Cathedral Square is getting a festive makeover

Well, near this morning, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Cathedral Square. Dozens of kids will be out in the park this morning decorating Christmas trees all for the holidays. And it's just one of the holiday happenings that's happening today in our area. Andrew Amuzo is live downtown with a sneak peek. Hey, Andrew. Hey Derica, we are here at Cathedral Square Park aka Community Spirit Park. Just let me let me step aside because you can see obviously the day the the sunlight is already out and it looked a little bit nicer and more clear when it was a little bit darker but it still looks very beautiful here. You see this full display of holiday decorations here at the community park and because it's a community park the community is going to get involved too. Especially in regards to schools and local nonprofits. Here's what we are learning. This is all part of the 27th Annual Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival. And about more than 130 evergreen trees, they were delivered here at this park. Now nearly 100 schools and nonprofits organizations will decorate all across this area here. And decorating will happen from November 11th through the 19th, so they have about a week or so, a little bit more than that. They'll be using handmade ornaments representing class themes and even wishes. And this is just part of a series of festivals in the downtown area. And they will be open, these parks will be open, all of these displays will be open from November 20th through January 1st. And the official kickoff will be on Thursday, November 20th. But wait, there's more. Especially if you are a Starbucks lover, they have something brewing for you as well. They are launching what they're calling the Biggest Ever Barista Drop. the barista gold cup it's a surprise box edition they're calling it and it begins today and uh it's only going to be at participating starbucks coffee houses but overall what you can expect with that there's five glass characters glass cups and uh they're ranging from rainy joy aspen bunny goldie the price is about forty dollars per box so make sure you're you are aware of that at the checkout line and it is while supplies last but last but not least You cannot forget about the 98th edition WeEnergy's cookie book. There's only so much time left until they are out of them. But they said this year, the theme is Baking Spirits Bright. There's 38 recipes. It's been a six-week process to narrow down hundreds and hundreds of submissions. And they are definitely ready to kick off this holiday season as well. I spoke with one of the spokespersons from WeEnergy's over the weekend. Here's what they have to say about the tradition. We hand out over 26,000 cookie books at this very event every year. Last year, overall, at our 24 different distribution events, we handed out 230,000. So I think that really just speaks to the tradition and love of this cookie book. All right, you guys asked for it in the previous show. I think my head is actually a little too big to fit in here. I think I got it. The sun is here. You have good lighting. Oh, that looks so cute. Put that on a Christmas card. OK, it does. If it looks nice, it looks nice like this. He's got his little glitter antler. There we go. I do have one. I do want to say one quick thing, though, because this is truly one of many. I think this is so funny that I'm doing this on the morning show, but we can do this kind of stuff. Tis the season, right? It is, and I think it's fun because it brings out your inner child, you know? You're getting ready for the season. Before you go, though, when it comes to the kids, how many schools are coming out there? How many kids are coming out to decorate those trees today? Well, we are hearing from organizers actually got word from them recently, just about an hour ago. They said there's going to be about seven schools that are going to be coming out today. That leaves about 94 for the rest of the period of decorating. But seven schools will be here today. I love it. He answered the question in the reindeer. Andrew, you were awesome. Just a bit.