonal Fruit Salad (GF) (V)

Frosty’s Yogurt and Oatmeal Bar (V) (CN)
Granola, mixed berries, brown sugar, raisins

Assorted Breakfast Pastries (V)

Beverages

Apple juice, cranberry juice, orange juice
Hot cocoa
Milk and chocolate milk
Coffee, hot tea, iced tea, soft drinks

Alcoholic Beverages

Bloody mary $8
Mimosa $8

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CN–Contains Nuts  GF–Gluten Free  V–Vegetarian

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