A Holiday Shopping Trip That Checks All the Boxes

Santa Is Coming to Town

Santa is coming to Rosemont this holiday season with a jolly outlook and brand-new wellness protocols for a contactless experience available now through December 24! Reservations are strongly recommended and can be made here.

Santa, his helpers and his young visitors will be wearing masks and maintaining a healthful distance in a contactless visit and photo experience fully re-designed to meet the moment. The experience will offer guests a variety of photo packages in addition to a mailbox where children can drop off their letters to Santa.

Health and safety protocols for the contactless Santa visits include hand sanitizing stations at the experience entrance and exit, floor decals to ensure social distancing, the cleaning of the photo area between guest visits, employee wellness checks and a mask requirement for guests and staff.

Shopping Outlets

Love a good deal in good taste? Fashion Outlets of Chicago is an award-winning 530,000 square-foot, two-level indoor shopping center that is home to more than 130 designer outlets, an impressive contemporary art collection(!!) and high-end amenities. If you’re asking "Is this real life?", oh yes, it is. This one-of-a-kind outlet redefines the outlet shopping experience and is just what you need for a season that's merry, bright and bountiful! 

With intensified cleaning procedures and proper social distancing protocols, Fashion Outlets of Chicago is dedicated to its visitors' well-being. Complete information on the shopping center's COVID-19 healthy and safety guidelines can be found here.

World-Class Brands

Swoon, drool and dig in! Fashion Outlets includes Bloomingdale's The Outlet Store, Forever 21, Nordstrom Rack and Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH. Also, Fashion Outlet brands include Prada, Gucci, Michael Kors, Kate Spade New York, Banana Republic, J.Crew, Nike, Swarovski and many more. This shopping mecca even offers outlet stores unique to the Chicago area, including AllSaints, Lululemon Outlet, Burberry, Ted Baker, Zadig and Voltaire, Gucci, Kipling, Jimmy Choo, Moncler, Tory Burch and Vineyard Vines. 

Sounds incredible, right? It gets even better; just wait.

Kids Wing

Families visiting the center can enjoy the convenience of Fashion Outlets' children's wing. The center's family-friendly retailers, including the Disney Outlet, Carter's, The Children's Place, Abercrombie Kids, Crocs and American Eagle, are all situated in the same wing on level one. Kiddie rides are located near the children's wing in the shopping center's food court. Now you can keep them contained and keep them entertained—checkmate!

Ice Skating in the Park

Skating on ice is the quintessential, seasonal event. You can experience the magic of gliding on frozen water directly across the street from the Fashion Outlets, at Rosemont's Parkway Bank Park! The Village at Rosemont's entertainment district is thrilled to kick off the holiday season with the return of its Chicago Wolves Ice Rink.

The Chicago Wolves Ice Rink at Parkway Bank Park will be open every day through January 5, 2021. In addition to special holiday hours, the rink will also be open on Sundays through February 28.

Admission to the Chicago Wolves Ice Rink is free, but a credit card is required to hold reservations. Guests are invited to bring their own skates, or skate rentals are available online for $8. Call the Parkway Bank Park hotline at 847-349- 5008 or visit the Park's Facebook or Instagram for updates regarding rink hours.

Festive Dining

All that shopping and skating making you hungry? Rosemont offers a wide variety of restaurants featuring festive outdoor patios for dining plus takeout and delivery options. Enjoy brews and Bavarian fair at Hofbräuhaus Chicago, sweet and savory American culinary classics at the Sugar Factory, classic Irish pub fare like bangers and mash at Fives Roses, pasta and brick oven pizza at Carmine's and so much more!