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Article updated: 12/2/2012 7:16 PM

Yule log tradition continues at South Barrington nature center

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Laura Thome, of Algonquin, helps her granddaughter, Kayleigh DeGeorge, 4, put ornaments on her Yule log during the Yule Log Open House Sunday at the Stillman Nature Center in South Barrington. Visitors learned to make festive yule logs for decorations out of natural materials.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

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Volunteer Joanne Strong of Hoffman Estates demonstrates how to make a decorative Yule log during the Yule Log Open House Sunday at the Stillman Nature Center in South Barrington. Visitors learn to make festive Yule logs out of natural materials.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

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Families who came to the Stillman Nature Center in South Barrington Sunday not only enjoyed nature on a rare 60-degree December day, but also prepared for the holidays by decorating Yule logs and finding a use for an otherwise invasive species.