Cup of Cheer™ House Walk Holiday Market and Tea

Come for the Fun, Leave with a Cup!
Tour four beautiful Naperville homes decorated for the holidays. (Your ticket includes a map to all the homes. A bag will be provided to carry your shoes.)
Enjoy the Tea with homemade cookies and receive a commemorative teacup and saucer.  Enjoy music by the Elmhurst Choral Union (http://www.elmhurstchoralunion.org/​)
Shop the Holiday Market for artisan items to help with your own holiday decorating. (The market is open to the public without an event ticket on Friday, December 3rd, 2021 from noon to 4pm.)
Questions? Call Barbara at 630-650-4405.
Save The Date!  
Our 60th Annual Cup of Cheer™ House Walk, Holiday Market & Tea will be
  • Thursday, December 5 and 6th from
    9am - 4pm
          with the market and tea location at:
  • Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873
    908 W. Jackson
    Naperville, IL 60540
Tickets go on sale in October 16
 

Holiday Market Teasers

Each ticket holder receives a commemorative teacup and saucer at the Tea. Please view our entire teacup/saucer collection.

Business Partnerships

The Naperville Garden Club is looking for business partners to support of our COC event in the following categories:
  • Iris Partner ($3,000+)
  • Lily Partner ($1,000+)
  • Rose Partner ($300+)
    Colbert Custom Framing
  • Sweet Pea Partner ($100+)
​          Aurelio’s

Please contact us if you are interested in joining our team.
Cup of Cheer™  Teacup History
In 1961, Mrs. H. W. Hauser, President of the Club, conceived the idea of a Christmas Tea, where each member and guest was presented with a teacup and saucer as a memento of the party. Tickets sold for $1.25 and handmade decorations, wreaths and gift items were displayed and sold. This was such a successful event that plans commenced for an annual Christmas “Cup O’ Cheer” as a fundraising event. Although the fundraiser has evolved over the years from Cup O’ Cheer to today’s Cup of Cheer™, receiving a fine bone china teacup and saucer with the price of a ticket is a time honored and much looked forward to tradition. At least one member has collected a cup from every Cup of Cheer™. In 2011, the Club distributed a commemorative Christmas pattern in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Cup of Cheer™.
Originally, teacups were imported from English fine bone china factories by way of Canada. In the early 1990’s, purchasing the teacups from a local retailer made delivery easier but proved not to be cost effective. In 1999 a wholesale distributor was contracted and until 2013 the Club purchased cups through a direct import wholesale process from factories in England. The manufacturing process involved unglazed china from India exported to England for decal application. Then the teacups were shipped to the United States, checked through east coast customs, trucked to the Club’s workshop and stored until the Cup of Cheer™ fundraiser. This enabled the cost of the event ticket to remain relatively stable over the years.
The decals on the cup and saucer are selected to offer collectors a different pattern each year. Historically, retailers were not capable of separating one decal choice from a group of teacups and saucers offered as sets. This meant that the Cup of Cheer™ offered several patterns from which to choose in the same year. A benefit of a custom direct import process has been the ability to select a singular design on 1000 cups and saucers.
The price of fine bone china has increased over the years compared to the option of switching to porcelain. In 2013 the Club began dealing with a west coast wholesale distributor that deals with bone china and porcelain manufactured in China. The Club annually evaluates the option of presenting teacups and saucers based on decal design, teacup shape and price. Teapots, dessert plates and mugs have been offered on occasion. 
Want to know more ?
Here are some articles about our 2019 Cup of Cheer™: Here are some articles about Cup of Cheer™ and a slideshow of our 2018 Cup of Cheer™:

Homes

Would you like your home featured on the Cup of Cheer™ House Walk?  Don’t be shy—we want to hear from you!  We preview homes and talk with homeowners starting in January of each year.
If you are interested, please contact our Cup of Cheer™ Chairperson.
*Cup of Cheer™ is a trademark and not to be used by any business/organization without the permission of Naperville Garden Club. The event ticket is also a registered copyright and may not be duplicated or reproduced.