Milwaukee students decorate holiday trees in Cathedral Square Park

Milwaukee students decorate holiday trees in Cathedral Square Park Students from Milwaukee-area schools are decorating over 100 holiday trees at Cathedral Square Park with handmade ornaments ahead of the city's Holiday Lights Festival on Nov. 19 Advertisement Updated: 2:27 PM CST Nov 10, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Imani Fleming Reporter Milwaukee students decorate holiday trees in Cathedral Square Park Students from Milwaukee-area schools are decorating over 100 holiday trees at Cathedral Square Park with handmade ornaments ahead of the city's Holiday Lights Festival on Nov. 19 Updated: 2:27 PM CST Nov 10, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Imani Fleming Reporter MILWAUKEE — Students arrived at Cathedral Square Park in downtown Milwaukee Tuesday morning with tinsel, bows, handmade ornaments and crafts to decorate over 100 evergreen trees ahead of the city's 28th annual Holiday Lights Festival. More than 2,000 students from 101 participating schools and Milwaukee area nonprofits are participating this year. Each tree will be decorated to represent a class theme, with ornaments designed by students. Advertisement Cathedral Square Park is transforming into "Community Spirit Park" for the holiday season, and on Tuesday, students from Christ-St. Peter Lutheran School (East and West Campuses), Milwaukee School of Languages, Academy of Excellence (South Campus) – Ebenezer Child Care Centers, El Puente High School, Congress Elementary and Lloyd Barbee Montessori School started the process. One of the themes WISN 12 News saw featured Tuesday was "Angels We Have Heard on High." Students said they spent several days designing their ornaments and plan to return to see the park fully decorated. Decorating began Tuesday and will continue through Nov. 18, with a few students from each participating school contributing daily except Sunday, Nov. 15. Milwaukee's Holiday Lights Festival kicks off on Thursday. WISN 12 News' Gerron Jordan and Diana Gutierrez will have all the sights and sounds live from Per é Marquette Park beginning at 6:30 p.m. Make WISN a preferred source on Google Add Preferred Source Share Infinite Scroll Enabled Top Picks Ole Miss student apologizes after video showing women making racist gestures sparks backlash Video: Drone delivers food to ape stranded during Florida flooding Public health alert issued for three frozen meat products, USDA warns Paul McCartney achieves billionaire status, becomes world’s third-richest musician