Christmas in the Commons in New Lenox will feature horse-drawn carriage rides, ice skating and a holiday market.
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Kristen Cimino, left, snaps photos of her children, Dominic and Nico, 6, and Mia, 8, on Santa's lap on a cold day at Cook Park in Libertyville in 2016.
We know you’re busy, especially this time of year, so we have provided this handy-dandy clearinghouse of all the holiday event and Christmas tree farm previews we have done for Chicago, the Chicago suburbs, and northwest Indiana, so you don’t miss out on a thing.
Chicago
Morgan Lavenstein in Strawdog Theatre Company’s production of “Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins.”
Here are the things you may want to check out in the city.
Kristen Cimino, left, snaps photos of her children, Dominic and Nico, 6, and Mia, 8, on Santa’s lap on a cold day at Cook Park in Libertyville in 2016.
Lights, lights, more lights — and Santa! — in Lake County, Illinois, and nearby.
Traditions old and new are offered in Chicago’s northwest suburbs.
Laura Freeman (left to right), Marianne Murphy Orland, and Beckie Menzie will deliver seasonal cheer during their “Girls Like Us Holiday Cabaret” Dec. 15 at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights.
Cookies and concerts dominate fun in the Chicago western suburbs.
Ballet Legere’s 36th annual production of “The Nutcracker,” presented Dec. 4 and 5 at Lund Auditorium at the Dominican University Performing Arts Center, is filled with colorful costumes and dynamic dancing.
Pack the family in the car and get a fresh tree at these farms in the Chicago suburbs.
Chris Viebach and his stepdaughters, Eliana and Lillian Bielecki of Crest Hill, cut down a tree in 2020 at Tammen Treeberry Farm in Wilmington. It’s an annual tradition for the family to cut their own Christmas tree.
