Hundreds of families are expected to attend the Mall at Partridge Creek’s annual Tree Lighting Celebration Sunday evening to watch the mall’s transformation into a Christmas wonderland.
The event runs from 4-7 p.m. and includes a variety of family-friendly activities, live entertainment, a bunch of freebies as well as Santa’s debut at the regional, outdoor shopping center.
“We have a great lineup of events this year for Tree Lighting,” said Melissa Morang, the shopping center’s general manager. “We are thrilled to host this event once again for our local community to kick off the holiday shopping season.”
Starting at 4 p.m., the first 1,000 children under the age of 10 at each entrance of the mall will receive a light-up wand to help Santa light the tree while supplies last, event organizers said.
At the end of the event, a huge tree decorated in twinkling purple lights will be illuminated followed by trees throughout the center adorned in green, white and blue lights. Guests can use the colorful trees as their background for selfies.
Festivities include:
- 4-7 p.m. — free face painting near Sola Salon Suites
- 4-7 p.m. — complimentary photo booth with Partridge Creek trees in the background near Chico’s
- 4-6 p.m. — Nino Salvaggio International Marketplace offers free cider and donuts near Coach, while supplies last
- 5-7 p.m. — entertainment begins on stage at Center Court, featuring Snow Sisters, Lazer Beatz Drum Line, Break Dancing Elves, pop violinists NuClassica Electro, and the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Anticipating a large turnout, mall reps say attendees should expect heavy traffic on Hall Road and plan accordingly.
The celebration comes as Partridge Creek — which opened in 2007 — is preparing to welcome a series of new stores and services in the new year and beyond.
Those include Box Lunch, JD Sports, Kids Empire, Lovesac, and Windsor. Box Lunch opened its doors this summer, while the other new tenants are slated to open sometime in 2024.
The mall also announced Powerhouse Gym is working to renovate and convert the empty department store Carson’s into a two-story 120,000-square-foot gym. Scheduled to open in early 2025, it will be the largest Powerhouse gym in the world, according to a news release.
The tree lighting is sponsored by JD Sports.
The Mall at Partridge Creek is located at 17420 Hall Road (east of Garfield Road), Clinton Township. For more information, call 586-226-0330 or visit shoppartridgecreek.com.