Master Guide to December Holiday Fun in Chicago
As soon as the cold weather arrives, our thoughts naturally turn to the holiday season! We prepare for it for weeks, if not months. Here is your master guide to the holidays!
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Christmas Tree Farms
Here's our big list of farms where you can cut or choose your own Christmas tree in our area.
Subscriptions Boxes: Gifts That Keep on Giving
Send thoughtful choices to the ones you love near and far, and plan some excellent expected surprises for your own family in the months to come. KidsOutAndAbout has put together of some of our favorite choices with a range for all different ages and interests.
Santa Sightings
Where can your kids visit with Santa? At plenty of places around our area! We also show you Breakfasts with Santa (and sometimes, Breakfast with the Grinch!). (Get your tickets early, because those Breakfasts with Santa tend to sell out early.) sell out.
FREE holiday events
You think you can't get anything free anymore? Nonsense! Here are a bunch of free events coming up in our area.
Chanukah
Hanukkah begins in the evening of December 7, 2023 and ends December 15, 2023.
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is celebrated December 26-January 1 each year.
Lightbulb Day
Lightbulb Day is celebrated on the Winter Solstice, on or about December 21.
Holiday concerts and performances
There are lots of special concerts and shows... and some of them are free!
